2024 European Tour Explained

Year:	2024
Tour:	European Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	44
Honor1:	Race to Dubai
Honor2:	Seve Ballesteros Award
Honor3:	Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
Prevseason:	2023
Nextseason:	2025

The 2024 European Tour, titled as the 2024 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 53rd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

It is 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 Hero 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 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.
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.^[9]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	points	Winner	OWGR points	Notes
26 Nov		Australia	A$2,000,000	3,000	Min Woo Lee (3)	13.51
26 Nov		South Africa	R20,500,000	3,000	Dean Burmester (3)	11.95
3 Dec		Australia	A$1,700,000	3,000	Joaquín Niemann (1)	14.80
3 Dec		South Africa	1,500,000	3,000	Dean Burmester (4)	12.59
11 Dec		South Africa	€1,500,000	3,000	Louis Oosthuizen (10)	14.07
17 Dec		Mauritius	1,200,000	3,000	Louis Oosthuizen (11)	11.05
14 Jan		UAE	2,500,000	3,000	Tommy Fleetwood (7)	20.13	New limited-field pro-am
21 Jan		UAE	9,000,000	8,000	Rory McIlroy (17)	29.73	Rolex Series
28 Jan		UAE	2,500,000	3,000	Thorbjørn Olesen (8)	18.70
4 Feb		Bahrain	2,500,000	3,000	Dylan Frittelli (3)	17.70	New tournament
11 Feb		Qatar	2,500,000	3,000	Rikuya Hoshino (1)	17.34
25 Feb		Kenya	2,500,000	3,000	Darius van Driel (1)	12.27
3 Mar		South Africa	1,500,000	3,000	Jordan Gumberg (1)	13.81
10 Mar		South Africa	1,500,000	3,000	Matteo Manassero (5)	13.99
24 Mar		Singapore	2,500,000	3,000	Jesper Svensson (1)	19.32
31 Mar		India	2,250,000	3,000	Keita Nakajima (1)	15.83
14 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	20,000,000	10,000	Scottie Scheffler (n/a)	100	Major championship
~~21 Apr~~		South Korea	–	–	Removed	–
28 Apr		Japan	2,250,000	3,000	Yuto Katsuragawa (1)	20.72
5 May		China	2,250,000	3,000	Adrián Otaegui (5)	14.59
19 May	PGA Championship	United States	18,500,000	10,000	Xander Schauffele (3)	100	Major championship
26 May		Belgium	2,500,000	3,000	Nacho Elvira (2)	18.19
2 Jun		Germany	2,500,000	3,000	Laurie Canter (1)	19.59
9 Jun		Sweden	2,000,000	3,000	Linn Grant (n/a)	14.45	Mixed event
16 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	21,500,000	10,000	Bryson DeChambeau (3)	100	Major championship
23 Jun		Netherlands	2,500,000	3,000	Guido Migliozzi (4)	18.05
30 Jun		Italy	3,250,000	3,000	Marcel Siem (6)	19.14
7 Jul		Germany	2,500,000	3,000	Ewen Ferguson (3)	19.81
14 Jul		Scotland	9,000,000	8,000	Robert MacIntyre (3)	65.37	Rolex Series
14 Jul		United States	4,000,000	3,000	Harry Hall (1)	25.13
21 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	17,000,000	10,000	Xander Schauffele (4)	100	Major championship
21 Jul		United States	4,000,000	3,000	Nick Dunlap (n/a)	27.34
18 Aug		Czech Republic	2,500,000	3,000	David Ravetto (1)	17.07
25 Aug		Denmark	2,500,000	3,000		16.74
1 Sep		England	3,500,000	5,000
8 Sep		Switzerland	3,250,000	5,000
15 Sep		Northern Ireland	6,000,000	5,000
22 Sep		England	9,000,000	8,000			Rolex Series
29 Sep		Spain	3,250,000	5,000
6 Oct		Scotland	5,000,000	5,000			Pro-Am
13 Oct		France	3,250,000	5,000
20 Oct		Spain	3,250,000	5,000
27 Oct		South Korea	4,000,000	5,000			New to European Tour
10 Nov		UAE	9,000,000	9,000			Playoff event
17 Nov		UAE	10,000,000	12,000			Playoff event

Unofficial events

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

Race to Dubai

Top 5 players on the Race to Dubai as of 18 August 2024 (D+D Real Czech Masters):^[10]

	Player	Majors				Rolex Series				Top 10s in other events									Money
	Player									1	2	3	4	5	6	7			(€m)	($m)
1	McIlroy	style="background:#afeeee"	T22 104	T12 152	2nd 1113	CUT 0	style="background:lime"	1st 1335	T4 273			style="background:yellow"	T2 261							3,237	7
2	A. Scott	style="background:#afeeee"	T22 104	CUT 0	T32 78	T10 185	style="background:yellow"	T7 195	2nd 889			style="background:yellow"	6th 105	T4 127						1,683	8
3	Svensson	style="background:white"	•	T53 36	•	CUT 0	style="background:#afeeee"	T31 66	T34 61			style="background:yellow"	T2 224	T2 261	1st 500	2nd 334				1,680	20
4	MacIntyre	style="background:white"	•	T8 214	CUT 0	T50 43	style="background:white"	•	1st 1335										1,615	6
5	Söderberg	style="background:white"	•	T68 21	•	•	style="background:#afeeee"	T41 47	•			style="background:yellow"	T3 155	T9 58	T6 98	T2 224	2nd 334	T3 155	T2 417	1,583	13

Notes and References

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.
Web site: New look 2024 DP World Tour schedule unveiled . European Tour . 14 August 2023 . 14 August 2023.
News: DP World Tour 2024 schedule: Tournament dates and venues, plus when golf majors are taking place . Sky Sports . 14 August 2023 . 14 August 2023.
Coles . Matt . DP World Tour announces new-look 2024 schedule . National Club Golfer . 15 August 2023 . 14 August 2023.
News: World Invitational not on 2024 schedule but Galgorm say 'exciting new event' planned . BBC Sport . John . Haughey . 15 August 2023 . 15 August 2023.
Web site: Nedbank Golf Challenge to return as part of 2025 Race to Dubai . European Tour . 11 September 2023 . 20 December 2023.
News: Indian Open to complete the 2024 Asian Swing . The Times of India . 14 December 2023 . 20 December 2023.
Web site: Commercial Bank Qatar Masters added to International Swing . European Tour . 19 December 2023 . 20 December 2023.
Web site: 2024 Tournament schedule . European Tour . 14 August 2023.
Web site: 2024 Race to Dubai . European Tour . 18 August 2024.