The European Tour today (October 2) announced its full 2020 International Schedule featuring a minimum of 46 Race to Dubai events in 29 different countries, with six of those events taking place in the Middle East, including the second edition of the Saudi International powered by SBIA and the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
The first part of the Desert Swing kicks off at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Presented by EGA (January 16-19), which returns as a Rolex Series event for a second year. The Tour then make the short trip to Dubai for the Omega Dubai Desert Classic (January 23-26) before heading to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the Saudi International powered by SBIA.
The second part of the Desert Swing begins at Al Mouj Golf for the third edition of the Oman Open (February 27-March 1) before Justin Harding will target a defence of his title at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
Only 50 days to go until we welcome the top 50 players on the @EuropeanTour‘s Race to Dubai to @JGEGolf for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship 👍
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— DP World Tour Championship (@dpwtc) October 2, 2019
The European Tour will return to Dubai for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai from November 19-22 where the 2020 Race to Dubai champion will be crowned in the eighth and final Rolex Series event of the season. The season-finale is preceded by two more Rolex Series events in the shape of the Turkish Airlines Open (November 5-8), and the Nedbank Golf Challenge Hosted by Gary Player (November 12-15).
The Dubai Duty Free Irish Open (May 28-31), Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open (July 9-12), the BMW PGA Championship (September 10-13) and the Italian Open (October 8-11) will complete the Rolex Series events in 2019-2020 schedule.
Several date changes elsewhere on the 2020 schedule including the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation, which moves to April 30-May 3. The tournament at Real Club Valderrama, host venue of The 1997 Ryder Cup, launches phase two of the qualification campaign for Europe’s 2020 Ryder Cup Team, with points earned in Spain and at subsequent counting events through to the end of the BMW PGA Championship multiplied by 1.5.
Other dates changes include the Trophée Hassan II and Scandinavian Invitation, both of which move to the start of June, taking place from June 4-7 and June 11-14 respectively. The Open de France moves back to its previous date of July 2-5, while the Betfred British Masters takes place from July 30-August 2, with Lee Westwood returning as host at Close House Golf Club.
The Betfred British Masters will be immediately followed by a new event in the UK from August 6-9 which is set to be announced later this year.
In addition to the Race to Dubai events, GolfSixes Cascais (May 9-10) returns for the fourth consecutive year and the Olympic Games men’s golf competition takes place in Tokyo from July 30- August 2, before Team Europe travels to Whistling Straits, in Wisconsin, to defend The Ryder Cup from September 25-27.
