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 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.
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
The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[10]
^A further one tournament was scheduled but was removed from the schedule.
^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.
^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]
^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.