The 2024 European Tour, titled as the 2024 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was 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[a] |
| Most wins |  Rory McIlroy (2)[b] |
| Race to Dubai | Rory McIlroy |
← 2023 2025 → | |
It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with DP World that was announced in November 2021.[1]
Changes for 2024
editWhen 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 HSBC 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 Hero Indian Open, the ISPS Handa World Invitational,[5] the Commercial Bank 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 the Nedbank Golf Challenge meant it would not be part of the 2024 season, but was scheduled to return as one of the opening events of the 2025 season.[6] The Hero Indian Open[7] and the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters were later added to the schedule.[8]
- In April 2024, the tour announced that Genesis Motor had become a title partner of the tour. As part of this deal, the Korea Championship, which had been played in 2023 and was due to be played in April 2024, was merged into the Genesis Championship, a long-standing Korean Tour event, which became a "Back 9" event played in October.[9]
- 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
editThe following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[10]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
R2D points |
Winner[c] | OWGR points |
Other tours[d] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Nov | Fortinet Australian PGA Championship | Australia | A$2,000,000 | 3,000 | 13.51 | ANZ | ||
| 26 Nov | Joburg Open | South Africa | R20,500,000 | 3,000 | 11.95 | AFR | ||
| 3 Dec | ISPS Handa Australian Open | Australia | A$1,700,000 | 3,000 | 14.80 | ANZ | ||
| 3 Dec | Investec South African Open Championship | South Africa | 1,500,000 | 3,000 | 12.59 | AFR | ||
| 11 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | €1,500,000 | 3,000 | 14.07 | AFR | ||
| 17 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | 1,200,000 | 3,000 | 11.05 | AFR | ||
| 14 Jan | Dubai Invitational | UAE | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | 20.13 | New limited-field pro-am | ||
| 21 Jan | Hero Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | 9,000,000 | 8,000 | 29.73 | Rolex Series | ||
| 28 Jan | Ras Al Khaimah Championship | UAE | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | 18.70 | |||
| 4 Feb | Bahrain Championship | Bahrain | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | 17.70 | New tournament | ||
| 11 Feb | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Qatar | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | 17.34 | |||
| 25 Feb | Magical Kenya Open | Kenya | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | 12.27 | |||
| 3 Mar | SDC Championship | South Africa | 1,500,000 | 3,000 | 13.81 | AFR | ||
| 10 Mar | Jonsson Workwear Open | South Africa | 1,500,000 | 3,000 | 13.99 | AFR | ||
| 24 Mar | Porsche Singapore Classic | Singapore | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | 19.32 | |||
| 31 Mar | Hero Indian Open | India | 2,250,000 | 3,000 | 15.83 | PGTI | ||
| 14 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | 20,000,000 | 10,000 | 100 | Major championship | ||
| Korea Championship | South Korea | – | – | Removed[e] | – | KOR | ||
| 28 Apr | ISPS Handa Championship | Japan | 2,250,000 | 3,000 | 20.72 | JPN | ||
| 5 May | Volvo China Open | China | 2,250,000 | 3,000 | 14.59 | CHN | ||
| 19 May | PGA Championship | United States | 18,500,000 | 10,000 | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 26 May | Soudal Open | Belgium | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | 18.19 | |||
| 2 Jun | European Open | Germany | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | 19.59 | |||
| 9 Jun | Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed | Sweden | 2,000,000 | 3,000 | 14.45[f] | LET | Mixed event[g] | |
| 16 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | 21,500,000 | 10,000 | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 23 Jun | KLM Open | Netherlands | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | 18.05 | |||
| 30 Jun | Italian Open | Italy | 3,250,000 | 3,000 | 19.14 | |||
| 7 Jul | BMW International Open | Germany | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | 19.81 | |||
| 14 Jul | Genesis Scottish Open | Scotland | 9,000,000 | 8,000 | 65.37 | PGAT | Rolex Series | |
| 14 Jul | ISCO Championship | United States | 4,000,000 | 3,000 | 25.13 | PGAT | ||
| 21 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | 17,000,000 | 10,000 | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 21 Jul | Barracuda Championship | United States | 4,000,000 | 3,000 | 27.34 | PGAT | ||
| 18 Aug | D+D Real Czech Masters | Czech Republic | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | 17.07 | |||
| 25 Aug | Danish Golf Championship | Denmark | 2,500,000 | 3,000 | 16.67 | |||
| 1 Sep | Betfred British Masters | England | 3,500,000 | 5,000 | 22.52 | |||
| 8 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | 3,250,000 | 5,000 | 21.56 | |||
| 15 Sep | Amgen Irish Open | Northern Ireland | 6,000,000 | 5,000 | 28.64 | |||
| 22 Sep | BMW PGA Championship | England | 9,000,000 | 8,000 | 33.98 | Rolex Series | ||
| 29 Sep | Acciona Open de España | Spain | 3,250,000 | 5,000 | 25.06 | |||
| 6 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | 5,000,000 | 5,000 | 37.89 | Pro-Am | ||
| 13 Oct | FedEx Open de France | France | 3,250,000 | 5,000 | 22.48 | |||
| 20 Oct | Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters | Spain | 3,250,000 | 5,000 | 23.73 | |||
| 27 Oct | Genesis Championship | South Korea | 4,000,000 | 5,000 | 15.55 | KOR | New to European Tour | |
| 10 Nov | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship | UAE | 9,000,000 | 9,000 | 30.82 | Playoff event[h] | ||
| 17 Nov | DP World Tour Championship | UAE | 10,000,000 | 12,000 | 26.71 | Playoff event[h] |
Unofficial events
editThe 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 | 51.14 | Limited-field event |
Race to Dubai
editThe Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[13][14]
| Pos. | Player | Majors | Rolex Series | Top 10s in other ET events | Total pts |
Tmts | Money[i] | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mas | PGA | USO | Opn | Dub | Sco | BMW PGA |
Abu | DPW TC |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Reg. (€m) |
Bon. ($m) | ||||||||||
| 1 | T22 104 |
T12 152 |
2nd 1113 |
CUT 0 |
1st 1335 |
T4 273 |
T2 695 |
T3 465 |
1st 2000 |
T2 261 |
2nd 555 |
6,998 | 12 | 9.17 | 2.00 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | • | T68 21 |
• | T60 30 |
T11 142 |
T21 89 |
T38 57 |
T32 72 |
2nd 1335 |
2nd 334 |
T8 64 |
T6 90 |
T4 139 |
3rd 312 |
1st 835 |
T4 231 |
4,019 | 23 | 3.53 | 1.00 | |||||||
| 3 | • | CUT 0 |
• | 4th 500 |
CUT 0 |
CUT 0 |
T2 695 |
T6 253 |
T30 103 |
T7 83 |
T10 58 |
T2 261 |
T2 224 |
T2 261 |
2nd 555 |
3,316 | 26 | 2.92 | 0.75 | ||||||||
| 4 | T9 202 |
T63 25 |
T26 96 |
CUT 0 |
T31 66 |
• | • | 2nd 1000 |
6th 420 |
T10 93 |
1st 835 |
2,797 | 10 | 2.80 | 0.55 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | • | • | • | • | T41 47 |
• | T45 45 |
1st 1500 |
T16 162 |
T6 90 |
T3 155 |
T10 55 |
T6 84 |
T7 116 |
2,630 | 27 | 2.22 | 0.45 | |||||||||
| 6 | • | T8 214 |
T41 61 |
T2 870 |
• | CUT 0 |
1st 1335 |
• | T47 65 |
2,545 | 8 | 3.28 | 0.35 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | T3 517 |
T26 90 |
T16 135 |
CUT 0 |
T14 126 |
T34 61 |
T12 121 |
T6 253 |
T16 162 |
1st 500 |
T9 204 |
3rd 312 |
2,481 | 12 | 2.78 | 0.30 | |||||||||||
| 8 | T22 104 |
CUT 0 |
T32 78 |
T10 185 |
T7 195 |
2nd 889 |
T57 25 |
T46 46 |
T3 620 |
6th 105 |
T4 127 |
2,374 | 11 | 2.35 | 0.25 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | • | T8 214 |
CUT 0 |
T50 43 |
• | 1st 1335 |
T12 121 |
T19 107 |
T7 292 |
T5 194 |
2,373 | 11 | 2.66 | 0.20 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | • | T53 36 |
• | CUT 0 |
T31 66 |
T34 61 |
CUT 0 |
T44 53 |
T7 292 |
T2 224 |
T2 261 |
1st 500 |
2nd 334 |
5th 212 |
2,322 | 28 | 1.66 | 0.15 | |||||||||
Win
Top 10
Made cut
Missed cut
• Did not play
PGA Tour exemptions
editThe top 10 players on the Race to Dubai (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2025 PGA Tour. They were as follows:[17][18][19]
- Rasmus Højgaard (2nd)
- Thriston Lawrence (3rd)
- Paul Waring (5th)
- Jesper Svensson (10th)
- Niklas Nørgaard (11th)
- Matteo Manassero (12th)
- Thorbjørn Olesen (13th)
- Antoine Rozner (15th)
- Rikuya Hoshino (16th)
- Tom McKibbin (18th)
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ One further tournament was removed from the schedule.
- ^ Dean Burmester, Louis Oosthuizen and Xander Schauffele also won two events, but were not European Tour members.
- ^ 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; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; CHN − China Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
- ^ In April 2024, the Korea Championship was merged with the Genesis Championship, which was added to the tour schedule.[9]
- ^ OWGR points at the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed were awarded based on men's scores only. Calum Hill and Sebastian Söderberg tied for the lowest men's score and split the assigned points for first and second places, each earning 11.41 points.[11][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.
- ^ a b Also a Rolex Series tournament.
- ^ In addition to tournament prize money, the top 10 point scorers receive a share of a $6m bonus pool.[15][16]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Nedbank Golf Challenge to return as part of 2025 Race to Dubai". European Tour. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Indian Open to complete the 2024 Asian Swing". The Times of India. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Commercial Bank Qatar Masters added to International Swing". European Tour. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Genesis signs new tournament Title Partner agreement in Korea with the DP World Tour". European Tour. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "2024 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Scottie Scheffler claims his fifth victory on the PGA Tour this season after winning the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday". Official World Golf Ranking. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
Due to Linn Grant playing off shorter tees then the men the Official World Golf Ranking points are shared amongst Callum Hill and Söderberg as they both finished T2nd on 16 under.
- ^ "2024 Race to Dubai". European Tour. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Kearns, Sean (17 November 2024). "McIlroy wins DP World Tour finale & Race to Dubai". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Hall, Mike (4 September 2024). "Race To Dubai Prize Money Payout 2024". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "2024 Race to Dubai Rankings Bonus Pool". European Tour. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "2024 Race to Dubai Rankings - PGA Tour Eligibility". PGA Tour. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Prise, Kevin (17 November 2024). "Meet the 10 DP World Tour members who earned dual PGA Tour membership for 2025". PGA Tour. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ Jourdan, Cameron (17 November 2024). "These 10 DP World Tour golfers earned PGA Tour cards for the 2025 season". Golfweek. Retrieved 17 November 2024.