DP World Tour unveils 2025 schedule, contains a number of adjustments

If the previous couple of years on the DP World Tour have informed us something, the circuit previously often known as the European Tour is now a way more international tour.

Like in 2024, the 2025 schedule emphasizes that notion, as virtually each continent will host a match, with South America being the odd man out.

However, subsequent 12 months’s DP World Tour schedule contains a number of adjustments, together with returns to Türkiye, Austria, and The Okay Club in Ireland, which hosted the 2006 Ryder Cup. The Nedbank Challenge in South Africa is again on the schedule, too—the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City will host. But with additions come subtractions. The Porsche European Open, gained by ex-LIV golfer Laurie Canter this previous June, won’t be on the schedule. Neither will the Andalucia Masters, which Frenchman Julien Guerrier gained in a nine-hole playoff in October.

That mentioned, like in 2024, the DP World Tour has organized its schedule based mostly on three distinct phases. Five ‘Global Swings’ will ensue whereas the majority of the PGA Tour schedule within the United States takes place. The first such swing, the ‘Opening Swing,’ begins Nov. 21 in Brisbane with the BMW Australian PGA Championship. The ISPS Handa Australian Open then follows the week after that. Three occasions, together with two in South Africa, wrap up this preliminary swing earlier than the calendar formally flips to 2025.

The ‘International Swing’ begins in January within the Middle East and is highlighted by the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Rory McIlroy will begin his season by returning to Dubai to defend his title from a 12 months in the past. This a part of the schedule will function occasions in Bahrain, Kenya, and South Africa and conclude on Mar. 9.

The ‘Asian Swing’ follows, beginning with the Porsche Singapore Classic. The Hero Indian Open and the Volvo China Open then bookend The Masters in April. Another occasion in Asia is slated for Apr. 24-27 however has but to be confirmed. Whatever occasion that could be will conclude this third portion of the schedule.

The fourth swing, the ‘European Swing,’ options loads of acquainted stops in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. But it kicks off with a return to Antalya, Türkiye, the place the DP World Tour’s finest will compete on the Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort alongside the Mediterranean Coast. Two different vital adjustments inside this swing embrace the return of the Austrian Open, which will likely be held on the Jack Nicklaus-designed Gut Altentann Golf Club in Salzburg. This course hosted the Austrian Open from 1990 to 1992, with Bernhard Langer defeating Lanny Wadkins in a playoff in 1990. The different new improvement includes the Italian Open, which is able to transfer from the Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome to the Argentario Golf Club exterior Tuscany.

The Genesis Scottish Open will kick off the ultimate ‘Closing Swing,’ the primary of three co-sanctioned occasions on the PGA Tour. The ISCO Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, takes place the identical week, whereas the Barracuda Championship alongside Lake Tahoe will as soon as once more transpire alongside golf’s oldest main. Following The Open at Royal Portrush, the DP World Tour will go on a three-week-long hiatus after which stage two occasions within the Czech Republic and Denmark.

The meat of the DP World Tour calendar arrives on the finish of August because the PGA Tour wraps up its FedEx Cup Playoffs. This just isn’t a coincidence however a strategic ploy from DP World Tour brass. Their purpose is to try to lure its prime expertise again to Europe for its ‘Back 9,’ the stretch of 9 tournaments that embrace a few of its most profitable occasions.

The ‘Back 9’ begins with the Betfred British Masters at The Belfy, hosted by Sir Nick Faldo from Aug. 21-24. The Omega European Masters, performed yearly on one of the vital picturesque programs on this planet at Crans-sur-Sierre in Crans Montana, Switzerland, follows after that.

The Amegen Irish Open returns to the Okay Club earlier than the BMW PGA Championship, the flagship occasion of the DP World Tour, at Wentworth in England. Then, the week earlier than the Ryder Cup, the FedEx French Open will happen, however Le Golf National won’t host. Instead, one other Paris-area course, Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche, will welcome the DP World Tour for the primary time since 1982, when Seve Ballesteros emerged victorious.

Four extra occasions observe after the Ryder Cup, together with the famend Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews. The Spanish Open additionally returns to the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, and the Genesis Championship will likely be held once more in South Korea to shut out the ‘Back 9.’ But the DP World Tour has left a weekend open—Oct. 16-19—for an occasion to be introduced. Last 12 months, the Andalucia Masters befell then. Whether or not this occasion in Southern Spain returns to this slot stays to be seen.

The closing two DP World Tour season occasions will once more happen within the Middle East in November. The prime 70 gamers within the Race to Dubai standings will qualify for the Abu Dhabi Championship, the primary DP World Tour Playoff occasion. From there, the highest 50 advance to Dubai for the DP World Tour Championship from Nov. 13-16, 2025.

The full schedule follows under.

Opening Swing:

Nov. 21-24 — BMW Australian PGA Championship — Brisbane, Australia

Nov. 28-Dec. 1 — ISPS Handa Australian Open — Melbourne, Australia

Dec. 5-8 — Nedbank Golf Challenge — Sun City, South Africa

Dec. 12-15 — Alfred Dunhill Championship — Malelane, South Africa

Dec. 19-22 — AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open — Grand Baie, Mauritius

International Swing:

Jan. 10-12 — Team Cup — Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Jan. 16-19 — Hero Dubai Desert Classic — Dubai, U.A.E.

Jan. 23-26 — Ras Al Khaimah Championship — Ras Al Khaimah, U.A.E.

Jan. 30-Feb. 2 — Bahrain Championship — Kingdom of Bahrain, Bahrain

Feb. 6-9 — Middle East Event — TBD

Feb. 20-23 — Magical Kenya Open — Nairobi, Kenya

Feb. 27-Mar. 2 — Investec South African Open Championship, Durban, South Africa

Mar. 6-9 — Joburg Open — Johannesburg, South Africa

Asian Swing:

Mar. 20-23 — Porsche Singapore Classic — Singapore, Singapore

Mar. 27-30 — Hero India Open — TBD

Apr. 10-13 — The Masters — Augusta, Georgia

Apr 17-20 — Volvo China Open — TBD

Apr. 24-27 — Asian Event — TBD

European Swing:

May 8-11 — Turkish Open — Antalya, Türkiye

May 15-18 — PGA Championship — Charlotte, North Carolina

May 22-25 — Soudal Open — Antwerp, Belgium

May 29-Jun. 1 — Austrian Alpine Open — Salzburg, Austria

Jun. 5-8 — KLM Open — Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jun. 12-15 — U.S. Open — Oakmont, Pennsylvania

Jun. 26-29 — Italian Open — Monte Argentario, Italy

Jul. 3-6 — BMW International Open — Munich, Germany

Closing Swing:

Jul. 10-13 — Genesis Scottish Open — North Berwick, Scotland*

Jul. 10-13 — ISCO Championship — Louisville, Kentucky*

Jul. 17-20 — The 153rd Open Championship — Portrush, Northern Ireland

Jul. 17-20 — Barracuda Championship — Truckee, California*

Aug. 7-10 — D+D Real Czech Masters — TBD

Aug. 14-17 — Danish Golf Championship — Copenhagen, Denmark

* — Co-sanctioned with PGA Tour

Back 9:

Aug. 21-24 — Betfred British Masters — Sutton Coldfield, England

Aug. 28-31 — Omega European Masters — Crans Montana, Switzerland

Sep. 4-7 — Amegen Irish Open — Co. Kildare, Ireland

Sep. 11-14 — BMW PGA Championship — Virginia Water, Surrey, England

Sep. 18-21 — FedEx Open de France — Paris, France

Oct. 2-5 — Alfred Dunhill Links Championship — St. Andrews, Scotland

Oct. 9-12 — acconia Open de España introduced by Madrid — Madrid, Spain

Oct. 16-19 — Back 9 Event TBD

Oct. 23-26 — Genesis Championship — TBD, South Korea

DP World Tour Playoffs:

Nov. 6-9 — Abu Dhabi Championship — Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Nov. 13-16 — DP World Tour Championship — Dubai, U.A.E.

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