2022 European Tour

2022 European Tour season

Duration	25 November 2021 (2021-11-25) – 20 November 2022 (2022-11-20)
Number of official events	43 [lower-alpha 1]
Most wins	Ewen Ferguson (2) [lower-alpha 2] Ryan Fox (2) Pablo Larrazábal (2) Thriston Lawrence (2) Jon Rahm (2)
DP World Tour Rankings	Rory McIlroy
Player of the Year	Ryan Fox
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Thriston Lawrence
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The 2022 European Tour, titled as the 2022 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 51st season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

DP World title sponsorship

In November 2021, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with DP World, being renamed as the DP World Tour. ^[1] The agreement was reported to be worth US$ 400,000,000 over 10 years. ^[2]

Changes for 2022

Many tournaments had been confirmed independently ahead of the official announcement in November 2021, when the majority of the tournaments were confirmed along with the DP World title sponsorship agreement. The schedule included the four major championships as usual; however the World Golf Championships were downgraded to just two events. The Rolex Series had risen to five events, seeing the inclusion of the Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic for the first time. ^{[1] [3]}

As part of a new "strategic alliance" between the European Tour and PGA Tour, ^[4] there were three regular tournaments co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour; these events were the Genesis Scottish Open, the Barbasol Championship and the Barracuda Championship. ^[5] It was also confirmed that the "strategic alliance" would see an increased prize fund for the Horizon Irish Open, rising to US$6,000,000. ^[6]

Other additions to the schedule included the Ras Al Khaimah Championship, the Ras Al Khaimah Classic, the MyGolfLife Open, the Steyn City Championship, the ISPS Handa Championship in Spain and the Catalunya Championship.

Response to LIV Golf

Following a statement produced by the European Tour on 24 June 2022, they confirmed that players who competed in the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series event in London would be fined £ 100,000 as well as being prohibited from competing in events co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour (which prohibits members from participating in the LIV series). These events were the Genesis Scottish Open, the Barbasol Championship and the Barracuda Championship. ^[7]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2022 season. ^[8]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	DPWTR points	Winner [lower-alpha 3]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 4]	Notes
27 Nov	Joburg Open	South Africa	R17,500,000	2,000 [lower-alpha 5]	Thriston Lawrence (1)	19	AFR
5 Dec	SA Open Championship	South Africa	–	–	Removed [lower-alpha 6]	–	AFR [lower-alpha 7]
12 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	South Africa	–	–	Cancelled [11]	–	AFR
23 Jan	Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship	UAE	US$8,000,000	8,000	Thomas Pieters (6)	46		Rolex Series
30 Jan	Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	US$8,000,000	8,000	Viktor Hovland (2)	48		Rolex Series
6 Feb	Ras Al Khaimah Championship	UAE	US$2,000,000	2,750	Nicolai Højgaard (2)	24		New tournament
13 Feb	Ras Al Khaimah Classic	UAE	US$2,000,000	2,750	Ryan Fox (2)	24		New tournament [lower-alpha 8]
20 Feb	Hero Indian Open	India	–	–	Cancelled [lower-alpha 9]	–
6 Mar	Magical Kenya Open	Kenya	€1,750,000	2,750	Wu Ashun (4)	24
13 Mar	MyGolfLife Open	South Africa	US$1,500,000	2,000	Pablo Larrazábal (6)	23	AFR	New tournament
20 Mar	Steyn City Championship	South Africa	US$1,500,000	2,000	Shaun Norris (1)	19	AFR	New tournament
27 Mar 13 Feb	Commercial Bank Qatar Masters	Qatar	US$2,000,000	2,750	Ewen Ferguson (1)	24
27 Mar	WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play	United States	US$12,000,000	8,000	Scottie Scheffler (n/a)	74		World Golf Championship
10 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$15,000,000	10,000	Scottie Scheffler (n/a)	100		Major championship
24 Apr	ISPS Handa Championship in Japan	Japan	–	–	Removed [lower-alpha 10]	–	JPN	New tournament
24 Apr	ISPS Handa Championship in Spain	Spain	US$2,000,000	2,750	Pablo Larrazábal (7)	24		New tournament [lower-alpha 10]
1 May	Volvo China Open	China	–	–	Postponed	–
1 May	Catalunya Championship	Spain	US$2,000,000	2,750	Adri Arnaus (1)	24		New tournament [lower-alpha 10]
8 May	Betfred British Masters	England	£1,850,000	3,500	Thorbjørn Olesen (6)	24
15 May	Soudal Open	Belgium	US$2,000,000	2,750	Sam Horsfield (3)	24
22 May	PGA Championship	United States	US$15,000,000	10,000	Justin Thomas (4)	100		Major championship
29 May	Dutch Open	Netherlands	€1,750,000	2,750	Victor Perez (2)	24
5 Jun	Porsche European Open	Germany	€1,750,000	2,750	Kalle Samooja (1)	24
12 Jun	Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed	Sweden	US$2,000,000	2,750	Linn Grant (n/a)	24 [lower-alpha 11]	LET	Mixed event [lower-alpha 12]
19 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$17,500,000	10,000	Matt Fitzpatrick (8)	100		Major championship
26 Jun	BMW International Open	Germany	€2,000,000	2,750	Li Haotong (3)	24
3 Jul	Horizon Irish Open	Ireland	US$6,000,000	6,000	Adrian Meronk (1)	28
10 Jul	Genesis Scottish Open	Scotland	US$8,000,000	8,000	Xander Schauffele (2)	70	PGAT	Rolex Series
10 Jul	Barbasol Championship	United States	US$3,700,000	4,250	Trey Mullinax (n/a)	24	PGAT	New to European Tour
17 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	US$14,000,000	10,000	Cameron Smith (n/a)	100		Major championship
17 Jul	Barracuda Championship	United States	US$3,700,000	4,250	Chez Reavie (1)	24	PGAT	New to European Tour
24 Jul	Cazoo Classic	England	€1,750,000	2,750	Richie Ramsay (4)	24
31 Jul	Hero Open	Scotland	€1,750,000	2,750	Sean Crocker (1)	24
7 Aug	Cazoo Open	Wales	€1,750,000	2,750	Callum Shinkwin (2)	24
14 Aug	ISPS Handa World Invitational	Northern Ireland	US$1,500,000	2,000	Ewen Ferguson (2)	8.17
21 Aug	D+D Real Czech Masters	Czech Republic	€1,750,000	2,750	Maximilian Kieffer (1)	10.34
28 Aug	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,000,000	2,750	Thriston Lawrence (2)	16.02
4 Sep	Made in HimmerLand	Denmark	€3,000,000	4,250	Oliver Wilson (2)	16.25
11 Sep	BMW PGA Championship	England	US$8,000,000	8,000	Shane Lowry (6)	38.04		Rolex Series
18 Sep	DS Automobiles Italian Open	Italy	€3,000,000	4,250	Robert MacIntyre (2)	24.28
25 Sep	Cazoo Open de France	France	€3,000,000	4,250	Guido Migliozzi (3)	18.55
2 Oct	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	US$5,000,000	5,500	Ryan Fox (3)	32.14		Pro-Am
9 Oct	Acciona Open de España	Spain	€1,750,000	2,750	Jon Rahm (8)	14.20
16 Oct	Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters	Spain	€3,000,000	4,250	Adrián Otaegui (4)	20.18
23 Oct [lower-alpha 13]	Mallorca Golf Open	Spain	US$2,000,000	2,750	Yannik Paul (1)	13.48
30 Oct	WGC-HSBC Champions	China	–	–	Cancelled [19]	–		World Golf Championship
30 Oct [lower-alpha 13]	Portugal Masters	Portugal	US$2,000,000	2,750	Jordan Smith (2)	13.27
6 Nov	Cyprus Open	Cyprus	–	–	Cancelled [lower-alpha 13]	–
13 Nov	Nedbank Golf Challenge	South Africa	US$6,000,000	7,000	Tommy Fleetwood (6)	14.92	AFR	Limited-field event
20 Nov	DP World Tour Championship	UAE	US$10,000,000	12,000	Jon Rahm (9)	21.82		Tour Championship [lower-alpha 14]

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner	OWGR points	Notes
5 Jul	J. P. McManus Pro-Am	Ireland	£1,000,000	Xander Schauffele	n/a	Pro-Am

Location of tournaments

class=notpageimage| Location of tournaments in Europe. Major championship Flagship event Rolex Series event Regular event

class=notpageimage| Location of tournaments outside Europe. Major championship World Golf Championships Rolex Series event Regular event class=notpageimage| Fife, Scotland class=notpageimage| United Arab Emirates x2 class=notpageimage| South Africa class=notpageimage| Gauteng, South Africa

DP World Tour Rankings

The DP World Tour Rankings were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^{[20] [21]}

Pos.	Player		Majors					WGCs			Rolex Series						Top 10s in other ET events											Total pts		Tmts		Money
			Mas	PGA	USO	Opn		WGC MP	WGC Cha		Abu	Dub	Sco	BMW PGA	DPW TC		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10						Reg. (€m)	Bon. ($m)
1	McIlroy		2nd 1113	8th 250	T5 387	3rd 627		•	C A N C E L L E D		T12 116	3rd 500	•	T2 695	4th 600		4th 212	T4 255										4,754		10		5.5	2.0
2	Fox		•	54th 40	CUT 0	CUT 0		•			61st 24	T26 78	T47 38	WD 0	19th 148		1st 460	T9 53	T8 65	T2 239	2nd 305	3rd 172	2nd 667	1st 915	T4 127	2nd 780		4,174		24		3.4	1.2
3	Rahm		T27 96	T48 47	T12 167	T34 73		T9 138			•	•	T55 28	T2 695	1st 2000		1st 460											3,703		9		4.6	0.7
4	Fitzpatrick		T14 131	T5 358	1st 1665	T21 108		T18 93			•	•	T6 225	T42 46	T5 465		2nd 472											3,620		11		4.9	0.6
5	Fleetwood		T14 131	T5 358	CUT 0	T4 462		T35 45			T48 38	T12 121	T4 370	T57 24	T5 465		T10 47	1st 1165										3,301		14		3.4	0.5
6	Hovland		T27 96	T41 60	CUT 0	T4 462		T18 93			T4 370	1st 1335	CUT 0	T5 265	T23 126													2,837		11		2.8
7	Zalatoris		T6 325	2nd 1113	T2 920	T28 89		T5 265			•	•	CUT 0	•	•													2,662		6		3.9
8	Meronk		•	•	•	T42 60		•			WD 0	T4 292	CUT 0	T32 60	T7 330		T6 83	T3 155	T3 142	6th 97	3rd 172	1st 1000						2,648		23		2.2
9	Lowry		T3 564	T23 102	CUT 0	T21 108		T35 45			T12 116	T24 85	•	1st 1335	T23 126		T9 117											2,597		11		2.8
10	Pieters		CUT 0	T71 18	T27 95	T28 89		T26 72			1st 1335	T12 121	•	T23 79	•		T9 50	T10 49	2nd 305	T8 57	T3 219							2,576		15		2.3

  Win

  Top 10

  Made cut

  Missed cut

  Withdrew

• Did not play

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Seve Ballesteros Award)	Ryan Fox	[22]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Thriston Lawrence	[23]

See also

• 2022 in golf
• 2022 Challenge Tour
• 2022 European Senior Tour

Notes

1. A further seven tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled, postponed or otherwise removed from the schedule.
2. Scottie Scheffler also won 2 events, but was not a European Tour member.
3. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members.
4. AFR − Sunshine Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
5. Event reduced to 36 holes due to weather and impending COVID-19 related travel restrictions. ^[9] Due to the shortening of the event, only 75% of the full DP World Tour Ranking points were awarded. ^[10]
6. With impending COVID-19 related travel restrictions in and out of South Africa affecting the makeup of the field, the event was removed from the European Tour schedule. It proceeded as a sole-sanctioned Sunshine Tour event. ^[11]
7. Sunshine Tour flagship event
8. In January, the tour announced the postponement of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters; the Ras Al Khaimah Classic was added to the schedule as a replacement. ^[12]
9. The Hero Indian Open was originally scheduled for 24–27 February 2022; in December 2021 it was brought forward a week to fill the space originally reserved for a fifth consecutive tournament in the Middle East. ^[13] In February 2022, it was announced that the tournament had been postponed to a later date. ^[14] Just a week before the event was scheduled to start, it was cancelled. ^[15]
10. On 18 February 2022, the tour announced the addition of two new tournaments in Spain, the ISPS Handa Championship in Spain and the Catalunya Championship, to replace the ISPS Handa Championship in Japan, which proceeded as a sole-sanctioned Japan Golf Tour event, and the postponed Volvo China Open. ^[16]
11. OWGR points at the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed were awarded based on men's scores only. Henrik Stenson and Marc Warren tied for the lowest men's score and split the assigned points for first and second places, each earning 19.2 points. ^[17]
12. Field of 78 men and 78 women playing from different sets of tees. Tour ranking and world ranking points based on finish among men's field only.
13. On 12 August 2022, the tour announced the addition of the Mallorca Golf Open and the Portugal Masters, as well as the cancellation of the Cyprus Open. ^[18]
14. Also a Rolex Series tournament.

References

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External links

• Official website