The 2023 European Tour, titled as the 2023 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 52nd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
It was the second season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with DP World, that was announced in November 2021.
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 1âÂÂ17 if they competed in at least 15 tournaments.
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.
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.
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 a 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.
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.
The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
The distribution of Race to Dubai points for 2023 European Tour events were as follows:
The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.
The top 10 players on the Race to Dubai (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2024 PGA Tour. They were as follows: