The DP World Tour has announced its tournament schedule for next season, which will see at least 42 tournaments played in 26 different countries, with players competing for a total prize fund of $153 million excluding the Major Championship.
For the second consecutive season, the schedule will consist of three different stages, starting with five world tours followed by the ‘Back 9’, and the season will culminate with the DP World Tour Play-Offs in November 2025.
TURKEY AND AUSTRIA ARE BACK ON THE SCHEDULE
I The Turkish Opento be played at 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 the previous seven editions of the tournament played consecutively from 2013 to 2019.
I The Austrian Alpine Open is presented by SalzburgerLandat Gut Altentann Golf Club from May 29 – June 1, and sees the Tour return to Austria for the first time since 2021. It will be the 23rd overall edition of Austria’s National Open, which first appeared in the event when Bernhard Langer won the tournament. title 1990.
Both tournaments will take place on the ‘European Swing’ – one of the five Global Swings that make up the First Stage of the DP World Tour schedule again in 2025.
Meanwhile, as previously announced, the Nedbank Golf Challenge, in South Africa, will also return to the program and will be an intermediate event ‘Opening the Swing’ by the end of the current calendar year 2024. The Opening Swing begins by introducing the season The BMW Australian PGA Championship at the Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane from November 21-24, 2024.
Each Global Swing has its own identity and champion, and can be included in Rolex Series events and the second stage of the season – the ‘Back 9’ – is also available.
The ‘Back 9’ events throughout the autumn then give players the opportunity to secure their places in the season-ending DP World Tour Play-Offs which include consecutive Rolex Series events in the Middle East, Abu Dhabi Championship (November 6-9) and DP World Tour Championship, Dubai (November 13-16).
Three Rolex Series events take place at the start of the season: i Hero Dubai Desert Classic (January 16-19), the Genesis Scottish Open (July 10-13) – sponsored in partnership with the PGA TOUR – and the The BMW PGA Championship (September 11-14).
TWO GROUP EVENTS
Also on the calendar in 2025 are two team play tournaments – i Team Cupwhich takes place at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club from January 10-12 – and 2025 Ryder Cupwhere Luke Donald’s European team will try to retain the trophy against Keegan Bradley’s United States team at Bethpage Black in New York, from September 26-28.
Some new locations also appear on the 2025 schedule. In ‘Back 9’, i FedEx French Openthe oldest Continental Europe National Open, moves to the Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche for its 107th edition thanks to the work done at Le Golf National. It is the first time that this tournament has been played since 1982 when Seve Ballesteros won.
And in ‘Back 9’, i Amgen Irish Open returns to The K Club, the venue that hosted the tournament in 2023 and will do so again in 2027.
Meanwhile, in Global Swings, i The Italian Open moves to Argentario Golf Club in Tuscany, in ISCO Championship will be played at Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, as well Danish Golf Championship moves to Furesø Golf Klub in Birkerød, near Copenhagen, for the first time.
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