The 2015 European Tour Race to Dubai schedule will feature six new tournaments and seven new venues in a season of 47 tournaments next year.

The Tour announced the schedule today ahead of the final round of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

New Race to Dubai counting events include the Thailand Classic from February 12^th to 15^th at Black Mountain in Hua Hin, the Hero Indian Open from Feb 19^th to 22^nd at a venue to be decided, the Shenzhen International from April 16^th to 19^th in Shenzhen, the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open from May 7^th to 10^th.

Also new to the schedule is the Paul Lawrie Match Play from July 30^th to August 2^nd in Aberdeen, Scotland and the return of the European Open after a five years to be played from Septembr 24^th to 27^th in Bad Griesbach, Germany.

Six events will be staged in South Africa in 2015 while there will be four in Scotland but only one in England and with no Wales Open.

In a big change to the schedule the European Masters has been moved from its traditional date in September to the week after the British Open and to be staged in Switzerland from July 23^rd to 26^th.

This new date on the schedule for the Swiss event is a move to entice both the World No. 1 Rory McIlroy and World No. 2 Adam Scott to compete.  McIlroy is an ambassador for the event sponsor but the September date has always clashed with the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Play Off Series.  While Scott has a house within the township of Crans Montana and indicated he would probably add the event to the schedule now that it has been moved to July.

Also the Hong Kong Open has been moved and will now be staged from October 22^nd to 25^th and in the week prior to the commencement of the Tour’s Final Four Series.

Missing from the 2015 schedule is the Volvo Champions that has been played for the last four years also the Wales Open that was run from 2000 to 2014 while the World Match-Play Championship, that sponsors Volvo withdrew from last month, has yet to be allocated a date on the schedule.

As well, the Perth International, an Australasian Tour event and won this year by Thorbjorn Olesen, does not appear on the new schedule.

THE 2015 EUROPEAN TOUR INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULE
2014
Dec 4-7 Nedbank Golf Challenge Gary Player CC, Sun City, SA
Dec 11-14 Alfred Dunhill Championship Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, SA
2015
Jan 8-11 South African Open Championship Glendower GC, Gauteng, Johannesburg, SA
Jan 15-18 Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Jan 21-24 (Sat Finish) Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Doha GC, Doha, Qatar
Jan 29-1 Feb Omega Dubai Desert Classic Emirates GC, Dubai, UAE
Feb 5-8 Maybank Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur G&CC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Feb 12-15 Thailand Classic Black Mountain GC, Hua Hin, Thailand
Feb 19-22 Hero Indian Open Venue TBD
Feb 26 -1 Mar Joburg Open Royal Johannesburg & Kensington GC, Johannesburg, SA
Mar 5-8 WGC- Cadillac Championship Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida, USA
Mar 5-8 Africa Open East London GC, East London, Eastern Cape, SA
Mar 12-15 Tshwane Open Pretoria CC, Waterkloof, SA
Mar 19-22 Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI Clube de Golf Santo da Serra, Santo Antonio da Serra, Madeira
Mar 26-29 Trophee Hassan II Golf du Palais Royal, Agadir, Morocco
Apr 9-12 THE MASTERS Augusta National GC, Georgia, USA
Apr 16-19 Shenzhen International Genzon GC, Shenzhen, China
Apr 23-26 Volvo China Open Venue TBD, Shanghai, China
Apr 29-3 May WGC – Cadillac Match Play TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, California, USA
May 7-10 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Heritage GC, Domaine de Bel Ombre, Mauritius
May 14-17 Open de España Real Club de Golf El Prat, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
May 21-24 BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England
May 28-31 Irish Open Hosted by The Rory Foundation Royal County Down GC, Newcastle, Co Down, N Ireland
Jun 4-7 Nordea Masters PGA Sweden National, Lake Course, Malmo, Sweden
Jun 11-14 Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity Diamond CC, Atzenbrugg, near Vienna, Austria
Jun 18-21 US OPEN Chambers Bay GC, Washington, USA
Jun 25-28 BMW International Open Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Germany
Jul 2-5 Alstom Open de France Le Golf National, Paris, France
Jul 9-12 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open Gullane GC, Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland
Jul 16-19 144th OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Jul 23-26 Omega European Masters Crans-sur-Sierre GC, Crans Montana, Switzerland
Jul 30-2 Aug Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Matchplay Murcar Links GC, Aberdeen, Scotland
Aug 6-9 WGC – Bridgestone Invitational Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio, USA
Aug 13-16 US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 20-23 Made in Denmark Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort, Denmark
Aug 27-30 D+D Real Czech Masters Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Republic
Sep 3-6 M2M Russian Open Venue TBD
Sep 10-13 KLM Open Kennemer G&CC, Zandvoort, The Netherlands
Sep 17-20 72nd Open d’Italia Golf Club Milano, Parco Reale di Monza, Italy
Sep 24-27 European Open Golf Resort Bad Griesbach, Bad Griesbach, Germany
Oct 1-4 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Old Course St Andrews, Carnoustie & Kingsbarns, Scotland
Oct 8-11 TBC
Oct 15-18 Portugal Masters Oceânico Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Portugal
Oct 22-25 Hong Kong Open Hong Kong GC, Fanling, Hong Kong
Oct 29-1 Nov BMW MASTERS Lake Malaren GC, Shanghai, China
Nov 5-8 WGC – HSBC CHAMPIONS Sheshan International GC, Shanghai, China
Nov 12-15 TURKISH AIRLINES OPEN The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Antalya, Turkey
Nov 19-22 DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP, DUBAI Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai, UAE

*TBC World Match Play Championship Venue TBD