The 2023 European Tour, titled as the 2023 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 52nd season of

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tournaments since the

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officially began in 1972. It is the second season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with

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, that was announced in November 2021. In September 2022, the opening six events of the 2023 season were announced; they were all co-sanctioned events, four with the South Africa-based

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and two with the

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, and were scheduled for late 2022.

Changes for 2023

Player Earnings Assurance Programme

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.

Rankings name change

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.

PGA Tour promotions

As part of the

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strategic alliance expansion which had been signed in June 2022, 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.

Additions to the schedule

The Singapore Classic, SDC Championship, Jonsson Workwear Open (previously a

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event) and the Korea Championship were added to the schedule. The ISPS Handa Australian Open was also added to the schedule as co-sanctioned event with the

, the first time Australia's national open had gained European Tour status. The ISPS Handa Championship in Japan returned to the schedule, having been removed in 2022. The Thailand Classic and the

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also returned to the schedule, having not been played since 2016 and 2019 respectively.

LIV Golf merger

In June 2023, it was announced that the

and

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would merge under a single organisation.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.

Unofficial events

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

Race to Dubai

Top five players in the

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as of 11 June 2023 ( Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed): • Did not play

Notes

References

External links

Official site
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