After close to 11 months, the DP World Tour season wraps up with the last of its two Play-Offs at Jumeirah Golf Estates’ Earth Course in Dubai.
As one of five Rolex Series events, the DP World Tour Championship offers a suitably grand conclusion to the season as the field of 52 compete for a share of the $10m prize money.
It’s much more than that, though, with the event also marking the conclusion of the season-long Race to Dubai as well as offering 10 non-exempt players one final opportunity to jostle for position in the rankings and earn a life-changing PGA Tour card.
Another factor making the DP World Tour Championship one of the biggest events in the game is the field, with some of the most high-profile names in golf teeing it up at the Greg Norman-designed layout.
That’s even without the involvement of several notable names, including Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland and Sepp Straka, who is instead using the time to care for his baby, who was born prematurely.
Here are the players who will be adding more than a little star quality to proceedings in Dubai.
Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy leads the Race to Dubai rankings
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The Race to Dubai leader heading into the tournament is five-time Major winner McIlroy.
He is looking to continue a truly incredible year that has seen him win the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, The Players Championship and the Amgen Irish Open, as well as complete his career Grand Slam at The Masters and play a key role in Europe’s defeat of the US in the Ryder Cup.
His class shone through in the final round of the first Play-Offs events, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, when he produced a 10 under 62 to place T3 and cement his position at the top of the Race to Dubai rankings.
If he gets the job done this week, he will be the Race to Dubai champion for the fourth year running and for the seventh time in his career, overtaking the legendary Seve Ballesteros and going just one behind the player with the most Harry Vardon trophies, Colin Montgomerie.
Tommy Fleetwood
Tommy Fleetwood is having an excellent year
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Like McIlroy, Fleetwood is also having an incredible year, including his maiden PGA Tour title at the Tour Championship, which made him FedEx Cup champion, and another win at the inaugural DP…
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