2025 European Tour
| Duration | 21 November 2024 – 16 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 42[a] |
| Most wins | Marco Penge (3) |
| Race to Dubai | Rory McIlroy |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Martin Couvra |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 European Tour, titled as the 2025 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 54th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
It was the fourth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with DP World that was announced in November 2021.[1]
Changes for 2025
The initial part of the schedule was announced in August 2024, with the "Opening Swing" events confirmed.[2] Tournaments in Australia and Southern Africa were confirmed, with the return of the Nedbank Golf Challenge, which had not been part of the 2024 season due to scheduling changes.[3] The Joburg Open and the Investec South African Open Championship were dropped from the Opening Swing, being rescheduled to March.[4] The remainder of the schedule was announced in November 2024.[5][6] As part of the announcement, it was confirmed that the Turkish Open and Austrian Open would return to the schedule for the first time since 2019 and 2021, respectively.[7][8]
- Several tournaments held in 2024 were not included in the schedule announcement: the Dubai Invitational (played biannually),[9] the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, the SDC Championship, the Jonsson Workwear Open, the ISPS Handa Championship,[10] the European Open,[11] the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed[12] and the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters.[13] The Commercial Bank Qatar Masters was later added to the schedule.[14]
- In December 2024, it was reported by Czech Television that the 2025 D+D Real Czech Masters would not take place after being originally scheduled for 7–10 August. This was due to the tournament promoters being unable to find a suitable venue.[15]
- In May 2025, the tour announced that the dates vacated by the Czech Masters would be filled by the returning Scottish Championship, previously held just once in 2020.[16] In July, Nexo was announced as the tournament title sponsor, with it being renamed the Nexo Championship.[17]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2025 season.[18]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
R2D points |
Winner[b] | OWGR points |
Other tours[c] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Nov | BMW Australian PGA Championship | Australia | A$2,000,000 | 3,000 | Elvis Smylie (1) | 13.03 | ANZ | |
| 1 Dec | ISPS Handa Australian Open | Australia | A$1,700,000 | 3,000 | Ryggs Johnston (1) | 13.56 | ANZ | |
| 8 Dec | Nedbank Golf Challenge | South Africa | 6,000,000 | 4,000 | Johannes Veerman (2) | 20.90 | AFR | |
| 15 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | €1,500,000 | 3,000 | Shaun Norris (2) | 17.78 | AFR | |
| 22 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | 1,500,000 | 3,000 | John Parry (2) | 10.95 | AFR | |
| 19 Jan | Hero Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | 9,000,000 | 8,000 | Tyrrell Hatton (8) | 34.36 | Rolex Series | |
| 26 Jan | Ras Al Khaimah Championship | UAE | 2,500,000 | 3,500 | Alejandro del Rey (1) | 23.20 | ||
| 2 Feb | Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship | Bahrain | 2,500,000 | 3,500 | Laurie Canter (2) | 21.26 | ||
| 9 Feb | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Qatar | 2,500,000 | 3,500 | Li Haotong (4) | 20.13 | ||
| 23 Feb | Magical Kenya Open | Kenya | 2,500,000 | 3,500 | Jacques Kruyswijk (1) | 14.50 | ||
| 2 Mar | Investec South African Open Championship | South Africa | 1,500,000 | 3,000 | Dylan Naidoo (1) | 15.59 | AFR | |
| 9 Mar | Joburg Open | South Africa | R20,500,000 | 3,000 | Calum Hill (2) | 15.02 | AFR | |
| 23 Mar | Porsche Singapore Classic | Singapore | 2,500,000 | 3,500 | Richard Mansell (1) | 19.79 | ||
| 30 Mar | Hero Indian Open | India | 2,250,000 | 3,500 | Eugenio Chacarra (1) | 15.91 | PGTI | |
| 13 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | 21,000,000 | 10,000 | Rory McIlroy (19) | 100 | Major championship | |
| 20 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | 2,550,000 | 3,500 | Wu Ashun (5) | 16.75 | CHN | |
| 27 Apr | Hainan Classic | China | 2,550,000 | 3,500 | Marco Penge (1) | 16.37 | CHN | New tournament |
| 11 May | Turkish Airlines Open | Turkey | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | Martin Couvra (1) | 19.28 | ||
| 18 May | PGA Championship | United States | 19,000,000 | 10,000 | Scottie Scheffler (n/a) | 100 | Major championship | |
| 25 May | Soudal Open | Belgium | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | Kristoffer Reitan (1) | 22.39 | ||
| 1 Jun | Austrian Alpine Open | Austria | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | Nicolai von Dellingshausen (1) | 20.82 | ||
| 8 Jun | KLM Open | Netherlands | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | Connor Syme (1) | 21.13 | ||
| 15 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | 21,500,000 | 10,000 | J. J. Spaun (n/a) | 100 | Major championship | |
| 29 Jun | Italian Open | Italy | 3,000,000 | 3,500 | Adrien Saddier (1) | 20.82 | ||
| 6 Jul | BMW International Open | Germany | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | Dan Brown (2) | 26.55 | ||
| 13 Jul | Genesis Scottish Open | Scotland | 9,000,000 | 8,000 | Chris Gotterup (n/a) | 69.65 | PGAT | Rolex Series |
| 13 Jul | ISCO Championship | United States | 4,000,000 | 3,500 | William Mouw (n/a) | 24.28 | PGAT | |
| 20 Jul | The Open Championship | Northern Ireland | 17,000,000 | 10,000 | Scottie Scheffler (n/a) | 100 | Major championship | |
| 20 Jul | Barracuda Championship | United States | 4,000,000 | 3,500 | Ryan Gerard (1) | 28.23 | PGAT | |
| D+D Real Czech Masters | Czech Republic | – | – | Cancelled[15] | – | |||
| 10 Aug | Nexo Championship | Scotland | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | Grant Forrest (2) | 18.67 | ||
| 17 Aug | Danish Golf Championship | Denmark | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | Marco Penge (2) | 19.18 | ||
| 24 Aug | Betfred British Masters | England | 3,500,000 | 5,000 | Alex Norén (11) | 27.61 | ||
| 31 Aug | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | 3,250,000 | 5,000 | Thriston Lawrence (5) | 25.65 | ||
| 7 Sep | Amgen Irish Open | Ireland | 6,000,000 | 5,000 | Rory McIlroy (20) | 34.42 | ||
| 14 Sep | BMW PGA Championship | England | 9,000,000 | 8,000 | Alex Norén (12) | 50.24 | Rolex Series | |
| 21 Sep | FedEx Open de France | France | 3,250,000 | 5,000 | Michael Kim (1) | 25.90 | ||
| 5 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | 5,000,000 | 5,000 | Robert MacIntyre (4) | 33.87 | ||
| 12 Oct | Open de España | Spain | 3,250,000 | 5,000 | Marco Penge (3) | 28.00 | ||
| 19 Oct | DP World India Championship | India | 4,000,000 | 5,000 | Tommy Fleetwood (8) | 25.51 | PGTI | New tournament |
| 26 Oct | Genesis Championship | South Korea | 4,000,000 | 5,000 | Lee Jung-hwan (1) | 21.25 | KOR | |
| 9 Nov | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship | UAE | 9,000,000 | 9,000 | Aaron Rai (3) | 35.62 | Playoff event[d] | |
| 16 Nov | DP World Tour Championship | UAE | 10,000,000 | 12,000 | Matt Fitzpatrick (10) | 32.20 | Playoff event[d] |
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winners | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan | Team Cup | UAE | n/a | Team GB&I | n/a | Team event |
| 28 Sep | Ryder Cup | United States | n/a | Team Europe | n/a | Team event |
Race to Dubai
Points distribution
The distribution of Race to Dubai points for 2025 European Tour events were as follows:[19]
| Finishing position | Total pts |
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 20th | 30th | 40th | 50th | 60th | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major championships | 10,000 | 1,665 | 1,113 | 627 | 500 | 424 | 350 | 300 | 250 | 223 | 200 | 120 | 90 | 68 | 48 | 30 | |||||||
| Rolex Series | 8,000 | 1,335 | 889 | 500 | 400 | 339 | 280 | 240 | 200 | 178 | 160 | 96 | 72 | 54 | 38 | 24 | |||||||
| Back 9 tournaments | 5,000 | 835 | 555 | 312 | 250 | 212 | 176 | 150 | 125 | 112 | 100 | 60 | 45 | 34 | 24 | 15 | |||||||
| Nedbank Golf Challenge | 4,000 | 665 | 445 | 251 | 200 | 170 | 140 | 120 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 48 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 12 | |||||||
| Regular tournaments[e] | 3,500 | 585 | 389 | 219 | 175 | 148 | 122 | 105 | 87 | 78 | 70 | 42 | 32 | 24 | 17 | 11 | |||||||
| Other regular tournaments[f] | 3,000 | 500 | 334 | 188 | 150 | 127 | 105 | 90 | 75 | 67 | 60 | 36 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 9 | |||||||
| Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship | 9,000 | 1,500 | 1,000 | 565 | 450 | 381 | 315 | 270 | 225 | 201 | 180 | 108 | 81 | 61 | 43 | 27 | |||||||
| DP World Tour Championship | 12,000 | 2,000 | 1,335 | 752 | 600 | 509 | 420 | 359 | 300 | 267 | 240 | 144 | 108 | 82 | 58 | 36 |
Final standings
The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[20][21]
| Pos. | Player | Majors | Rolex Series | Top 10s in other ET events | Total pts |
Tmts | Money[g] | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mas | PGA | USO | Opn | Dub | Sco | BMW PGA |
Abu | DPW TC |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Reg. (€m) |
Bon. ($m) | ||||||||||
| 1 | McIlroy | 1st 1665 |
T47 52 |
T19 119 |
T7 258 |
T4 370 |
T2 695 |
T20 92 |
T3 508 |
2nd 1335 |
1st 835 |
5,975 | 11 | 7.96 | 2.00 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Penge | • | T28 90 |
• | CUT 0 |
• | T2 695 |
T13 113 |
T9 182 |
T22 135 |
3rd 188 |
1st 585 |
1st 585 |
T6 163 |
T8 103 |
1st 835 |
4,008 | 26 | 2.85 | 1.00 | ||||||||
| 3 | M. Fitzpatrick | T40 67 |
T8 181 |
T38 69 |
T4 425 |
• | T4 370 |
T5 233 |
T32 71 |
1st 2000 |
T6 163 |
5th 212 |
3,841 | 11 | 4.66 | 0.75 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Hatton | T14 135 |
T60 27 |
T4 425 |
T16 126 |
1st 1335 |
• | T5 233 |
T41 53 |
T14 180 |
2nd 555 |
3,099 | 10 | 3.58 | 0.55 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Fleetwood | T21 110 |
T41 61 |
CUT 0 |
T16 126 |
T21 88 |
T34 58 |
T46 39 |
2nd 1000 |
T3 570 |
1st 835 |
2,937 | 11 | 2.47 | 0.45 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | MacIntyre | CUT 0 |
T47 52 |
2nd 1113 |
T7 258 |
• | T65 18 |
T74 11 |
T9 182 |
T8 269 |
T9 66 |
1st 835 |
2,904 | 11 | 3.67 | 0.35 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Canter | CUT 0 |
CUT 0 |
T55 37 |
CUT 0 |
3rd 500 |
T34 58 |
T46 39 |
T23 89 |
T3 570 |
1st 585 |
2nd 334 |
T7 85 |
T2 434 |
2,900 | 22 | 2.27 | 0.30 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Reitan | • | • | • | T30 86 |
• | T13 120 |
T24 79 |
22nd 103 |
T28 106 |
T2 304 |
1st 585 |
T2 304 |
T4 148 |
T3 181 |
T6 114 |
T5 166 |
T5 146 |
2,762 | 31 | 1.97 | 0.25 | ||||||
| 9 | Saddier | • | • | • | T52 41 |
CUT 0 |
CUT 0 |
2nd 889 |
T41 53 |
T24 124 |
T7 85 |
T3 197 |
5th 148 |
1st 585 |
T5 194 |
2,643 | 26 | 2.07 | 0.20 | |||||||||
| 10 | Norén | • | T17 132 |
• | • | • | CUT 0 |
1st 1335 |
T17 112 |
T16 158 |
1st 835 |
2,573 | 7 | 2.26 | 0.15 | |||||||||||||
Win
Top 10
Made cut
Missed cut
• Did not play
PGA Tour exemptions
The top 10 players on the Race to Dubai (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2026 PGA Tour. They were as follows:[24][25]
- Marco Penge (2nd)
Laurie Canter (7th)[h]- Kristoffer Reitan (8th)
- Adrien Saddier (9th)
- Alex Norén (10th)
- John Parry (11th)
- Li Haotong (13th)
- Keita Nakajima (14th)
- Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (15th)
- Jordan Smith (16th)
- Dan Brown (17th)[h]
Awards
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year (Seve Ballesteros Award) | ||
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Martin Couvra | [28] |
| Graduate of the Year |
See also
Notes
- ^ One further tournament was cancelled.
- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members.
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; CHN − China Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
- ^ a b Also a Rolex Series tournament.
- ^ Tournaments with purses of $2,000,000 and above.
- ^ Tournaments with purses below $2,000,000.
- ^ In addition to tournament prize money, the top 10 point scorers received a share of a $6m bonus pool.[22][23]
- ^ a b Laurie Canter (7th) became ineligible for the 2026 PGA Tour season, having joined LIV Golf in December 2025.[26] Canter was therefore removed from the eligibility ranking; with Dan Brown (17th) taking his place.[27]
References
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- ^ "来季ツアーは24試合、うち新規開催4試合。2025年もJGTOツアーをよろしくお願いいたします" [Next season, there will be 24 matches on the tour, including four new ones. We look forward to your continued support of the JGTO Tour in 2025] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
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- ^ a b "Příští rok to bude bez Czech Masters, promotér se nedohodl s žádným hřištěm" [No Czech Masters in the next year, the promoter could not reach an agreement with any course]. Czech Television (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "Scottish Championship to be played at Trump International Golf Links Scotland". European Tour. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "Nexo Becomes First-Ever Digital Wealth Platform of the DP World Tour, launches Nexo Championship". European Tour. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
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- ^ "A breakdown of Race to Dubai points available at DP World Tour events". European Tour. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
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- ^ Reid, Philip (16 November 2025). "Rory McIlroy wins seventh Race to Dubai title despite losing in Dubai playoff". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ^ "2025 Race to Dubai Rankings Bonus Pool". European Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ Leighfield, Jonny (16 November 2025). "Race To Dubai Full Bonus Payout Breakdown 2025". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "2025 Race to Dubai Rankings - PGA Tour Eligibility". PGA Tour. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
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- ^ Heath, Elliott (1 December 2025). "Laurie Canter Turns Down PGA Tour To Join LIV Golf". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
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