If the previous couple of years on the DP World Tour have instructed 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 nearly each continent will host a event, with South America being the odd man out.
Nevertheless, subsequent 12 months’s DP World Tour schedule consists of a number of adjustments, together with returns to Türkiye, Austria, and The Okay Membership in Eire, which hosted the 2006 Ryder Cup. The Nedbank Problem in South Africa is again on the schedule, too—the Gary Participant Nation Membership in Solar Metropolis will host. However with additions come subtractions. The Porsche European Open, received by ex-LIV golfer Laurie Canter this previous June, won’t be on the schedule. Neither will the Andalucia Masters, which Frenchman Julien Guerrier received 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. 5 ‘World Swings’ will ensue whereas the majority of the PGA Tour schedule in the USA takes place. The primary 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 ‘Worldwide Swing’ begins in January within the Center East and is highlighted by the Hero Dubai Desert Basic. 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 characteristic occasions in Bahrain, Kenya, and South Africa and conclude on Mar. 9.
The ‘Asian Swing’ follows, beginning with the Porsche Singapore Basic. The Hero Indian Open and the Volvo China Open then bookend The Masters in April. One other occasion in Asia is slated for Apr. 24-27 however has but to be confirmed. No matter 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 surely 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 shall be held on the Jack Nicklaus-designed Intestine Altentann Golf Membership in Salzburg. This course hosted the Austrian Open from 1990 to 1992, with Bernhard Langer defeating Lanny Wadkins in a playoff in 1990. The opposite new growth entails the Italian Open, which is able to transfer from the Marco Simone Golf Membership in Rome to the Argentario Golf Membership outdoors 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 isn’t a coincidence however a strategic ploy from DP World Tour brass. Their aim is to try to lure its prime expertise again to Europe for its ‘Again 9,’ the stretch of 9 tournaments that embrace a few of its most profitable occasions.
The ‘Again 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 the earth at Crans-sur-Sierre in Crans Montana, Switzerland, follows after that.
The Amegen Irish Open returns to the Okay Membership 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 Nationwide won’t host. As an alternative, 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.
4 extra occasions observe after the Ryder Cup, together with the famend Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship at St. Andrews. The Spanish Open additionally returns to the Membership de Campo Villa de Madrid, and the Genesis Championship shall be held once more in South Korea to shut out the ‘Again 9.’ However the DP World Tour has left a weekend open—Oct. 16-19—for an occasion to be introduced. Final 12 months, the Andalucia Masters befell then. Whether or not or not this occasion in Southern Spain returns to this slot stays to be seen.
The ultimate two DP World Tour season occasions will once more happen within the Center East in November. The highest 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.
Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By way of. You’ll want to take a look at @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You possibly can observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as properly.
