2023 European Tour
The 2023 European Tour, titled as the 2023 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 52nd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972. It is the second season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with DP World, that was announced in November 2021. Changes for 2023

Player Earnings Assurance Programme
In November 2022, alongside the schedule release, the tour announced that they would introduce a "Player Earnings Assurance Programme", which would guarantee minimum earnings of US$150,000 for all exempt players from categories 1–17 if they competed in at least 15 tournaments. Rankings name change
In November 2022, the tour announced that the DP World Tour Rankings would be reverted back to the Race to Dubai, the name which had been in place between 2009 and 2021. PGA Tour promotions
As part of the PGA Tour strategic alliance expansion which had been signed in June 2022, the 2023 season saw the beginning of PGA Tour status being awarded to the top 10 players (not otherwise exempt) on the Race to Dubai. Additions to the schedule
The Singapore Classic, SDC Championship, Jonsson Workwear Open (previously a Challenge Tour event) and the Korea Championship were added to the schedule. The ISPS Handa Australian Open was also added to the schedule as co-sanctioned event with the PGA Tour of Australasia, the first time Australia's national open had gained European Tour status. The ISPS Handa Championship in Japan returned to the schedule, having been removed in 2022. The Thailand Classic and the Hero Indian Open also returned to the schedule, having not been played since 2016 and 2019, respectively. A new team event was created and also added to the schedule; the Hero Cup, which was played in January. Similarly to the defunct Seve Trophy, a team from Great Britain & Ireland competed against a team from Continental Europe. The event was used as a warm-up for the Ryder Cup matches in September. LIV Golf agreement
In June 2023, it was announced that the Public Investment Fund, the PGA Tour and the European Tour would create a new entity to serve the best interests of each entity. Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2023 season. Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. Race to Dubai
Top 10 players in the Race to Dubai as of 29 October 2023 (Commercial Bank Qatar Masters):

• Did not play

See also
2023 Challenge Tour
2023 European Senior Tour

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