The DP World Tour and the China Golf Affiliation have introduced a strategic partnership which expands the pathway for China Tour gamers on to the DP World Tour and confirms the co-sanctioning of tournaments till a minimum of 2025.
The formalisation of the long-term affiliation between the 2 organisations will present the main participant on the CGA-sanctioned China Tour with an exemption in class 17 on the DP World Tour for the next season.
As well as, the subsequent participant from the China Tour’s Order of Benefit will earn an exemption in class 12 on the Problem Tour for the next season, whereas the main entrant to the DP World Tour’s Qualifying College will probably be exempt into Closing Stage, with additional exemptions for the second to fourth positioned entrants into Second Stage.
As a part of the DP World Tour’s dedication to supporting skilled golf in China, the co-sanctioned Volvo China Open will return to the Race to Dubai in 2024 after an absence of 4 seasons, with this yr’s match going down at Hidden Grace Golf Membership in Shenzen from Could 2-5.
Two Problem Tour occasions may even happen in every of the 2024 and 2025 seasons, with the Hainan Open (October 10-13) and Hangzhou Open (October 17-20) already introduced as a part of the Problem Tour’s 2024 Highway to Mallorca final month.
Ben Cowen, the DP World Tour’s Chief Match Enterprise Officer, mentioned: “We’re delighted to be strengthening our long-term partnership with the China Golf Affiliation by means of this Strategic Partnership. In addition to reaffirming our dedication to match golf in China, the varied pathways included as a part of this settlement will enable extra entry for Chinese language gamers to compete on the worldwide stage. This can allow extra proficient Chinese language gamers to observe within the footsteps of gamers equivalent to Wu Ashun and Li Haotong, each of whom are a number of winners on the DP World Tour.”
Tian Xiaojun, Deputy Vice Chairman of the China Golf Affiliation, mentioned: “The European Tour Group was one of many earliest worldwide tour organisations to collaborate with the CGA. Over time, the 2 events have maintained an in depth connection and established a profound friendship, and the upcoming strategic partnership settlement even brings such friendship to an entire new degree. CGA and the China Tour is embracing international golf with an open angle, and welcoming gamers from all around the world to witness the transition.”
