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.

Changes for 2024 When the 2024 schedule was announced in August 2023, there were many changes from previous seasons, including:

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, the Thailand Classic, the Hero Indian Open, the ISPS Handa World Invitational, the Commercial Bank 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. The Hero Indian Open and the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters were later added to the schedule. 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.

DateTournamentHost countryPurse(US$)pointsWinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes 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 – 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 LET Mixed event 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 17 Nov DP World Tour Championship UAE 10,000,000 12,000 Rory McIlroy (18) 26.71 Playoff event

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

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

Race to Dubai Points distribution The distribution of Race to Dubai points for 2024 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 8,000 1,335 889 500 400 339 280 240 200 178 160 96 72 54 38 24Back 9 tournaments 5,000 835 555 312 250 212 176 150 125 112 100 60 45 34 24 15Other European Tour events 3,000 500 334 188 150 127 105 90 75 67 60 36 27 20 14 9Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 9,000 1,500 1,000 565 450 381 315 270 225 201 180 108 81 61 43 27DP 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 Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

Player Majors Rolex Series Top 10s in other events Money1234567(€m)($m) 1 McIlroyT22104 T12152 2nd1113 CUT01st1335 T4273 T2695 T3465 1st2000T2261 2nd555 6,998 12 9.17 2.00 2 R. Højgaard• T6821 • T6030T11142 T2189 T3857 T3272 2nd13352nd334 T864 T690 T4139 3rd312 1st835 T42314,019 23 3.53 1.00 3 Lawrence• CUT0 • 4th500CUT0 CUT0 T2695 T6253 T30103T783 T1058 T2261 T2224 T2261 2nd555 3,316 26 2.92 0.75 4 HattonT9202 T6325 T2696 CUT0T3166 • • 2nd1000 6th420T1093 1st835 2,797 10 2.80 0.55 5 Waring• • • •T4147 • T4545 1st1500 T16162T690 T3155 T1055 T684 T7116 2,630 27 2.22 0.45 6 Horschel• T8214 T4161 T2870• CUT0 1st1335 • T4765 2,545 8 3.28 0.35 7 FleetwoodT3517 T2690 T16135 CUT0T14126 T3461 T12121 T6253 T161621st500 T9204 3rd312 2,481 12 2.78 0.30 8 A. ScottT22104 CUT0 T3278 T10185T7195 2nd889 T5725 T4646 T36206th105 T4127 2,374 11 2.35 0.25 9 MacIntyre• T8214 CUT0 T5043• 1st1335 T12121 T19107 T7292T5194 2,373 11 2.66 0.20 10 Svensson• T5336 • CUT0T3166 T3461 CUT0 T4453 T7292T2224 T2261 1st500 2nd334 5th212 2,322 28 1.66 0.15

PGA Tour exemptions

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:

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)

Awards AwardWinner Player of the Year (Seve Ballesteros Award) Rory McIlroy Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Jesper Svensson

See also 2024 Challenge Tour 2024 European Senior Tour

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