The DP World Tour season ends with the double cease within the United Arab Emirates the place the 2 wealthy PlayOffs might be performed, each a part of the Rolex Collection, with the participation of virtually all the perfect gamers on the circuit. It begins with the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship (7-10 November) on the Yas Hyperlinks course in Abu Dhabi, to which the primary 70 labeled, in descending order, of the Race to Dubai (order of benefit) have been admitted, together with three Italians: Matteo Manassero (n. 6), Guido Migliozzi (n. 14) and Francesco Laporta (n. 60), who obtained the go with the sixth place within the earlier Genesis Open following two different good performances.
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After Abu Dhabi, switch to Dubai for the DP World Tour Championship (14-17 November) the place the “king” of the 2024 circuit might be topped and by which the primary 50 of the cash record will participate. The prize cash is exceptional with 9 million {dollars} (of which 1,530,000 to the winner) within the first race and ten million within the second, with the addition of a bonus of six million (two million to the primary) for the ten finest within the closing rating.
A subject of nice high quality, as talked about, with the chief of the cash record, Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, who’s aiming for his third consecutive yr of reign (after having been on the high additionally in 2012, 2014 and 2015), however regardless of having a notable benefit of 1573 factors on the South African Thriston Lawrence, second, and 1920 on the Dane Rasmus Hojgaard, third, the sport is just not over but.
Nonetheless, many rivals have very legitimate causes to keep away from all the things specializing in a three-way match, beginning with Manassero and Migliozzi, who’ve the first goal of successful one of many ten “playing cards” for the 2025 PGA Tour granted to the highest ten of the Race to Dubai who aren’t in any other case exempt. Manassero (third on the record) might be already secure from surprises, whereas Migliozzi (ninth) must resort to the perfect of his repertoire, who returned to this high ten due to fifth place within the Genesis Championship. The Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, who already performs in America, doesn’t have the identical intention, however he would enrich his palmarès with status with a 3rd success within the match after the double in 2018 and 2017, the yr by which he was additionally on the roof of Europe.
Among the many many different attainable protagonists are the Scot Robert MacIntyre, who additionally is aware of how you can win a Rolex Collection occasion (his is the Genesis Scottish Open in July), the Japanese Rikuya Hoshino and Keita Nakajima, the Australian Adam Scott, the Irishman Shane Lowry, the Dane Nicolai Hojgaard, the Englishmen Jordan Smith and Justin Rose (cash winner in 2007), the Swede Sebastian Soderberg, additionally within the working to go to the PGA Tour, and the Australian Min Woo Lee, brother of the proette Minjee Lee (world no. 17), each second final yr, to call just a few. With out forgetting the Englishmen Tyrrell Hatton and Laurie Canter, the Chilean Joaquin Niemann and the Polish Adrian Meronk, members of LIV Golf.
The match, based in 2006 and now in its nineteenth version, will characteristic three previous winners: the aforementioned Tyrrell Hatton (2021), Shane Lowry (2019) and Tommy Fleetwood, one in every of three authors of a double and the second to take action consecutively after the German Martin Kaymer, file holder amongst a number of winners with three titles (2008, 2010, 2011). The opposite to attain twice was the Englishman Paul Casey (2007, 2009). Absent is the defending champion Victor Perez, who spent a great a part of the season on the PGA Tour and didn’t qualify for this occasion. The American Billy Horschel (ranked No. 4), the Swede Ludvig Aberg (No. 16), the Spaniard Jon Rahm (No. 34 and first on the continent in 2019), the Frenchman Matthieu Pavon (No. 55), the South African Zander Lombard (No. 56) and the Englishman Aaron Rai (No. 57) have withdrawn. They’ve been changed by these ranked 71st to 76th within the Race to Dubai.
