2024 European Tour

Golf tour season

2024 European Tour seasonDuration| 23 November 2023 (2023-11-23) – 17 November 2024 (2024-11-17)

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Number of official events| 44[a]
Most wins|  Rory McIlroy (2)[b]
Race to Dubai|  Rory McIlroy
Player of the Year|  Rory McIlroy
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year|  Jesper Svensson

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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.

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

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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.
* 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,[5] the Thailand Classic, the Hero Indian Open, the ISPS Handa World Invitational,[6] the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters and the Barbasol Championship, for which a replacement event was to be announced at a later date.[7][8] 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.[9] The Hero Indian Open[10] and the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters were later added to the schedule.[11]
* 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.[12]
* 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

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The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[13]

Date  | Tournament  | Host country  | Purse
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points  | Winner[c] | OWGR
points  | Other
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26 Nov | Fortinet Australian PGA Championship | Australia | A$2,000,000 | 3,000 |  Min Woo Lee (3) | 13.51 | ANZ |
26 Nov | Joburg Open | South Africa | R20,500,000 | 3,000 |  Dean Burmester (3) | 11.95 | AFR |
3 Dec | ISPS Handa Australian Open | Australia | A$1,700,000 | 3,000 |  Joaquín Niemann (1) | 14.80 | ANZ |
3 Dec | Investec South African Open Championship | South Africa | 1,500,000 | 3,000 |  Dean Burmester (4) | 12.59 | AFR |
11 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | €1,500,000 | 3,000 |  Louis Oosthuizen (10) | 14.07 | AFR |
17 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | 1,200,000 | 3,000 |  Louis Oosthuizen (11) | 11.05 | AFR |
14 Jan | Dubai Invitational | UAE | 2,500,000 | 3,000 |  Tommy Fleetwood (7) | 20.13 |  | New limited-field pro-am
21 Jan | Hero Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | 9,000,000 | 8,000 |  Rory McIlroy (17) | 29.73 |  | Rolex Series
28 Jan | Ras Al Khaimah Championship | UAE | 2,500,000 | 3,000 |  Thorbjørn Olesen (8) | 18.70 |  |
4 Feb | Bahrain Championship | Bahrain | 2,500,000 | 3,000 |  Dylan Frittelli (3) | 17.70 |  | New tournament
11 Feb | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Qatar | 2,500,000 | 3,000 |  Rikuya Hoshino (1) | 17.34 |  |
25 Feb | Magical Kenya Open | Kenya | 2,500,000 | 3,000 |  Darius van Driel (1) | 12.27 |  |
3 Mar | SDC Championship | South Africa | 1,500,000 | 3,000 |  Jordan Gumberg (1) | 13.81 | AFR |
10 Mar | Jonsson Workwear Open | South Africa | 1,500,000 | 3,000 |  Matteo Manassero (5) | 13.99 | AFR |
24 Mar | Porsche Singapore Classic | Singapore | 2,500,000 | 3,000 |  Jesper Svensson (1) | 19.32 |  |
31 Mar | Hero Indian Open | India | 2,250,000 | 3,000 |  Keita Nakajima (1) | 15.83 | PGTI |
14 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | 20,000,000 | 10,000 |  Scottie Scheffler (n/a) | 100 |  | Major championship
~~21 Apr~~ | Korea Championship | South Korea | – | – | Removed[e] | – | KOR |
28 Apr | ISPS Handa Championship | Japan | 2,250,000 | 3,000 |  Yuto Katsuragawa (1) | 20.72 | JPN |
5 May | Volvo China Open | China | 2,250,000 | 3,000 |  Adrián Otaegui (5) | 14.59 | CHN |
19 May | PGA Championship | United States | 18,500,000 | 10,000 |  Xander Schauffele (3) | 100 |  | Major championship
26 May | Soudal Open | Belgium | 2,500,000 | 3,000 |  Nacho Elvira (2) | 18.19 |  |
2 Jun | European Open | Germany | 2,500,000 | 3,000 |  Laurie Canter (1) | 19.59 |  |
9 Jun | Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed | Sweden | 2,000,000 | 3,000 |  Linn Grant (n/a) | 14.45[f] | LET | Mixed event[g]
16 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | 21,500,000 | 10,000 |  Bryson DeChambeau (3) | 100 |  | Major championship
23 Jun | KLM Open | Netherlands | 2,500,000 | 3,000 |  Guido Migliozzi (4) | 18.05 |  |
30 Jun | Italian Open | Italy | 3,250,000 | 3,000 |  Marcel Siem (6) | 19.14 |  |
7 Jul | BMW International Open | Germany | 2,500,000 | 3,000 |  Ewen Ferguson (3) | 19.81 |  |
14 Jul | Genesis Scottish Open | Scotland | 9,000,000 | 8,000 |  Robert MacIntyre (3) | 65.37 | PGAT | Rolex Series
14 Jul | ISCO Championship | United States | 4,000,000 | 3,000 |  Harry Hall (1) | 25.13 | PGAT |
21 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | 17,000,000 | 10,000 |  Xander Schauffele (4) | 100 |  | Major championship
21 Jul | Barracuda Championship | United States | 4,000,000 | 3,000 |  Nick Dunlap (n/a) | 27.34 | PGAT |
18 Aug | D+D Real Czech Masters | Czech Republic | 2,500,000 | 3,000 |  David Ravetto (1) | 17.07 |  |
25 Aug | Danish Golf Championship | Denmark | 2,500,000 | 3,000 |  Frédéric Lacroix (1) | 16.67 |  |
1 Sep | Betfred British Masters | England | 3,500,000 | 5,000 |  Niklas Nørgaard (1) | 22.52 |  |
8 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | 3,250,000 | 5,000 |  Matt Wallace (5) | 21.56 |  |
15 Sep | Amgen Irish Open | Northern Ireland | 6,000,000 | 5,000 |  Rasmus Højgaard (5) | 28.64 |  |
22 Sep | BMW PGA Championship | England | 9,000,000 | 8,000 |  Billy Horschel (3) | 33.98 |  | Rolex Series
29 Sep | Acciona Open de España | Spain | 3,250,000 | 5,000 |  Ángel Hidalgo (1) | 25.06 |  |
6 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | 5,000,000 | 5,000 |  Tyrrell Hatton (7) | 37.89 |  | Pro-Am
13 Oct | FedEx Open de France | France | 3,250,000 | 5,000 |  Dan Bradbury (2) | 22.48 |  |
20 Oct | Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters | Spain | 3,250,000 | 5,000 |  Julien Guerrier (1) | 23.73 |  |
27 Oct | Genesis Championship | South Korea | 4,000,000 | 5,000 |  An Byeong-hun (2) | 15.55 | KOR | New to European Tour
10 Nov | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship | UAE | 9,000,000 | 9,000 |  Paul Waring (2) | 30.82 |  | Playoff event[h]
17 Nov | DP World Tour Championship | UAE | 10,000,000 | 12,000 |  Rory McIlroy (18) | 26.71 |  | Playoff event[h]

### 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  | Winner  | OWGR
points  | Notes

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4 Aug | Olympic Games | France | n/a |  Scottie Scheffler | 51.14 | Limited-field event

## Race to Dubai

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### Points distribution

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The distribution of Race to Dubai points for 2024 European Tour events were as follows:[16]

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 | 8,000 | 1,335 | 889 | 500 | 400 | 339 | 280 | 240 | 200 | 178 | 160 | 96 | 72 | 54 | 38 | 24
Back 9 tournaments  | 5,000 | 835 | 555 | 312 | 250 | 212 | 176 | 150 | 125 | 112 | 100 | 60 | 45 | 34 | 24 | 15
Other European Tour events  | 3,000 | 500 | 334 | 188 | 150 | 127 | 105 | 90 | 75 | 67 | 60 | 36 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 9
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship | 9,000 | 1,500 | 1,000 | 565 | 450 | 381 | 315 | 270 | 225 | 201 | 180 | 108 | 81 | 61 | 43 | 27
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.[17][18]

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

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Mas | PGA | USO | Opn | Dub | Sco | BMW
PGA | Abu | DPW
TC | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | Reg.
(€m)  | Bon.
($m)
1  |  McIlroy | 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  |  R. Højgaard | • | 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  |  Lawrence | • | 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  |  Hatton | 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  |  Waring | • | • | • | •  | 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  |  Horschel | • | T8
214 | T41
61 | T2
870  | • | CUT
0 | 1st
1335 | • | T47
65  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,545  | 8 | 3.28 | 0.35
7  |  Fleetwood | 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  |  A. Scott | 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  |  MacIntyre | • | T8
214 | CUT
0 | T50
43  | • | 1st
1335 | T12
121 | T19
107 | T7
292  | T5
194 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,373  | 11 | 2.66 | 0.20
10  |  Svensson | • | 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

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For more details, see 2024 Race to Dubai dual card winners.

The top 10 players on the Race to Dubai (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2025 PGA Tour. They were as follows:[21][22][23]

* 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)[j]

## Awards

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Award | Winner | Ref.

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Player of the Year (Seve Ballesteros Award) |  Rory McIlroy | [25]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |  Jesper Svensson | [26]

## See also

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* 2024 Challenge Tour
* 2024 European Senior Tour

## Notes

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1. ^ One further tournament was removed from the schedule.
2. ^ Dean Burmester, Louis Oosthuizen and Xander Schauffele also won two events, but were not European Tour members.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ In April 2024, the Korea Championship was merged with the Genesis Championship, which was added to the tour schedule.[12]
6. ^ 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.[14][15]
7. ^ 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.
8. ^ a b Also a Rolex Series tournament.
9. ^ In addition to tournament prize money, the top 10 point scorers receive a share of a $6m bonus pool.[19][20]
10. ^ McKibbin became ineligible for the 2025 PGA Tour season, having joined LIV Golf in January 2025.[24]

## 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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5. ^ Hirsh, Jack (6 March 2023). "WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play to end after this season, tournament exec confirms". Golf Magazine. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
6. ^ Haughey, John (15 August 2023). "World Invitational not on 2024 schedule but Galgorm say 'exciting new event' planned". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
7. ^ Smith, Connor N. (22 January 2024). "PGA Tour announces plans for 2024 Kentucky Championship at Keene Trace Golf Club". Spectrum News. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
8. ^ Carpenter, Josh (5 June 2024). "PGA Tour lands new title sponsor for Kentucky tournament". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
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10. ^ "Indian Open to complete the 2024 Asian Swing". The Times of India. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
11. ^ "Commercial Bank Qatar Masters added to International Swing". European Tour. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
12. ^ 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.
13. ^ "2024 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
14. ^ "Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
15. ^ "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."
16. ^ "A breakdown of Race to Dubai points available at DP World Tour events". European Tour. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
17. ^ "2024 Race to Dubai". European Tour. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
18. ^ Kearns, Sean (17 November 2024). "McIlroy wins DP World Tour finale & Race to Dubai". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
19. ^ Hall, Mike (4 September 2024). "Race To Dubai Prize Money Payout 2024". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
20. ^ "2024 Race to Dubai Rankings Bonus Pool". European Tour. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
21. ^ "2024 Race to Dubai Rankings - PGA Tour Eligibility". PGA Tour. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
22. ^ 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.
23. ^ Jourdan, Cameron (17 November 2024). "These 10 DP World Tour golfers earned PGA Tour cards for the 2025 season". Golfweek. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
24. ^ "McKibbin confirms switch to LIV Golf". BBC Sport. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
25. ^ "Rory McIlroy wins 2024 Seve Ballesteros Award". European Tour. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
26. ^ "Jesper Svensson named Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year". Irish Golf Desk. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.

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