The 2024 European Tour, titled as the 2024 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 53rd season of the

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, the main

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in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972. It is the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with

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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

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and Back 9 events. **The Back 9 consists of nine events in Europe, including several national opens and beginning with the

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. **The season-ending "DP World Tour Playoffs" consists of two events: the Abu Dhabi 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

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also returned to the schedule, having not been played on the European Tour since 2019 due to restrictions in place during the

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. *Several tournaments held in 2023 were not included in the initial announcement: the

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, the Thailand Classic, the

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, the

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, the

Qatar Masters The Qatar Masters was a European Tour golf tournament held at Doha Golf Club in Doha, Qatar. When founded in 1998, it was one of two European Tour events to be staged in the Arabian Peninsula, but was at one point, one of six. From 2005 to 2007 ...

and the

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, for which a replacement event was to be announced at a later date. Additionally, a change of dates for the

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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

and the

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were later added to the schedule. *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.

Unofficial events

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

Notes

References

External links

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