The DP World Tour right now declares new membership alternatives for PGA TOUR members in its 2024 season, an additional illustration of the power of the connection between the 2 Excursions by the present Strategic Alliance.
The alternatives fall into two classes: (i) Full membership of the DP World Tour obtainable for gamers who end in positions 126 to 200 on the 2022-2023 FedExCup Fall Factors Listing; or (ii) Affiliate Membership of the DP World Tour obtainable to another PGA TOUR Member when taking part in any Race to Dubai rating event within the 2024 season. Affiliate Members and Non-Members will now routinely seem on a brand new ‘Non-Member Race to Dubai Factors Listing’ following the primary event the place they earn factors.
This checklist will see gamers accrue Race to Dubai Factors and, based mostly on their factors, can see them probably qualify for (a) the DP World Tour play-offs in 2024 and (b) the season-ending Bonus Pool in 2024 if they’ve performed 4 or extra counting tournaments outdoors the Majors, in keeping with the present DP World Tour Member rules.
Ought to they select to moreover take up Affiliate Membership, this can give them the potential to earn full ranked membership of the DP World Tour within the following season if their ultimate rating qualifies them.
PGA TOUR Members who take up Full Membership (Possibility (i) above) will play from a newly created Class 12 within the 2024 DP World Tour Exemption Class checklist. Solely 5 gamers from this class can play in a DP World Tour occasion in any given week.
To entry this class, eligible gamers should be part of the DP World Tour as members by Wednesday, December 20, 2023, to compete in tournaments within the 2024 calendar yr, however by Wednesday November 22, 2023, in the event that they need to compete in any of the 2024 season tournaments scheduled for November or December 2023.
These initiatives – which had been mentioned and ratified by the DP World Tour’s Match Committee – comply with on from the one introduced final yr that can see the main ten gamers on the 2023 Race to Dubai (not in any other case exempt) earn PGA TOUR playing cards for the 2024 season – these playing cards being ranked after the highest 125 finishers on the 2022-2023 FedExCup Fall Factors Listing.
David Howell, Chairman of the DP World Tour’s Match Committee, stated: “Once we introduced our Strategic Alliance with the PGA TOUR in November 2021, one of many prime aims was to present as many alternatives as doable to members of each Excursions, and that is one other excellent instance of how that is working.
Keith Pelley, Chief Govt of the DP World Tour, stated: “Our Ten Playing cards initiative will make it possible for DP World Tour members to excel on the PGA TOUR subsequent season and this new membership alternative introduced right now will give PGA TOUR members the possibility to do precisely the identical on our Tour. I’m excited on the prospects.”
