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. The agreement was reported to be worth over 10 years.

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.

As part of a new "strategic alliance" between the European Tour and PGA Tour, 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. 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.

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.

Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.

DateTournamentHost countryPursepointsWinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotesJoburg OpenSouth AfricaR17,500,0002,000 Thriston Lawrence (1) 19AFRSA Open ChampionshipSouth Africa––Removed–AFRAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipSouth Africa––Cancelled–AFRAbu Dhabi HSBC ChampionshipUAEUS$8,000,0008,000 Thomas Pieters (6)46Rolex SeriesSlync.io Dubai Desert ClassicUAEUS$8,000,0008,000 Viktor Hovland (2)48Rolex SeriesRas Al Khaimah ChampionshipUAEUS$2,000,0002,750 Nicolai Højgaard (2) 24New tournamentRas Al Khaimah ClassicUAEUS$2,000,0002,750 Ryan Fox (2) 24New tournamentHero Indian OpenIndia––Cancelled–Magical Kenya OpenKenya€1,750,0002,750 Wu Ashun (4) 24MyGolfLife OpenSouth AfricaUS$1,500,0002,000 Pablo Larrazábal (6)23AFRNew tournamentSteyn City ChampionshipSouth AfricaUS$1,500,0002,000 Shaun Norris (1) 19AFRNew tournamentCommercial Bank Qatar MastersQatarUS$2,000,0002,750 Ewen Ferguson (1)24WGC-Dell Technologies Match PlayUnited StatesUS$12,000,0008,000 Scottie Scheffler (n/a)74World Golf ChampionshipMasters TournamentUnited StatesUS$15,000,00010,000 Scottie Scheffler (n/a)100Major championshipISPS Handa Championship in JapanJapan––Removed–JPNNew tournamentISPS Handa Championship in SpainSpainUS$2,000,0002,750 Pablo Larrazábal (7)24New tournamentVolvo China OpenChina––Postponed–Catalunya ChampionshipSpainUS$2,000,0002,750 Adri Arnaus (1)24New tournamentBetfred British MastersEngland£1,850,0003,500 Thorbjørn Olesen (6) 24Soudal OpenBelgiumUS$2,000,0002,750 Sam Horsfield (3) 24PGA ChampionshipUnited StatesUS$15,000,00010,000 Justin Thomas (4)100Major championshipDutch OpenNetherlands€1,750,0002,750 Victor Perez (2)24Porsche European OpenGermany€1,750,0002,750 Kalle Samooja (1) 24Volvo Car Scandinavian MixedSwedenUS$2,000,0002,750 Linn Grant (n/a) 24LETMixed eventU.S. OpenUnited StatesUS$17,500,00010,000 Matt Fitzpatrick (8) 100Major championshipBMW International OpenGermany€2,000,0002,750 Li Haotong (3) 24Horizon Irish OpenIrelandUS$6,000,0006,000 Adrian Meronk (1) 28Genesis Scottish OpenScotlandUS$8,000,0008,000 Xander Schauffele (2) 70PGATRolex SeriesBarbasol ChampionshipUnited StatesUS$3,700,0004,250 Trey Mullinax (n/a)24PGATNew to European TourThe Open ChampionshipScotlandUS$14,000,00010,000 Cameron Smith (n/a)100Major championshipBarracuda ChampionshipUnited StatesUS$3,700,0004,250 Chez Reavie (1) 24PGATNew to European TourCazoo ClassicEngland€1,750,0002,750 Richie Ramsay (4) 24Hero OpenScotland€1,750,0002,750 Sean Crocker (1) 24Cazoo OpenWales€1,750,0002,750 Callum Shinkwin (2) 24ISPS Handa World InvitationalNorthern IrelandUS$1,500,0002,000 Ewen Ferguson (2) 8.17D+D Real Czech MastersCzech Republic€1,750,0002,750 Maximilian Kieffer (1) 10.34Omega European MastersSwitzerland€2,000,0002,750 Thriston Lawrence (2) 16.02Made in HimmerLandDenmark€3,000,0004,250 Oliver Wilson (2) 16.25BMW PGA ChampionshipEnglandUS$8,000,0008,000 Shane Lowry (6)38.04Rolex SeriesDS Automobiles Italian OpenItaly€3,000,0004,250 Robert MacIntyre (2) 24.28Cazoo Open de FranceFrance€3,000,0004,250 Guido Migliozzi (3) 18.55Alfred Dunhill Links ChampionshipScotlandUS$5,000,0005,500 Ryan Fox (3) 32.14Pro-AmAcciona Open de EspañaSpain€1,750,0002,750 Jon Rahm (8) 14.20Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía MastersSpain€3,000,0004,250 Adrián Otaegui (4)20.18Mallorca Golf OpenSpainUS$2,000,0002,750 Yannik Paul (1)13.48WGC-HSBC ChampionsChina––Cancelled–World Golf ChampionshipPortugal MastersPortugalUS$2,000,0002,750 Jordan Smith (2) 13.27Cyprus OpenCyprus––Cancelled–Nedbank Golf ChallengeSouth AfricaUS$6,000,0007,000 Tommy Fleetwood (6) 14.92AFRLimited-field eventDP World Tour ChampionshipUAEUS$10,000,00012,000 Jon Rahm (9)21.82Tour Championship

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

DateTournamentHost countryPurseWinnerOWGRpointsNotesJ. P. McManus Pro-AmIreland£1,000,000 Xander Schauffelen/aPro-Am

Location of tournaments

DP World Tour Rankings Points distribution The distribution of DP World Tour Ranking points for 2022 European Tour events were as follows:

Finishing position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th20th30th40th50th60thMajor championships 10,000 1,665 1,113 627 500 424 350 300 250 223 200 120 90 68 48 30Rolex Series & WGCs 8,000 1,335 889 500 400 339 280 240 200 178 160 96 72 54 38 24Nedbank Golf Challenge 7,000 1,165 780 438 350 297 245 210 175 156 140 84 63 47 33 21Regular tournament (Band 6) 5,500 915 612 345 275 234 192 165 138 123 110 66 50 37 28 17Regular tournament (Band 4) 4,250 710 472 266 212 180 149 128 106 95 85 51 38 29 20 13Regular tournament (Band 3) 3,500 585 389 218 175 148 123 105 88 78 70 42 32 24 17 11Regular tournament (Band 2) 2,750 460 305 172 137 116 97 83 69 61 55 33 25 19 13 8Regular tournament (Band 1) 2,000 335 222 125 100 84 70 60 50 44 40 24 18 14 10 6DP World Tour Championship 12,000 2,000 1,335 752 600 509 420 359 300 267 240 144 108 82 58 36

Final standings The DP World Tour Rankings were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

Player Majors Rolex Series Top 10s in other events Money12345678910(€m)($m) 1 McIlroy2nd1113 8th250 T5387 3rd627• CANCELLEDT12116 3rd500 • T2695 4th6004th212 T4255 4,754 10 5.5 2.0 2 Fox• 54th40 CUT0 CUT0•61st24 T2678 T4738 WD0 19th1481st460 T953 T865 T2239 2nd305 3rd172 2nd667 1st915 T4127 2nd7804,174 24 3.4 1.2 3 RahmT2796 T4847 T12167 T3473T9138• • T5528 T2695 1st20001st460 3,703 9 4.6 0.7 4 FitzpatrickT14131 T5358 1st1665 T21108T1893• • T6225 T4246 T54652nd472 3,620 11 4.9 0.6 5 FleetwoodT14131 T5358 CUT0 T4462T3545T4838 T12121 T4370 T5724 T5465T1047 1st1165 3,301 14 3.4 0.5 6 HovlandT2796 T4160 CUT0 T4462T1893T4370 1st1335 CUT0 T5265 T23126 2,837 11 2.8 7 ZalatorisT6325 2nd1113 T2920 T2889T5265• • CUT0 • • 2,662 6 3.9 8 Meronk• • • T4260•WD0 T4292 CUT0 T3260 T7330T683 T3155 T3142 6th97 3rd172 1st1000 2,648 23 2.2 9 LowryT3564 T23102 CUT0 T21108T3545T12116 T2485 • 1st1335 T23126T9117 2,597 11 2.8 10 PietersCUT0 T7118 T2795 T2889T26721st1335 T12121 • T2379 •T950 T1049 2nd305 T857 T3219 2,576 15 2.3

Awards AwardWinner Player of the Year (Seve Ballesteros Award) Ryan Fox Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Thriston Lawrence

See also 2022 in golf 2022 Challenge Tour 2022 European Senior Tour

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