2022 European Tour Explained

Year:	2022
Tour:	European Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	43
Most Wins:	Ewen Ferguson (2) Ryan Fox (2) Pablo Larrazábal (2) Thriston Lawrence (2) Jon Rahm (2)
Honor1:	DP World Tour Rankings
Honoree1:	Rory McIlroy
Honor2:	Player of the Year
Honoree2:	Ryan Fox
Honor3:	Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
Honoree3:	Thriston Lawrence
Prevseason:	2021
Nextseason:	2023

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

Unofficial events

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

DP World Tour Rankings

The DP World Tour Rankings were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^{[10] [11]}

	Player		Majors								Rolex Series						Top 10s in other events															Money
																	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10						(€m)	($m)
1	McIlroy		style="background:yellow"	2nd 1113	8th 250	T5 387		3rd 627	style="background:white"		•	C A N C E L L E D	style="background:#afeeee"	T12 116	3rd 500		•	T2 695	4th 600	style="background:yellow"	4th 212	T4 255												4,754	10	5.5	2.0
2	Fox		style="background:white"	•	54th 40	CUT 0		CUT 0	style="background:white"		•		style="background:#afeeee"	61st 24	T26 78		T47 38	WD 0	19th 148	style="background:lime"	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		style="background:#afeeee"	T27 96	T48 47	T12 167		T34 73	style="background:yellow"		T9 138		style="background:white"	•	•		T55 28	T2 695	1st 2000	style="background:lime"	1st 460													3,703	9	4.6	0.7
4	Fitzpatrick		style="background:#afeeee"	T14 131	T5 358	1st 1665		T21 108	style="background:#afeeee"		T18 93		style="background:white"	•	•		T6 225	T42 46	T5 465	style="background:yellow"	2nd 472													3,620	11	4.9	0.6
5	Fleetwood		style="background:#afeeee"	T14 131	T5 358	CUT 0		T4 462	style="background:#afeeee"		T35 45		style="background:#afeeee"	T48 38	T12 121		T4 370	T57 24	T5 465	style="background:yellow"	T10 47	1st 1165												3,301	14	3.4	0.5
6	Hovland		style="background:#afeeee"	T27 96	T41 60	CUT 0		T4 462	style="background:#afeeee"		T18 93		style="background:yellow"	T4 370	1st 1335		CUT 0	T5 265	T23 126														2,837	11	2.8
7	Zalatoris		style="background:yellow"	T6 325	2nd 1113	T2 920		T28 89	style="background:yellow"		T5 265		style="background:white"	•	•		CUT 0	•	•														2,662	6	3.9
8	Meronk		style="background:white"	•	•	•		T42 60	style="background:white"		•		style="background:lightgrey"	WD 0	T4 292		CUT 0	T32 60	T7 330	style="background:yellow"	T6 83	T3 155	T3 142	6th 97	3rd 172	1st 1000								2,648	23	2.2
9	Lowry		style="background:yellow"	T3 564	T23 102	CUT 0		T21 108	style="background:#afeeee"		T35 45		style="background:#afeeee"	T12 116	T24 85		•	1st 1335	T23 126	style="background:yellow"	T9 117													2,597	11	2.8
10	Pieters		style="background:pink"	CUT 0	T71 18	T27 95		T28 89	style="background:#afeeee"		T26 72		style="background:lime"	1st 1335	T12 121		•	T23 79	•	style="background:yellow"	T9 50	T10 49	2nd 305	T8 57	T3 219									2,576	15	2.3

Awards

Award	Winner
		^[12]
		^[13]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. News: 'A new era in global golf': European Tour to be renamed DP World Tour . The Guardian . Ewan . Murray . 9 November 2021 . 11 October 2023.
2. Web site: DP World to invest more than $400m in European Tour over next decade . SportBusiness . Matthew . Glendinning . 11 November 2021 . 11 October 2023.
3. Web site: DP World Tour: Tournaments, dates, venues and Rolex Series event for historic 2022 season . Sky Sports . 10 November 2021 . 9 November 2021.
4. News: Carter . Iain . PGA Tour and European Tour reach agreement on closer working alliance . BBC Sport . 10 November 2021 . 27 November 2020.
5. News: Casey . Phil . Three tournaments next year to be co-sanctioned by European Tour and PGA Tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110094203/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/genesis-dubai-phil-casey-b1895948.html . 2021-11-10 . limited . live . The Independent . 10 November 2021 . 3 August 2021.
6. Web site: The Irish Open prize money will increase to €5 million from 2022 . the42 . 3 August 2021.
7. Web site: DP World Tour confirms member sanctions . European Tour . 24 June 2022 . 24 June 2022.
8. Web site: 2022 Tournament schedule . European Tour . 11 October 2023.
9. Hibbitt . James . World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions Cancelled For 2022 . Golf Monthly . July 6, 2022 . July 6, 2022.
10. Web site: 2022 DP World Tour Rankings . European Tour . 7 November 2024.
11. News: Rory McIlroy finishes top of DP World Tour rankings for fourth time . RTÉ . 20 November 2022 . 11 October 2023.
12. Web site: Ryan Fox wins the 2022 Seve Ballesteros Award . European Tour . 27 January 2023 . 27 January 2023.
13. Thriston Lawrence Named DP World Tour Rookie Of The Year . Golf Monthly . Ross . Kilvington . 24 November 2022 . 11 October 2023.