Tom McKibbin defends his title as the DP World Tour heads to Hamburg in Germany.
After a visit to Belgium for the Soudal Open, the DP World Tour’s next stop is Germany for the European Open at Green Eagle, one of the longest golf courses in the continent, which includes the monster 705-yard 16th.
In last week’s event, Nacho Elvira held off the challenge of LIV Golf’s Thomas Pieters to win, and that makes him the early pacesetter in the race to claim a bonus $200,000 which will go to the winner of the European Swing phase of the season.
That doesn’t conclude until after the Tour’s next visit to Germany for July’s BMW International Open, so there are plenty of opportunities for others to stake a claim for the money over the coming weeks.
Like last week’s event, there is also an eye-catching figure available this week, with a prize-money fund of $2.5m, an increase of half a million on last year’s $2m.
Back then, Tom McKibbin claimed his maiden DP World Tour win by two shots to bank the first prize of $340,000. The reward for this week’s winner will be $425,000, while the runner-up will earn $275,000.
As well as the substantial financial rewards available, there are also 3,000 Race To Dubai points on the line, as well as world ranking points.
Below is the prize money payout for the European Open.
