The DP World Tour has announced its schedule for the 2024 season, including a minimum of 44 tournaments in 24 countries across five continents.
Showcasing international players, cultures, countries and venues, the 2024 season also features a host of new enhancements across its 13-month run, with members competing for an overall record prize fund of $148.5million (excluding the majors).
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The 2024 Race to Dubai will feature three phases – five Global Swings from November 2023 to August 2024; a new Back 9 from September 2024 to October 2024; and two DP World Tour Play-Offs in November 2024.
As in previous years, there will be five Rolex Series events – a premium category of events on the DP World Tour. In 2024 these will be: the Hero Dubai Desert Classic (January), the Genesis Scottish Open (July), the BMW PGA Championship (September), the Abu Dhabi Championship (November) and the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai (November).
The schedule also features two new tournaments – the Dubai Invitational (Jan 11-14) and the Bahrain Championship (Feb 1-4), while the Volvo China Open (May 2-5) returns to the schedule for the first time since 2019. There are also date changes for three existing tournaments – the Danish Golf Championship (which moves to Aug 22-25), the Betfred British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo (Aug 29-Sept 1), and the Abu Dhabi Championship (Nov 7-10). The Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player moves into December and will be one of the opening events on the tour’s 2025 schedule.
Keith Pelley, the DP World Tour’s chief executive, said: “Our 2024 season will see our members come together to compete across a global schedule, with greater opportunities and rewards than ever before. The many new and original enhancements we have introduced will guarantee drama and excitement for our fans, our broadcasters and all our stakeholders across the entire season and means, more than ever, that every week counts on the DP World Tour.”
Schedule breakdown
Phase one – The Global Swings
This phase will comprise five individual swings – the Opening Swing, the International Swing, the Asian Swing, the European Swing, and the Closing Swing – and will run from November 2023 to August 2024. Each Swing will have its own individual Swing Rankings.
The Opening Swing will run from November 2023 (Fortinet Australian PGA Championship) to December 2023 (AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open). The International Swing will run from January 2024 (Dubai Invitational) to March 2024 (Jonsson Workwear Open). The Asian Swing* will run from March 2024 (Singapore Classic) to May 2024 (Volvo China Open). The European Swing* will run from May 2024 (Soudal Open) to July 2024 (BMW International Open). The Closing Swing* will run from July 2024 (Genesis Scottish Open) to August 2024 (Danish Golf Championship).
*While points accrued in the major championships will count on the Race to Dubai Rankings, they will not count in the Swing Rankings.
Each Swing will have its own identity and its own champion, who will each earn $200,000 from a $1million bonus pool. Swing champions will also qualify for each of the Back 9 events.
At the conclusion of the Global Swings phase, a further $1million bonus pool will be shared by the leading 10 players on the Race to Dubai (who have played a minimum of eight regular Global Swings events outside the major championships and co-sanctioned Genesis Scottish Open).
The International Swing includes a new pro am event – the Dubai Invitational at Dubai Creek Resort January 11-14 – as well as the Bahrain Championship, which marks the Tour’s return to the Kingdom of Bahrain for the first time since 2011.
The five Swings will also offer qualification into the first three Rolex Series events with the leading member (not otherwise exempt) from the Opening Swing qualifying for the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. The leading member (not otherwise exempt) from each of the International Swing, the Asian Swing and the European Swing will qualify for the Genesis Scottish Open. The leading member (not otherwise exempt) from the Closing Swing will qualify for the BMW PGA Championship.
The overall top performers from the Global Swings will be rewarded with qualification into phase two of the season, with 10 spots in each of the Back 9 events for the highest ranked members (not otherwise exempt) within the top-110 on the current Race to Dubai Rankings.
Phase two – The Back 9
This phase will encompass nine of the DP World Tour’s historic tournaments and national opens, and will run from August 2024 to October 2024.
It will begin with the Betfred British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo (August 29-September 1, 2024) and will end with a tournament to be confirmed from October 24-27, 2024.
In addition to exempt DP World Tour members, the leading 15 non-members from the top-70 on the FedEx Cup will be eligible to play in these events and qualify for the DP World Tour Championship.
The top-110 players on the Race to Dubai Rankings at the conclusion of this phase in October will earn their DP World Tour cards for 2025, while the top-70 qualify for phase three, the DP World Tour Play-Offs.
Phase three – The DP World Tour Play-Offs
This phase, running in November 2024, will comprise the two final Rolex Series events of the season: the Abu Dhabi Championship and the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.
The Abu Dhabi Championship, which moves from its traditional January slot to a new date of November 7-10, will feature the leading 70 players on the Race to Dubai Rankings while the top-50 at the end of that tournament qualify for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai from November 14-17.
At the conclusion of the DP World Tour’s 2024 season, the leading 10 players will share a $6million bonus pool.
Finally, as per at the end of the current 2023 season, the top-10 DP World Tour members on the final 2024 Race to Dubai Rankings (not otherwise exempt) will earn PGA Tour cards for the 2025 season.
DP World Tour exemptions on the PGA Tour in 2024
The leading DP World Tour member, who earns a PGA Tour exemption for 2024 via the current 2023 Race to Dubai Rankings, will also be exempt into The Players Championship and the Charles Schwab Challenge in 2024.
Furthermore, the leading finisher from the current 2023 Race to Dubai, not otherwise exempt through the top-50 of the 2022-23 FedEx Cup standings, will earn a spot into two PGA Tour Signature Events in 2024 – the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and The Genesis Invitational.
