An ambitious European Tour 2025 but there is only (so far) one tournament in Spain

The return of the Austrian and Turkish Opens, and the South African Nedbank Golf Challengeas well as a series of new tournament venues are the main novelties of DP World Tour global calendar for 2025 which was announced this Tuesday. Includes a minimum 42 tournaments in 26 different countries. Regarding Spain, only the Acciona Open de España in Madrid from October 9 to 12 within the ‘Back 9’ window.

‘Global Swings’, ‘Back 9’ and ‘DP World Tour PlayOffs’ form three stages.

With a minimum of 42 Race to Dubai scoring tournaments in 26 different countries, the calendar will show DP World Tour members compete for a record prize pool of $153 million, excluding Grand Slams.

For the second consecutive season, the calendar will consist of three different stages, starting with five ‘Global Swings’ followed by ‘Back 9’, ending the season with the ‘DP World Tour PlayOffs’ in November 2025.

The Turkish Open, to be played at the Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort from May 8-11, marks the return of the DP World Tour to Turkey for the first time in six years, following seven previous editions of the Turkis Open in a row played in 2013. to 2019.

The Austrian Alpine Open presented by SalzburgerLand, at the Gut Altentann Golf Club from May 29 to June 1, also marks the return of the Tour to Austria for the first time since 2021. This will be the 23rd edition of the Austrian Open, which the time first appeared on the calendar when Bernhard Langer won the title in 1990.

Both tournaments will form part of the ‘European Swing’, one of five ‘Global Swings’ that will form the first phase of the DP World Tour’s global calendar starting in 2025.

Meanwhile, as previously announced, the Nedbank Golf Challenge, in South Africa, will also return to the calendar and become the main event of the ‘Opening Swing’ at the end of the current year 2024. The ‘Opening Swing’ begins with the BMW Australian PGA Championship, which opens the season, at the Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane, from November 21 to 24, 2024.

Each ‘Global Swing’ has its own identity and its own champion, with the exceptions of Rolex Series events and the second stage of the season – ‘the Back 9’, including the Spanish Open – also available.

The autumn ‘Back 9’ trials will give players the chance to earn a spot in the season-ending DP World Tour PlayOffs, which consists of two consecutive Rolex Series events in the Middle East, the Abu Dhabi Championship (6 -November 9) and the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai (November 13-16).

Three Rolex Series events take place early in the season: the Hero Dubai Desert Classic (January 16-19), the PGA TOUR-sanctioned Genesis Scottish Open (July 10-13) and the BMW PGA Championship (September 11-14) .

Two team match play competitions also feature on the 2025 calendar: the Team Cup, which will take place at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club from January 10 to 12, and the 2025 Ryder Cup, where Luke Donald’s European team will try to keep the trophy. against Keegan Bradley’s American team at Bethpage Black in New York, from September 26 to 28.

A number of new venues also appear in the 2025 calendar. In ‘Back 9’, the FedEx Open de France, the oldest Open in continental Europe, moves to the Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche for its 107th edition due to the works being carried out at Le GolfNational. This is the first time the tournament has been held there since 1982, when Seve Ballesteros won.

Also on the ‘Back 9’, the Amgen Irish Open will return to The K Club, the venue that hosted the tournament in 2023 and will do so again in 2027.

Meanwhile, in Global Swings, the Italian Open will move to Argentario Golf Club in Tuscany, the ISCO Championship will be played at Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville and the Danish Golf Championship will be held for the first time at Furesø Golf Klub in Birkerød, near Copenhagen.