He DP World Tour announced this Monday its calendar for the 2024 season, which will have a minimum of 44 tournaments in 24 countries and on five continents and only two of them in Spain.
In addition, what used to be called the European Tour has announced that players will compete for a record prize fund of $148.5 million (not including ‘Majors’).
The Race to Dubai 2024 will feature three new and unique stages: five “Global Swings” tournaments from November 2023 to August 2024, a “Balik 9” of nine events from September 2024 to October 2024, and two “DP World Tours Play-Offs ” in November 2024.
As in previous years, the most important contests are the five of those Rolex series, the highest category of the DP World Tour. In 2024 they are the Dubai Desert Classic (January), the Scottish Open (July), the PGA Championship (September), the Abu Dhabi Championship (November) and the DP World Tour Championship (November).
Within Abu Dhabi Championship The top 70 players from the Race to Dubai qualification will participate, while the top 50 will qualify for the season-ending championship, which will be held in Dubai from November 14-17.
The top 10 also earn PGA Tour cards for 2025 and share a $6 million bonus pool.
Two novelties
The schedule also includes two new tournaments: the Dubai Invitational (January 11-14) and the Bahrain Championships (February 1-4), while the China Open (May 2-5) will return to the calendar for the first time. since 2019.
There are also date changes for three existing tournaments: the Danish Championships, which have been moved to August 22-25, the British Masters (August 29-September 1) and the Abu Dhabi Championships (November 7-10). ). The Nedbank Golf Challenge will move to December and become one of the inaugural championships on the Tour calendar in 2025.
Spain will host only two tournaments: the Spanish Open, at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid from September 26 to 29, and the Andalusian Masters, from October 17 to 20 at the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande, in San Roque (Cádiz).
Source: La Verdad
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