Race to Dubai Employing New Points-Based System

The European Tour has announced it will be switching to a points-based system for the 2015 Race to Dubai, in the hopes of simplifying the competition.

Rory McIlroy might have only been named the winner of 2014 a few weeks ago, but the season-long competition is set to take off again this weekend at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa.

The contest caused confusion for some at the end of this past season when euros earned by each player were converted into points ahead of the final four events, where an enhanced points system was employed. 

From now until the Hong Kong Open in October, the Tour has confirmed every euro earned will equal a Race to Dubai point, with the enhanced points system remaining in play for the BMW Masters, WGC-HSBC Champions, Turkish Airlines Open and the DP World Tour Championship. 

“We believe that changing to a points system will help simplify and indeed enhance the narrative structure of The Race to Dubai, and particularly the Final Series which will again carry a combined 40 million points, with 1,666,600 points on offer to the winner of each event,” said Keith Waters, the Chief Operating Officer of the European Tour.

Adding, “The conversion to a points system will complement an exciting and robust schedule in 2015, which will feature a minimum of 47 tournaments, including the addition of five new events.”