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Tuesday, May 5, 2026

European Swing begins in Spain, Estrella Damm Cataluna...THURSDAY TEE TIMES

  DP World Tour : Estrella Damm Cataluna Championship Tee Times Leaderboard

The 2026 DP World Tour season continues with the European Swing - six events across as many countries over a two-month span.

Running from the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship to the BMW International Open, it is the fourth and penultimate of the five individual Swings on the Race to Dubai.

Where does the European Swing visit?

Rafa Cabrera Bello

Spanish favourite Rafa Cabrera Bello

Just days on from the climax of the Asian Swing in Türkiye, the European Swing will begin in Barcelona with the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship at Real Club de Golf el Prat - a venue which last hosted a DP World Tour event in 2015.

1310 10th  Aaron Cockerill, Oliver Lindell, Sean Crocker

The first of two Swing breaks then takes place for the US PGA Championship, before the Tour's global odyssey continues with the Austrian Alpine Open at Golfclub Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-Reith - a new venue for the DP World Tour - and the KLM Open over back-to-back weeks.

International attention will then fall upon the U.S. Open - the third of the four men's Major Championships - before the DS Automobiles 83° Open d'Italia followed by the BMW International Open in Germany conclude the Swing.

May 07-10Estrella Damm Catalunya ChampionshipReal Club de Golf El PratUS$2,750,000
May 21-24Soudal OpenRinkven International Golf ClubUS$2,750,000
May 28-31Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel TirolGolfclub Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-ReithUS$2,750,000
June 04-07KLM OpenThe InternationalUS$2,750,000
June 25-28DS Automobiles 83° Open d'ItaliaCircolo Golf TorinoUS$3,000,000
July 02-05BMW International OpenGolfclub München EichenriedUS$2,750,000

Click here for the full 2026 schedule

What is on offer?

As well as six prestigious trophies and valuable Race to Dubai points, there is plenty to play for on the European Swing.

The player who earns the most Race to Dubai points across the six events will be crowned European Swing champion and earn entry into all events in Phase Two of the season:

 - the Back 9: the Betfred British Masters, Omega European Masters, Amgen Irish Open, BMW PGA Championship, FedEx Open de France, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Open de España, DP World India Championship and Genesis Championship.

The Swing champion will also take home a US$200,000 bonus, while the player who finishes highest in the Swing Rankings and is not already exempt will join the field for the second Rolex Series event of the season - the Genesis Scottish Open.

The DS Automobiles 83° Open d'Italia - part of the Open Qualifying Series - will also offer a spot to The Open for the highest placed finisher, not already exempt, who makes the cut.

What are the formats?

All six counting events are 72-hole stroke play events with a 36-hole cut to the top 65 players and ties.

europeantour.com

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