Two Spanish events added to DP World Tour schedule in April

The Stadium Course at PGA Catalunya Golf and Wellness in Girona

The DP World Tour has added two new tournaments in Spain to its 2022 schedule to make up for previous cancellations.

The ISPS Handa Championship in Spain and the Catalunya Championship will be played in consecutive weeks in April.

The ISPS Handa Championship in Spain will be played at Infinitum in Tarragona from April 21-24, while the Catalunya Championship will be contested at PGA Catalunya Golf and Wellness in Girona from April 28 – May 1.

Leading into the Betfred British Masters hosted by Danny Willett in England (May 5-8) and the Soudal Open in Belgium (May 12-15), the Spanish double-header will form a four week stretch on European soil between the season’s first two Major Championships – the Masters at Augusta and the US PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

Both Spanish tournaments will have prize funds of US$2 million and, due to the ongoing travel restrictions caused by the pandemic, will take the place on the 2022 DP World Tour schedule of the previously planned ISPS HANDA – CHAMPIONSHIP and the Volvo China Open.

However, the ISPS HANDA Championship in Japan will continue as a solely sanctioned Japan Golf Tour event in the same week (April 21-24) with the original co-sanctioned ISPS HANDA – CHAMPIONSHIP – the DP World Tour’s first official visit to Japan – now taking place in the 2023 season.

Completing the tournament reorganisation of the next two months, the DP World Tour also confirms the rescheduled Commercial Bank Qatar Masters will be staged at Doha Golf Club from March 24-27, while a proposed ‘Asian event’ from April 14-17 will not now take place.