The European Tour – officially known since 2021 as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons – has been delighting golf fans across Europe and around the world since 1972, when it brought together a scattershot collection of disparate competitions into a united, integrated tour. Now a global entity with tournaments held all over the world, the DP World Tour stands alongside the PGA Tour as one of the premier professional men’s golf tours. Here, we take a deep dive into the 2025 DP World Tour calendar.
- Number of Events in the 2025 DP World Tour Season
- 2025 DP World Tour Season Dates
- 2025 DP World Tour Calendar
- 2025 DP World Tour Global Swings
- 2025 DP World Tour Back 9
- 2025 DP World Tour Play-Offs
- 2025 DP World Tour Players
- 2026 DP World Tour Schedule
Number of Events in the 2025 DP World Tour Season
There will be at least 42 official events over the course of the 2025 DP World Tour season, including the 4 men’s majors.
They will be held across a minimum of 26 different countries:
- United Kingdom (5)
- United States (5)
- United Arab Emirates (4)
- South Africa (4)
- Australia (2)
- Mauritius
- Bahrain
- Kenya
- Singapore
- India
- China
- Turkey
- Belgium
- Austria
- Netherlands
- Italy
- Germany
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Switzerland
- Republic of Ireland
- France
- Spain
- South Korea
Several of these events are co-sanctioned with other golf tours, including the PGA Tour, Sunshine Tour, and Tour of Australasia. There are also several unofficial events – sanctioned by the DP World Tour but not carrying official money or wins – such as the Team Cup and the Ryder Cup.
There is no fixed number of events held each season – tournaments are added to or removed from the calendar every year – but the total will usually fall between 40 and 45 tournaments:
- 2024 – 44 events
- 2023 – 45 events
- 2022 – 43 events
- 2021 – 40 events
- 2020 – 38 events (season affected by COVID-19)
You can find the full DP World Tour schedule at Koobit.
2025 DP World Tour Season Dates
The 2025 DP World Tour runs from 21 November 2024 to 16 November 2025. Although the DP World Tour uses a calendar-year naming convention, it does typically run from November to November each season.
The season is split into multiple phases; 5 “Global Swings,” followed by a series of “Back 9” events, and finishing off with the DP World Tour Play-offs at the climax of the campaign.
In recent years, the season dates have been as follows:
- 2024 – 23 November 2023 to 17 November 2024
- 2023 – 24 November 2022 to 19 November 2023
- 2022 – 25 November 2021 to 20 November 2022
- 2021 – 23 January 2021 to 21 November 2021 (season start delayed due to COVID-19)
- 2020 – 28 November 2019 to 13 December 2020 (season affected by COVID-19)
2025 DP World Tour Calendar
Here’s the full calendar for the 2025 DP World Tour season:
| Date | Name | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 21-24 Nov 2024 | BMW Australian PGA Championship | Royal Queensland Golf Club |
| 25 Nov - 1 Dec 2024 | Australian Open | Kingston Heath Golf Club |
| 5-8 Dec 2024 | Nedbank Golf Challenge | Gary Player Country Club |
| 12-15 Dec 2024 | Alfred Dunhill Championship | Leopard Creek Country Club |
| 19-22 Dec 2024 | Mauritius Open | Mont Choisy Le Golf |
| 10-12 Jan 2025 | Team Cup | Abu Dhabi Golf Club |
| 16-19 Jan 2025 | Hero Dubai Desert Classic | Emirates Golf Club |
| 23-26 Jan 2025 | Ras Al Khaimah Championship | Al Hamra Golf Club |
| 30 Jan - 2 Feb 2025 | Bahrain Championship | Royal Golf Club |
| 6-9 Feb 2025 | Qatar Masters | Doha Golf Club |
| 20-23 Feb 2025 | Magical Kenya Open | Muthaiga Golf Club |
| 27 Feb - 2 Mar 2025 | South African Open | Durban Country Club |
| 6-9 Mar 2025 | Joburg Open | Houghton Golf Club |
| 20-23 Mar 2025 | Singapore Classic | Laguna National Golf Resort Club |
| 27-30 Mar 2025 | Hero Indian Open | DLF Golf and Country Club |
| 7-13 Apr 2025 | Masters Golf | Augusta National Golf Club |
| 17-20 Apr 2025 | Volvo China Open | Enhance Anting Golf Club |
| 24-27 Apr 2025 | Hainan Classic | Mission Hills Resort Haikou |
| 8-11 May 2025 | Turkish Open | Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort |
| 12-18 May 2025 | PGA Championship | Quail Hollow Club |
| 22-25 May 2025 | Soudal Open (Belgian Open) | Rinkven International Golf Club |
| 29 May - 1 Jun 2025 | Austrian Alpine Open | Golfclub Gut Altentann |
| 5-8 Jun 2025 | KLM Open (Dutch Open) | The International |
| 9-15 Jun 2025 | US Open Golf | Oakmont Country Club |
| 26-29 Jun 2025 | Italian Open | Argentario Golf Club |
| 3-6 Jul 2025 | BMW International Open | Golfclub München Eichenried |
| 7-13 Jul 2025 | ISCO Championship | Hurstbourne Country Club |
| 10-13 Jul 2025 | Genesis Scottish Open | Renaissance Club |
| 13-20 Jul 2025 | The Open (British Open) | Royal Portrush Golf Club |
| 14-20 Jul 2025 | Barracuda Championship | Tahoe Mountain Club |
| 7-10 Aug 2025 | D+D Real Czech Masters | Venue to be confirmed |
| 7-10 Aug 2025 | Nexo Championship | Trump International Golf Links Aberdeen |
| 14-17 Aug 2025 | Danish Golf Championship | Furesø Golfklub |
| 20-24 Aug 2025 | Betfred British Masters | The Belfry |
| 28-31 Aug 2025 | Omega European Masters | Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club |
| 4-7 Sep 2025 | Amgen Irish Open | The K Club |
| 9-14 Sep 2025 | BMW PGA Championship | Wentworth Golf Club |
| 18-21 Sep 2025 | Open de France | Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche |
| 23-28 Sep 2025 | Ryder Cup | Bethpage State Park |
| 2-5 Oct 2025 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | St Andrews Links |
| 9-12 Oct 2025 | Open de España | Club de Campo Villa de Madrid |
| 16-19 Oct 2025 | DP World India Championship | Delhi Golf Club |
| 23-26 Oct 2025 | Genesis Championship | Woo Jeong Hills Country Club |
| 6-9 Nov 2025 | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship | Yas Links Abu Dhabi |
| 13-16 Nov 2025 | DP World Tour Championship | Jumeirah Golf Estates |
2025 DP World Tour Global Swings
The bulk of the season will be comprised of 5 “Global Swings.” Each is themed, typically around a location or region, and each swing has its own Order of Merit, where the top-performing players in each swing receive bonus prize money and bolster their efforts to qualify for the lucrative Rolex Series events (which boast elevated prize purses) and the later stages of the season. The Global Swings portion of the season starts on 21 November 2024 and concludes on 17 August 2025. They are broken down as follows:
- Opening Swing – 21 November 2024 to 22 December 2024
- International Swing – 10 January 2025 to 9 March 2025
- Asian Swing – 20 March 2025 to 27 April 2025
- European Swing – 8 May 2025 to 6 July 2025
- Closing Swing – 10 July 2025 to 17 August 2025
The full Global Swings schedule can be found here.
2025 DP World Tour Back 9
The “Back 9” events are a series of 9 more notable events on the calendar in which players will make significant strides in the Race to Dubai and finalise their place in the DP World Tour play-offs. Predominantly held in Europe, the Back 9 includes national opens such as the Irish Open, Open de France, and Open de Espana, as well as the BMW PGA Championship, one of the DP World Tour’s flagship competitions. The Back 9 starts on 21 August 2025 and ends on 26 October 2025. View the full Back 9 schedule here.
2025 DP World Tour Play-Offs
The DP World Tour Play-offs consist of 2 events: the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship (6-9 November 2025) and the DP World Tour Championship (13-16 November 2025). These events are the climax of the Race to Dubai and the DP World Tour season, contested by the top 70 and then the top 50 players in the standings, respectively. These 2 competitions determine who will be crowned as European Number One. You can find the DP World Tour Play-offs schedule here.
2025 DP World Tour Players
Overall, hundreds of players compete on the DP World Tour each season. Many retain their eligibility from the previous season courtesy of their performance in the Race to Dubai standings, while others can qualify through their performance on other tours such as the Challenge Tour – the DP World Tour’s second-tier competition – and other tours from around the world.
Rory McIlroy won the Race to Dubai in 2024, the 6th time he has topped the DP World Tour’s end-of-season standings in his glittering career. Here’s the full top 10 from 2024:
- Rory McIlroy
- Rasmus Højgaard
- Thriston Lawrence
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Paul Waring
- Billy Horschel
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Adam Scott
- Robert MacIntyre
- Jesper Svensson
2026 DP World Tour Schedule
In 2024, the DP World Tour released the schedule for the 2025 Opening Swing in August, followed by the full calendar release for the season in November, so a similar timetable can be expected for the 2026 campaign.