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Business Wire
2 hours ago
- Business Wire
Nexo Becomes First-Ever Digital Wealth Platform of the DP World Tour, Launches Nexo Championship
WENTWORTH, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nexo, the premier digital assets wealth platform, has signed a three-year landmark partnership with the DP World Tour, becoming an Official Marketing Partner and the Tour's Official Digital Wealth Platform through 2027. This agreement marks the first-ever multi-year partnership between a digital assets company and a major global golf tour — a historic convergence of crypto and golf — reflecting both organizations' shared commitment to performance, innovation, and a global outlook. Golf is a natural fit for Nexo: elevated, global, and principled. Share Nexo has also become the Title Partner of the newly renamed Nexo Championship — previously the Scottish Championship — taking place from August 7–10, 2025. The tournament is set at the Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire, which has earned a reputation as one of the finest modern links courses in the United Kingdom. The tournament will be the penultimate event in the Closing Swing, the fifth and final Global Swing which makes up phase one of the DP World Tour's 2025 season. Nexo also becomes an Official Partner to six premier DP World Tour tournaments in 2025. These include the Genesis Scottish Open, where the top two ranked players in the world, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, will tee it up, the Betfred British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo, the BMW PGA Championship, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, and the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. At each tournament, Nexo will host tailored hospitality and client experiences, aligned with its services for high-net-worth individuals. Strategic branding on and off the course will highlight the shared values between Nexo and the DP World Tour — discipline, precision, and long-term focus — reflecting Nexo's commitment to sustainable wealth-building. Antoni Trenchev, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Nexo, said: 'This partnership reflects our belief that wealth and golf are built the same way: with preparation, control, and vision. Both the DP World Tour and Nexo share a commitment to precision, discipline, and performance – whether on the course or in finance. Golf is a natural fit for our brand: elevated, global, and principled.' Max Hamilton, Executive Commercial Director, DP World Tour, said: 'Nexo's forward-thinking approach to innovation and performance aligns seamlessly with ours. Just as the DP World Tour connects global golf fans using the latest technologies, Nexo is reshaping wealth-building with digital tools. Our audience is global, affluent, and financially savvy, making this partnership a powerful platform for strategic engagement.' Launched in 2018, Nexo delivers its clientele the means to manage, preserve, and grow their crypto holdings. This new partnership is a cornerstone of Nexo's international presence, reinforcing its mission to drive the next generation of wealth. The collaboration signals the rise of a new kind of partner in elite golf: digital-first, innovation-led, and globally minded. For Nexo, it marks more than a sponsorship; it's a cultural statement and a bold expansion into the real-world arenas where wealth lives, grows, and competes. About Nexo Nexo is a premier digital assets wealth platform designed to empower clients to grow, manage, and preserve their crypto holdings. Our mission is to lead the next generation of wealth creation by focusing on customer success and delivering tailored solutions that build enduring value, supported by 24/7 client care. Since 2018, Nexo has provided unmatched opportunities to forward-thinking clients in over 150 jurisdictions. With over $11 billion in AUM and over $371 billion processed, we bring lasting value to millions worldwide. Our all-in-one platform combines advanced technology with a client-first approach, offering high-yield flexible and fixed-term savings, crypto-backed loans, sophisticated trading tools, and liquidity solutions, including the first crypto debit/credit card. Built on deep industry expertise, a sustainable business model, robust infrastructure, stringent security, and global licensing, Nexo champions innovation and long-lasting prosperity. Official website: About the DP World Tour The DP World Tour is the main men's professional golf tour of the European Tour group. As golf's global tour, we showcase global talent in global destinations and use our platform to build, entertain and connect our global community. GLOBAL TALENT: We provide pathways and a platform for the leading international talent, bringing together golfing icons, national heroes and emerging stars from around the world. GLOBAL DESTINATIONS: We stage tournaments in iconic cities and locations around the world and each week we celebrate and showcase the rich diversity of the courses, cities and cultures we visit. GLOBAL COMMUNITY: We build, entertain and connect communities through our commitment to innovation, creative content and having a positive social and environmental impact. Our 2025 Global Schedule features 42 tournaments in 26 different countries and comprises three distinct phases: five 'Global Swings', the 'Back 9' and the 'DP World Tour Play-Offs'. It features five Rolex Series events – the premium category of events on the DP World Tour - and four Major Championships, all of which count towards the Race to Dubai Rankings, the Tour's season-long competition which concludes at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. DP World, the leading provider of global smart end-to-end supply chain and logistics solutions, has been the title partner of the DP World Tour since the start of the 2022 season, the Tour's 50th season following its formation in 1972. We also enjoy the support of many of the world's leading business brands with DP World, Rolex, Aldar, BMW, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Emirates, Fortinet, Nexo and Vestas as Official Partners.
Yahoo
17 hours ago
- Yahoo
How does qualifying for The Open work?
The 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush will have a field of 156 players. There are 28 levels of automatic criteria for qualification, with the remaining spots taken from those successful at qualifying events. Advertisement This year there will be 44 places available to qualifiers, as 112 will be taken by places who have exemptions from performances in previous competitions. After a global Open qualifying series which offers 24 places, 20 more are available at four final qualifying tournaments taking place on Tuesday, 1 July. The Open starts on Thursday, 17 July and ends on Sunday, 20 July. How the 112 exemptions are made up Former world number one Lee Westwood is among those in final qualifying for The Open [Getty Images] The first 17 places were taken by previous Open champions under the age of 60 on 20 July 2025. Tiger Woods is one of six players who would have qualified via this route, but opted not to take up a place. Advertisement The next exemption would have gone to the winners of The Open between 2014 and 2024, but they had already qualified. The next nine places were taken by players who featured inside or in ties for the top 10 at the 2024 Open. World number one Scottie Scheffler and former world number one Justin Rose qualified here, while Billy Horschel opted not to play after surgery. Next, 39 places were taken from players in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking in week 21 of the season season that had not already qualified. The next 17 places were taken by players in the top 25 of the 2024 Race to Dubai rankings who had not yet qualified. Advertisement The seventh qualification criteria was the three recent winners of the BMW PGA Championship who were yet to have qualified. The winners of the Masters and US Open between 2020 and 2025, as well as the PGA Championships winners from 2019 to 2025, were the next to qualify. After that, any player who finished in the top 30 of the 2024 FedEx Cup points list was granted a place. The three most recent winners of the Players Championship, as well as the top five players in the 2025 FedEx Cup points list after the Rocket Classic, were the next to qualify. However, all eight players who would have earned qualification via this had already qualified. Advertisement After that, the top five players from the 2025 LIV Golf League's individual standings after LIV Golf Dallas qualified, which is why Sergio Garcia will appear. With 2024 Olympic gold medallist Scheffler already confirmed, the next place went to the 2025 winner of the Argentinian Open. After that, the top five players from the OWGR's international federation ranking list qualified. The next places went to the 2024 winners of the Japan Open and Senior Open. Jose Luis Ballester, Luke Clanton and Ding Wenyi qualified next as amateurs after winning the 2024 US Amateur, Mark H McCormack Medal and Asia-Pacific Amateur Championships. In order to do so, they all had to remain amateurs but opted to turn professional instead. Advertisement Justin Hastings, Bryan Newman, Ethan Fang, Filip Kajubcik and Cameron Adam have all qualified as amateurs and have kept that status. What about the qualifiers? Of the 44 qualification spots, 24 were spread across the Open Qualifying Series - made up of 11 events across the globe. The Scottish Genesis Open will decide the last three of those 24 spots, with the best three players yet to qualify granted places. The final 20 spots are filled at final qualifying, made up of those who advanced out of regional qualifying, held on 23 June. The four final qualifying events offer five qualification places at each of them. Advertisement Former Ryder Cup players Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Luke Donald, as well as Poulter's son Luke, are among those taking part in final qualifying. All four final qualifying events are played across 36 holes on one day. 2026's last-chance qualifier The R&A has announced a new last-chance qualifier to take place at Royal Birkdale before next year's Open. It will consist of up to 12 players in action, with just one qualification place available following one round of 18 holes. In the announcement, the R&A said fans wanted "more opportunities to watch live golf" and to "celebrate the Championship's unique traditions". Advertisement Mark Darbon, chief executive of The R&A, said: "We have introduced new features which we believe will elevate The Open for fans, particularly on the days leading up to the Championship, providing a memorable experience of attending Royal Birkdale with friends and family next year." This article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team. 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Washington Post
21 hours ago
- Washington Post
A quiet week in golf before big events head to Europe
JOHN DEERE CLASSIC Site: Silvis, Illinois. Course: TPC Deere Run. Yardage: 7,289. Par: 71. Prize money: $8.4 million. Winner's share: $1.512 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). Defending champion: Davis Thompson. FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler. Last week: Aldrich Potgieter won the Rocket Classic. Notes: Max Greyserman has four runner-up finishes in the last year, including last week in the Rocket Classic. ... The R&A no longer offers a British Open spot to the leading finisher in the John Deere Classic. ... The world ranking after this week is used as an alternate list for the British Open. Among players it potentially could affect are Nico Echavarria, Bud Cauley and Si Woo Kim. ... Luke Clanton returns as a PGA Tour member. He was runner-up last year at the tournament while still an amateur at Florida State. ... NCAA champion Michael La Sasso of Ole Miss is playing for the second straight week on a sponsor exemption. ... The tournament dates to 1971 on the PGA Tour schedule. Former tour commissioner Deane Beman won the first two editions of the John Deere Classic. ... Aldrich Potgieter at the Rocket Classic and Karl Vilips at the Puerto Rico Open are the only two PGA Tour rookies to win this year. Next week: Scottish Open and ISCO Championship. Online: ___ BMW INTERNATIONAL OPEN Site: Munich. Course: Golfclub München Eichenried. Yardage: 7,354. Par: 72. Prize money: $2.75 million. Winner's share: $458,333. Television: Thursday-Friday, 6:30 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 6:30-11:30 a.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Ewen Ferguson. Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy. Last week: Adrien Saddier won the Italian Open. Notes: The leading five players in the Race to Dubai after the BMW International Open who are not already eligible earn spots in the British Open. ... This is the final event of the European Swing. Next is the 'Closing Swing' that runs through Aug. 17 at the Danish Open. ... The field includes LIV players Sergio Garcia, David Puig, Patrick Reed, Josele Ballester and Martin Kaymer, who won the tournament in 2008. ... David Feherty won the inaugural BMW International Open in 1989 by five shots over Fred Couples. ... The only two Americans to win the tournament are Paul Azinger (twice) and John Daly. ... Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald is in the field. This is his fourth European tour start of the year. ... Sponsor invitations were awarded to Wesley and George Bryan, the South Carolina brothers best known for their golf tricks on a YouTube channel. Next week: Scottish Open and ISCO Championship. Online: ___ Last week: Jin Hee Im and Somi Lee won the Dow Championship. Next week: Amundi Evian Championship. Race to CME Globe leader: Jeeno Thitikul. Online: ___ Last week: Patrick Reed won LIV Golf Dallas. Next week: LIV Golf Andalucia. Points leader: Joaquin Niemann. Online: ___ Last week: Padraig Harrington won the U.S. Senior Open. Next week: Dick's Sporting Goods Open. Charles Schwab Cup leader: Miguel Angel Jimenez. Online: ___ Last week: Austin Smotherman won the Memorial Health Championship. Next week: The Ascendant. Points leader: Austin Smotherman. Online: ___ Asian Tour: International Series Morocco, Royal Golf Dar Es Salam (Red), Rabat, Morocco. Television: Thursday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (NBC Sports app); Saturday-Sunday, 7-11 a.m. (NBC Sports app). Defending champion: Ben Campbell. Online: Ladies European Tour: KPMG Women's Irish Open, Carton House, County Kildare, Ireland. Television: Thursday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (NBC Sports app); Saturday-Sunday, 9 a.m. to noon (NBC Sports app). Defending champion: Annabel Dimmock. Online: Challenge Tour: Interwetten Open, Schladming-Dachstein GC, Oberhaus, Austria. Previous winner: New tournament. Online: PGA Tour Americas: Explore NB Open, Mactaquac GC, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Previous winner: Ian Holt. Online: Japan LPGA: Shiseido-JAL Ladies Open, Totsuka CC (West), Kanagawa, Japan. Defending champion: Shiho Kuwaki. Online: Korea LPGA: Lotte Open, Bear's Best Cheongna, Incheon, South Korea. Defending champion: Gayoung Lee. Online: European Legends Tour: Reignwood Legends Championship, Reignwood Pine Valley, Beijing. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: ___ AP golf:
