There are simply two tournaments left within the 2025 DP World Tour season and they’re each play-off occasions.
First up is the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Hyperlinks with the highest 70 within the Race to Dubai rankings within the discipline.
On the finish of that match the highest 50 within the rankings will proceed to the DP World Tour Championship on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Estates.
Going into this fortnight, Rory McIlroy leads the rankings, carefully adopted by Marco Penge with Tyrrell Hatton in third. Realistically one of many three will win the Race to Dubai and Penge – a three-time winner this yr – has it in him to shock the Masters champion McIlroy.
Shane Lowry and Ludvig Aberg didn’t qualify within the prime 70 however as members of Europe’s Ryder Cup group, they get a wildcard entry to each occasions (though their factors received’t rely for the Race to Dubai).
If that’s who’s enjoying within the Playoffs, who isn’t?!
Let’s discover out.
The category act – Adam Scott
Again in June, Adam Scott led the US Open and briefly promised to land a outstanding second main championship triumph.
However he finally carded a ultimate spherical 79 to topple exterior the highest 10 and it was typical of his yr – he’s not registered one prime 10 on any tour and his T12 at Oakmont was his greatest effort on the DP World Tour. The stylish Aussie received’t compete within the Playoffs.
The PGA Tour winners – Min Woo Lee and Ryan Fox
Aussie Min Woo Lee received the PGA Tour Houston Open, and the Kiwi Ryan Fox received each the Myrtle Seaside Basic and Canadian Open on the identical circuit. However they received’t be enjoying within the DP World Tour finale.
Lee landed prime 15 finishes within the BMW PGA Championship and Open de France, and Fox was T14 within the latter. But it surely was too little too late from each of them.
The PGA Tour-based Euros – Thomas Detry and Thorbjorn Olesen
The Belgian Detry has thrashed a 62 at Yas Hyperlinks however there will probably be no repeat this yr. He saved his card – simply – however he received’t be enjoying within the Playoffs.
Remembering the actual fact he’s now a PGA Tour winner (in January’s Phoenix Open) will heal the wound considerably.
The Dane Olesen will not be enjoying as a result of he was in Utah making an attempt to save lots of his PGA Tour card, a quest that’s nonetheless unfulfilled.
The previous champions – Paul Waring and Victor Perez
Englishman Waring loved a outstanding November in 2024. Initially he surprised the world by profitable the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship after which he added a prime 60 within the DP World Tour Championship.
He received simply shy of €2.5million in that fortnight and earned himself a PGA Tour card. However 2025 has been a catastrophe. In 16 begins he’s made only one reduce when T47 within the Canadian Open and harm has saved him out of motion since July.
Frenchman Perez received at Yas Hyperlinks in 2023 and has performed the final two years on each side of the pond, however his type this yr has not been pretty much as good as previously so, like Olesen, he’s within the States hoping to regain his PGA Tour card.
The growth and bust service provider – Matteo Manassero
It’s been a bizarre few years for the Italian. As soon as a famous person teenager, adequate to win the 2013 BMW PGA Championship, he then hurtled down the world rankings and ended up on the third tier Alps Tour.
However he by no means gave up, claimed wins on the 2023 Problem Tour, added a fifth DP World Tour in 2024 and received a PGA Tour card.
However he’s landed just one prime 10 all yr. His PGA Tour card is on the sting and he received’t make the DP World Tour Playoffs.
The lacking Englishmen – Danny Willett and Beef Johnston
Willett was the 2016 Masters Champion and likewise received the 2018 DP World Tour Championship. However he hasn’t had a prime 10 on the DP World Tour since August 2022. Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston has had harm issues because the finish of 2024.
He very almost received the European Masters in August of that yr however from September to this month he didn’t play as soon as. In his comeback he made a birdie on his ultimate gap of the second spherical within the Genesis Championship to make the reduce.
A hopeful signal for the longer term for the favored Beef.
The unfortunate man – Mikael Lindberg
The Swede completed the season 71st within the rankings, solely 0.94 factors in need of qualifying for the profitable ultimate occasions.
He completed tied seventh within the ultimate occasion of the common season, October’s Genesis Championship, and closed with a birdie-free 2-over 73.
Only one par breaker would have booked his ticket to Abu Dhabi.
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