2024 European Tour
The 2024 European Tour, titled as the 2024 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, will be the 53rd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
| Duration | 23 November 2023 – 17 November 2024 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 44 |
← 2023 2025 → | |
It will be the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with DP World that was announced in November 2021.[1]
Changes for 2024
When the 2024 schedule was announced in August 2023, there were many changes from previous seasons, including:[2][3][4]
- The calendar was split into three phases: the "Global Swings", the "Back 9" and the "DP World Tour Play-Offs".
- There are five global swings: the "Opening Swing", the "International Swing", the "Asian Swing", the "European Swing" and the "Closing Swing". Each swing has its own mini Order of Merit, with the champion of each winning US$200,000. The swings also serve as a qualification route for the Rolex Series and Back 9 events.
- The Back 9 consists of nine events in Europe, including several national opens and beginning with the Betfred British Masters.
- The season-ending "DP World Tour Playoffs" consists of two events: the Abu Dhabi Championship and the DP World Tour Championship. The top 70 in the Race to Dubai Rankings qualify for the playoffs, with the top 50 in the rankings after the first event qualifying for the Tour Championship.
- Two new tournaments were added to the calendar for 2024: the Dubai Invitational and the Bahrain Championship. The Volvo China Open also returned to the schedule, having not been played on the European Tour since 2019 due to restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Several tournaments held in 2023 were not included in the initial announcement: the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, the Thailand Classic, the Indian Open, the ISPS Handa World Invitational,[5] the Qatar Masters and the Barbasol Championship, for which a replacement event was to be announced at a later date. Additionally, a change of dates for Nedbank Golf Challenge meant it would not be on the 2024 calendar, but was scheduled to return the following season.
- Race to Dubai points were simplified, with regular tournaments during the swings all awarding 3,000 points and Back 9 events awarding 5,000 points. Points available in Rolex Series events, major championships and the tour championship all remained the same, at 8,000, 10,000 and 12,000 respectively.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[6]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
R2D points |
Winner[lower-alpha 1] | OWGR points |
Other tours[lower-alpha 2] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Nov | Fortinet Australian PGA Championship | Australia | A$2,000,000 | 3,000 |  | ANZ | ||
| 26 Nov | Joburg Open | South Africa | R17,500,000 | 3,000 | | AFR | ||
| 3 Dec | ISPS Handa Australian Open | Australia | A$1,700,000 | 3,000 | | ANZ | ||
| 3 Dec | Investec South African Open Championship | South Africa | 1,500,000 | 3,000 | | AFR | ||
| 10 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | 1,500,000 | 3,000 | | AFR | ||
| 17 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | 1,200,000 | 3,000 | | AFR | ||
| 14 Jan | Dubai Invitational | UAE | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | | New tournament; pro-am | ||
| 21 Jan | Hero Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | 9,000,000 | 8,000 | | Rolex Series | ||
| 28 Jan | Ras Al Khaimah Championship | UAE | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | | |||
| 4 Feb | Bahrain Championship | Bahrain | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | | New tournament | ||
| 25 Feb | Magical Kenya Open | Kenya | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | | |||
| 3 Mar | SDC Championship | South Africa | 1,500,000 | 3,000 | | AFR | ||
| 10 Mar | Jonsson Workwear Open | South Africa | 1,500,000 | 3,000 | | AFR | ||
| 24 Mar | Singapore Classic | Singapore | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | | |||
| 31 Mar | TBA | Asia | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | | |||
| 14 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | 10,000 | | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 21 Apr | Korea Championship | South Korea | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | | KOR | ||
| 28 Apr | ISPS Handa Championship | Japan | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | | JPN | ||
| 5 May | Volvo China Open | China | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | | |||
| 19 May | PGA Championship | United States | 10,000 | | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 26 May | Soudal Open | Belgium | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | | |||
| 2 Jun | European Open | Germany | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | | |||
| 9 Jun | Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed | Sweden | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | | LET | Mixed event[lower-alpha 3] | |
| 16 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | 10,000 | | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 23 Jun | KLM Open | Netherlands | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | | |||
| 30 Jun | Italian Open | Italy | 3,250,000 | 3,000 | | |||
| 7 Jul | BMW International Open | Germany | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | | |||
| 14 Jul | Genesis Scottish Open | Scotland | 9,000,000 | 8,000 | | PGAT | Rolex Series | |
| 14 Jul | TBA | United States | 4,000,000 | 3,000 | | PGAT | ||
| 21 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | 10,000 | | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 21 Jul | Barracuda Championship | United States | 4,000,000 | 3,000 | | PGAT | ||
| 18 Aug | D+D Real Czech Masters | Czech Republic | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | | |||
| 25 Aug | Danish Golf Championship | Denmark | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | | |||
| 1 Sep | Betfred British Masters | England | 3,500,000 | 5,000 | | |||
| 8 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €2,500,000 | 5,000 | | |||
| 15 Sep | Horizon Irish Open | Northern Ireland | 6,000,000 | 5,000 | | |||
| 22 Sep | BMW PGA Championship | England | 9,000,000 | 8,000 | | Rolex Series | ||
| 29 Sep | Acciona Open de España | Spain | 3,250,000 | 5,000 | | |||
| 6 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | 5,000,000 | 5,000 | | Pro-am | ||
| 13 Oct | Open de France | France | 3,250,000 | 5,000 | | |||
| 20 Oct | Andalucía Masters | Spain | 3,250,000 | 5,000 | | |||
| 27 Oct | TBA | TBA | 5,000 | | ||||
| 10 Nov | Abu Dhabi Championship | UAE | 9,000,000 | 8,000 | | Playoff event; Rolex Series | ||
| 17 Nov | DP World Tour Championship | UAE | 10,000,000 | 12,000 | | Playoff event; Rolex Series |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Aug | Olympic Games | France | n/a | | Limited-field event |
Notes
- 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.
- AFR − Sunshine Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
- 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.
References
- Murray, Ewan (9 November 2021). "'A new era in global golf': European Tour to be renamed DP World Tour". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- "New look 2024 DP World Tour schedule unveiled". European Tour. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- "DP World Tour 2024 schedule: Tournament dates and venues, plus when golf majors are taking place". Sky Sports. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- Coles, Matt (14 August 2023). "DP World Tour announces new-look 2024 schedule". National Club Golfer. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- Haughey, John (15 August 2023). "World Invitational not on 2024 schedule but Galgorm say 'exciting new event' planned". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- "2024 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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