2023 European Tour

Golf tour season

2023 European Tour seasonDuration| 24 November 2022 (2022-11-24) – 19 November 2023 (2023-11-19)

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Number of official events| 45
Most wins|  Adrian Meronk (3)
Race to Dubai|  Rory McIlroy
Player of the Year|  Adrian Meronk
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year|  Ryo Hisatsune
Graduate of the Year|  Daniel Hillier

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The 2023 European Tour, titled as the 2023 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 52nd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

It was the second season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with DP World, that was announced in November 2021.[1]

## Changes for 2023

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### Player Earnings Assurance Programme

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In November 2022, alongside the schedule release, the tour announced that they would introduce a "Player Earnings Assurance Programme", which would guarantee minimum earnings of US$150,000 for all exempt players from categories 1–17 if they competed in at least 15 tournaments.[2][3]

### Rankings name change

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In November 2022, the tour announced that the DP World Tour Rankings would be reverted back to the Race to Dubai, the name which had been in place between 2009 and 2021.[4]

### PGA Tour exemptions

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As part of the PGA Tour strategic alliance expansion which had been signed in June 2022,[5] the 2023 season saw the beginning of PGA Tour status being awarded to the top 10 players (not otherwise exempt) on the Race to Dubai.[6]

### Additions to the schedule

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The Singapore Classic,[7] SDC Championship, Jonsson Workwear Open (previously a Challenge Tour event) and the Korea Championship were added to the schedule. The ISPS Handa Australian Open was also added to the schedule as a co-sanctioned event with the PGA Tour of Australasia, the first time Australia's national open had gained European Tour status.[8]

The ISPS Handa Championship in Japan returned to the schedule, having been removed in 2022.[9] The Thailand Classic and the Hero Indian Open also returned to the schedule, having not been played since 2016 and 2019, respectively.[10][11]

A new team event was created and also added to the schedule; the Hero Cup, which was played in January. Similarly to the defunct Seve Trophy, a team from Great Britain & Ireland competed against a team from Continental Europe. The event was used as a warm-up for the Ryder Cup matches in September.[12]

## LIV Golf agreement

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In June 2023, it was announced that the Public Investment Fund, the PGA Tour and the European Tour would create a new entity to serve the best interests of each entity.[13]

## Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[14]

Date  | Tournament  | Host country  | Purse
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points  | Winner[a] | OWGR
points  | Other
tours[b] | Notes

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27 Nov | Fortinet Australian PGA Championship | Australia  | A$2,000,000  | 2,000  |  Cameron Smith (n/a)  | 10.06  | ANZ |
27 Nov | Joburg Open | South Africa  | R17,500,000  | 2,000  |  Dan Bradbury (1)  | 9.24  | AFR |
4 Dec | ISPS Handa Australian Open | Australia  | A$1,700,000  | 2,000  |  Adrian Meronk (2)  | 10.26  | ANZ | New to European Tour
4 Dec | Investec South African Open Championship | South Africa  | 1,500,000  | 2,000  |  Thriston Lawrence (3)  | 12.12  | AFR |
11 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa  | €1,500,000  | 2,000  |  Ockie Strydom (1)  | 14.59  | AFR |
18 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius  | €1,000,000  | 2,000  |  Antoine Rozner (3)  | 8.60  | AFR |
22 Jan  | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship | UAE  | 9,000,000  | 8,000  |  Victor Perez (3)  | 25.94  |  | Rolex Series
30 Jan  | Hero Dubai Desert Classic | UAE  | 9,000,000  | 8,000  |  Rory McIlroy (15)  | 29.49  |  | Rolex Series
5 Feb  | Ras Al Khaimah Championship | UAE  | 2,000,000  | 2,750  |  Daniel Gavins (2)  | 17.53  |  |
12 Feb  | Singapore Classic | Singapore  | 2,000,000  | 2,750  |  Ockie Strydom (2)  | 16.49  |  | New tournament
19 Feb  | Thailand Classic | Thailand  | 2,000,000  | 2,750  |  Thorbjørn Olesen (7)  | 15.97  |  |
26 Feb  | Hero Indian Open | India  | 2,000,000  | 2,750  |  Marcel Siem (5)  | 9.29  | PGTI |
12 Mar  | Magical Kenya Open | Kenya  | 2,000,000  | 2,750  |  Jorge Campillo (3)  | 14.34  |  |
19 Mar  | SDC Championship | South Africa  | 1,500,000  | 2,000  |  Matthew Baldwin (1)  | 14.81  | AFR | New tournament
26 Mar  | Jonsson Workwear Open | South Africa  | 1,500,000  | 2,000  |  Nick Bachem (1)  | 13.85  | AFR | New to European Tour
26 Mar  | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | United States  | 20,000,000  | 8,000  |  Sam Burns (n/a)  | 52.41  |  | World Golf Championship
9 Apr  | Masters Tournament | United States  | 18,000,000  | 10,000  |  Jon Rahm (10)  | 100  |  | Major championship
23 Apr  | ISPS Handa Championship | Japan  | 2,000,000  | 2,750  |  Lucas Herbert (3)  | 19.22  | JPN | New to European Tour[c]
30 Apr  | Korea Championship | South Korea  | 2,000,000  | 2,750  |  Pablo Larrazábal (8)  | 17.05  | KOR | New tournament
7 May  | DS Automobiles Italian Open | Italy  | 3,250,000  | 4,250  |  Adrian Meronk (3)  | 20.48  |  |
14 May  | Soudal Open | Belgium  | 2,000,000  | 2,750  |  Simon Forsström (1)  | 15.24  |  |
21 May  | PGA Championship | United States  | 17,500,000  | 10,000  |  Brooks Koepka (7)  | 100  |  | Major championship
28 May  | KLM Open | Netherlands  | 2,000,000  | 2,750  |  Pablo Larrazábal (9)  | 18.57  |  |
4 Jun  | Porsche European Open | Germany  | 2,000,000  | 2,750  |  Tom McKibbin (1)  | 18.10  |  |
11 Jun  | Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed | Sweden  | 2,000,000  | 2,750  |  Dale Whitnell (1)  | 12.25  | LET | Mixed event[d]
18 Jun  | U.S. Open | United States  | 20,000,000  | 10,000  |  Wyndham Clark (n/a)  | 100  |  | Major championship
25 Jun  | BMW International Open | Germany  | 2,000,000  | 2,750  |  Thriston Lawrence (4)  | 16.77  |  |
2 Jul  | Betfred British Masters | England  | 3,500,000  | 4,250  |  Daniel Hillier (1)  | 20.55  |  |
9 Jul  | Made in HimmerLand | Denmark  | 3,250,000  | 4,250  |  Rasmus Højgaard (4)  | 16.53  |  |
16 Jul  | Genesis Scottish Open | Scotland  | 9,000,000  | 8,000  |  Rory McIlroy (16)  | 62.26  | PGAT | Rolex Series
16 Jul  | Barbasol Championship | United States  | 3,800,000  | 4,250  |  Vincent Norrman (1)  | 15.95  | PGAT |
23 Jul  | The Open Championship | England  | 16,500,000  | 10,000  |  Brian Harman (n/a)  | 100  |  | Major championship
23 Jul  | Barracuda Championship | United States  | 3,800,000  | 4,250  |  Akshay Bhatia (n/a)  | 23.76  | PGAT |
20 Aug  | ISPS Handa World Invitational | Northern Ireland  | 1,500,000  | 2,000  |  Dan Brown (1)  | 11.23  |  |
27 Aug  | D+D Real Czech Masters | Czech Republic  | 2,000,000  | 2,750  |  Todd Clements (1)  | 20.09  |  |
3 Sep  | Omega European Masters | Switzerland  | €2,500,000  | 3,500  |  Ludvig Åberg (1)  | 22.74  |  |
10 Sep  | Horizon Irish Open | Ireland  | 6,000,000  | 6,000  |  Vincent Norrman (2)  | 30.10  |  |
17 Sep  | BMW PGA Championship | England  | 9,000,000  | 8,000  |  Ryan Fox (4)  | 39.10  |  | Rolex Series
24 Sep  | Cazoo Open de France | France  | 3,250,000  | 4,250  |  Ryo Hisatsune (1)  | 20.71  |  |
9 Oct  | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland  | 5,000,000  | 5,500  |  Matt Fitzpatrick (9)  | 26.05  |  | Pro-Am
15 Oct  | Acciona Open de España | Spain  | 3,250,000  | 4,250  |  Matthieu Pavon (1)  | 21.37  |  |
22 Oct  | Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters | Spain  | 3,750,000  | 4,250  |  Adrian Meronk (4)  | 21.14  |  |
29 Oct  | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Qatar  | 3,750,000  | 4,250  |  Sami Välimäki (2)  | 18.11  |  |
12 Nov  | Nedbank Golf Challenge | South Africa  | 6,000,000  | 7,000  |  Max Homa (n/a)  | 19.44  |  | Limited-field event
19 Nov  | DP World Tour Championship | UAE  | 10,000,000  | 12,000  |  Nicolai Højgaard (3)  | 27.72  |  | Tour Championship[e]

### Unofficial events

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

Date  | Tournament  | Host country  | Purse  | Winners  | OWGR
points  | Notes

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15 Jan | Hero Cup | UAE  | €2,000,000  |  Team Continental Europe  | n/a  | New team event
1 Oct | Ryder Cup | Italy  | n/a  |  Team Europe  | n/a  | Team event

## Race to Dubai

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### Points distribution

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The distribution of Race to Dubai points for 2023 European Tour events were as follows:[15]

Finishing position  |  | Total
pts |  | 1st  | 2nd  | 3rd  | 4th  | 5th  | 6th  | 7th  | 8th  | 9th  | 10th  |  | 20th  |  | 30th  |  | 40th  |  | 50th  |  | 60th

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Major championships | 10,000 | 1,665 | 1,113 | 627 | 500 | 424 | 350 | 300 | 250 | 223 | 200 | 120 | 90 | 68 | 48 | 30
Rolex Series & WGCs | 8,000 | 1,335 | 889 | 500 | 400 | 339 | 280 | 240 | 200 | 178 | 160 | 96 | 72 | 54 | 38 | 24
Nedbank Golf Challenge | 7,000 | 1,165 | 780 | 438 | 350 | 297 | 245 | 210 | 175 | 156 | 140 | 84 | 63 | 47 | 33 | 21
Regular tournament (Band 6)[f] | 5,500 | 915 | 612 | 345 | 275 | 234 | 192 | 165 | 138 | 123 | 110 | 66 | 50 | 37 | 28 | 17
Regular tournament (Band 4)[g] | 4,250 | 710 | 472 | 266 | 212 | 180 | 149 | 128 | 106 | 95 | 85 | 51 | 38 | 29 | 20 | 13
Regular tournament (Band 3)[h] | 3,500 | 585 | 389 | 218 | 175 | 148 | 123 | 105 | 88 | 78 | 70 | 42 | 32 | 24 | 17 | 11
Regular tournament (Band 2)[i] | 2,750 | 460 | 305 | 172 | 137 | 116 | 97 | 83 | 69 | 61 | 55 | 33 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 8
Regular tournament (Band 1)[j] | 2,000 | 335 | 222 | 125 | 100 | 84 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 44 | 40 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 6
DP World Tour Championship | 12,000 | 2,000 | 1,335 | 752 | 600 | 509 | 420 | 359 | 300 | 267 | 240 | 144 | 108 | 82 | 58 | 36

### Final standings

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The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[16][17]

Pos. | Player  |  | Majors |  | WGCs |  | Rolex Series |  | Top 10s in other ET events  |  | Total
pts |  | Tmts |  | Money[k]

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Mas | PGA | USO | Opn | WGC
MP | Abu | Dub | Sco | BMW
PGA | DPW
TC | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | Reg.
(€m)  | Bon.
($m)
1  |  McIlroy | CUT
0 | T7
275 | 2nd
1113 | T6
325  | 3rd
500  | • | 1st
1335 | 1st
1335 | T7
206 | T22
131  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,296  | 10 | 7.5 | 2.0
2  |  N. Højgaard | • | T50
45 | • | T23
98  | •  | T10
132 | T38
50 | T6
212 | T64
20 | 1st
2000 | T10
33 | T5
98 | T5
152 | 3rd
172 | T5
125 | 2nd
780 |  |  | 3,985  | 17 | 4.4 | 1.2
3  |  Rahm | 1st
1665 | T50
45 | T10
179 | T2
666  | T31
54  | • | • | • | 4th
400 | T5
429  | T9
73 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,511  | 8 | 5.3 | 0.7
4  |  Meronk | CUT
0 | T40
59 | CUT
0 | T23
98  | T17
92  | T10
132 | CUT
0 | CUT
0 | T28
72 | T32
100  | 1st
335 | T4
127 | 1st
710 | T5
98 | T3
130 | 1st
710 |  |  | 2,969  | 24 | 2.4 | 0.6
5  |  Fox | T26
102 | T23
108 | T43
59 | T52
42  | T17
92  | T65
20 | T20
89 | T12
119 | 1st
1335 | T34
95  | T3
285 | T2
411 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,898  | 19 | 3.0 | 0.5
6  |  Hovland | T7
275 | T2
870 | 19th
123 | T13
151  | T31
54  | • | • | T25
73 | 5th
339 | T2
896  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,780  | 8 | 3.8 |
7  |  Perez | • | T12
162 | CUT
0 | T41
59  | T31
54  | 1st
1335 | T28
69 | T35
58 | CUT
0 | 8th
300  | T9
75 | T9
83 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,406  | 22 | 2.5 |
8  |  Fleetwood | 33rd
84 | T18
121 | T5
358 | T10
185  | T52
32  | T38
52 | T59
24 | T6
212 | 6th
280 | T2
896  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,356  | 12 | 2.9 |
9  |  Olesen | • | CUT
0 | • | CUT
0  | •  | T20
88 | T16
106 | T25
73 | T33
65 | T26
122  | T4
127 | 1st
460 | T6
90 | 3rd
172 | T10
76 | T9
83 | T9
77 | 3rd
438  | 2,226  | 24 | 1.7 |
10  |  M. W. Lee | CUT
0 | T18
121 | T5
358 | T41
59  | T31
54  | T2
695 | T13
123 | T35
58 | T14
115 | T15
173  | T4
92 | 3rd
125 | T7
139 |  |  |  |  |  | 2,176  | 15 | 2.5 |

Win

Top 10

Made cut

Missed cut

• Did not play

### PGA Tour exemptions

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For more details, see 2023 Race to Dubai dual card winners.

The top 10 players on the Race to Dubai (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2024 PGA Tour. They were as follows:[19][20][21]

* Adrian Meronk (4th)[l]
* Ryan Fox (5th)
* Victor Perez (7th)
* Thorbjørn Olesen (9th)
* Alexander Björk (11th)
* Sami Välimäki (12th)
* Robert MacIntyre (13th)
* Matthieu Pavon (15th)
* Jorge Campillo (16th)
* Ryo Hisatsune (17th)

## Awards

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Award | Winner | Ref.

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Player of the Year (Seve Ballesteros Award) |  Adrian Meronk | [23]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |  Ryo Hisatsune | [24]
Graduate of the Year |  Daniel Hillier | [25]

## See also

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* 2023 Challenge Tour
* 2023 European Senior Tour

## Notes

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
3. ^ Tournament's debut on European Tour delayed from 2022.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ Also a Rolex Series tournament.
6. ^ Tournaments with purses ranging from $5,000,000 to $5,499,999.
7. ^ Tournaments with purses ranging from $3,250,000 to $3,999,999.
8. ^ Tournaments with purses ranging from $2,500,000 to $3,249,999.
9. ^ Tournaments with purses ranging from $1,750,000 to $2,499,999.
10. ^ Tournaments with purses ranging from $1,000,000 to $1,749,999.
11. ^ In addition to tournament prize money, the top five point scorers received a share of a $5m bonus pool.[18]
12. ^ Meronk became ineligible for the 2024 PGA Tour season, having joined LIV Golf in January 2024.[22]

## References

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1. ^ 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.
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3. ^ "DP World Tour announces global 2023 schedule". European Tour. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
4. ^ "The DP World Tour Rankings to become the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex for the 2023 season". European Tour. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
5. ^ Carter, Iain (28 June 2022). "LIV Golf: DP World & PGA Tours strengthen partnership to combat Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
6. ^ Morfit, Cameron (24 December 2022). "Five things to know about the PGA Tour for 2023". PGA Tour. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
7. ^ Chia, Laura (21 June 2022). "Golf: European Tour to return to Singapore in 2023 after nine-year hiatus". The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
8. ^ Hytner, Mike (29 April 2022). "Australian Open to make golf history with equal billing and prize money for men and women". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
9. ^ Fraser, Lewis (14 April 2023). "ISPS Handa Japan: Preview, betting tips, how to watch". Bunkered. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
10. ^ "Hero Cup stars set for Thailand Classic". Irish Golfer. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
11. ^ "Hero Indian Open returns with record prize fund". European Tour. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
12. ^ McAuley, John (6 September 2022). "DP World Tour announce new match-play team event to take place in Abu Dhabi". The National. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
13. ^ "PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf agree to stunning merger". Sky Sports. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
14. ^ "2023 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
15. ^ "DP World Tour | 2022 Members General Regulations Handbook" (PDF). European Tour. 2022. pp. 153–157. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
16. ^ "2023 Race to Dubai". European Tour. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
17. ^ "Rory McIlroy secures fifth Race to Dubai title after Max Homa's Nedbank Golf Challenge win". Sky Sports. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
18. ^ Ballengee, Ryan (20 November 2023). "2023 Race to Dubai bonus pool, purse, winner's share, prize money payout". Golf News Net. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
19. ^ "2023 Race to Dubai Rankings - PGA Tour Eligibility". PGA Tour. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
20. ^ Hodowanic, Paul (20 November 2023). "Meet the 10: Adrian Meronk leads DP World Tour players to earn dual membership on PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
21. ^ Roberts, Andy (19 November 2023). "Which 10 DP World Tour players have earned PGA Tour cards". GolfMagic. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
22. ^ Leighfield, Jonny (31 January 2024). "Adrian Meronk Becomes Latest Big European Name To Sign With LIV Golf". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
23. ^ "Adrian Meronk wins the 2023 Seve Ballesteros Award". European Tour. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
24. ^ "Ryo Hisatsune wins Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award". European Tour. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
25. ^ "Hillier credits Challenge Tour after being named Graduate of the Year". European Tour. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

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