2026 European Tour
Golf tour season
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The 2026 European Tour, titled as the 2026 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 55th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
| Duration | 27 November 2025 – 15 November 2026 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 42 |
← 2025 2027 → | |
It is the fifth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with DP World that was announced in November 2021.[1]
Changes for 2026
The full schedule was announced in September 2025.[2][3] As part of the announcement, it was revealed that a new event, the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship, would be added to the schedule, alongside the confirmation that Trump International, Doonbeg would host the 2026 Amgen Irish Open.[4] Several tournaments held in 2025 were not included in the schedule announcement: the Ras Al Khaimah Championship, the Porsche Singapore Classic, the Barracuda Championship (which was also not announced as part of the 2026 PGA Tour schedule)[5] and the Nexo Championship.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2026 season.[6]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
R2D points |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Nov | BMW Australian PGA Championship | Australia | A$2,500,000 | 3,000 |  David Puig (1) | 16.42 | ANZ | |
| 7 Dec | Crown Australian Open | Australia | A$2,000,000 | 3,000 |  Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (1) | 20.70 | ANZ | |
| 7 Dec | Nedbank Golf Challenge | South Africa | 6,000,000 | 4,000 |  Kristoffer Reitan (2) | 21.01 | AFR | |
| 14 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | €1,500,000 | 3,000 |  Jayden Schaper (1) | 16.86 | AFR | |
| 21 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | 1,200,000 | 3,000 | Jayden Schaper (2) | 14.21 | AFR | |
| 18 Jan | Dubai Invitational | UAE | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | Nacho Elvira (3) | 22.91 | ||
| 25 Jan | Hero Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | 9,000,000 | 8,000 |  Patrick Reed (4) | 30.86 | Rolex Series | |
| 1 Feb | Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship | Bahrain | 2,750,000 | 3,500 |  Freddy Schott (1) | 20.95 | ||
| 8 Feb | Qatar Masters | Qatar | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | Patrick Reed (5) | 20.83 | ||
| 22 Feb | Magical Kenya Open | Kenya | 2,700,000 | 3,500 | Casey Jarvis (1) | 15.96 | ||
| 1 Mar | Investec South African Open Championship | South Africa | 1,500,000 | 3,000 | Casey Jarvis (2) | 19.17 | AFR | |
| 8 Mar | Joburg Open | South Africa | R20,500,000 | 3,000 |  Dan Bradbury (3) | 16.65 | AFR | |
| 22 Mar | Hainan Classic | China | 2,550,000 | 3,500 | Jordan Gumberg (2) | 12.74 | CHN | |
| 29 Mar | Hero Indian Open | India | 2,550,000 | 3,500 | Alex Fitzpatrick (1) | 17.02 | PGTI | |
| 12 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | 22,500,000 | 10,000 |  Rory McIlroy (21) | 100 | Major championship | |
| 26 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | 2,750,000 | 3,500 |  Bernd Wiesberger (9) | 14.85 | CHN | |
| 3 May | Turkish Airlines Open | Turkey | 2,750,000 | 3,500 |  Mikael Lindberg (1) | 22.16 | ||
| 10 May | Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship | Spain | 2,750,000 | 3,500 |  | 20.05 | New tournament | |
| 17 May | PGA Championship | United States | 10,000 | | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 24 May | Soudal Open | Belgium | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | | |||
| 31 May | Austrian Alpine Open | Austria | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | | |||
| 7 Jun | KLM Open | Netherlands | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | | |||
| 21 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | 10,000 | | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 28 Jun | DS Automobiles Open d'Italia | Italy | 3,000,000 | 3,500 | | |||
| 5 Jul | BMW International Open | Germany | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | | |||
| 12 Jul | Genesis Scottish Open | Scotland | 9,000,000 | 8,000 | | PGAT | Rolex Series | |
| 12 Jul | ISCO Championship | United States | 4,000,000 | 3,500 | | PGAT | ||
| 19 Jul | The Open Championship | England | 10,000 | | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 19 Jul | Corales Puntacana Championship | Dominican Republic | 4,000,000 | 3,500 | | PGAT | New to European Tour | |
| 16 Aug | Danish Golf Championship | Denmark | 2,750,000 | 3,500 | | |||
| 23 Aug | TBC | Europe | | |||||
| 30 Aug | Husqvarna British Masters | England | 3,500,000 | 5,000 | | |||
| 6 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | 3,250,000 | 5,000 | | |||
| 13 Sep | Amgen Irish Open | Ireland | 6,000,000 | 5,000 | | |||
| 20 Sep | BMW PGA Championship | England | 9,000,000 | 8,000 | | Rolex Series | ||
| 27 Sep | FedEx Open de France | France | 3,250,000 | 5,000 | | |||
| 4 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | 5,000,000 | 5,000 | | |||
| 11 Oct | Open de España | Spain | 3,250,000 | 5,000 | | |||
| 18 Oct | DP World India Championship | India | 4,000,000 | 5,000 | | PGTI | ||
| 25 Oct | Genesis Championship | South Korea | 4,000,000 | 5,000 | | KOR | ||
| 8 Nov | Abu Dhabi Championship | UAE | 9,000,000 | 9,000 | | Playoff event[c] | ||
| 15 Nov | DP World Tour Championship | UAE | 10,000,000 | 12,000 | | Playoff event[c] |
See also
Notes
- 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.
- Also a Rolex Series tournament.