The 2023 DP World Tour season reaches a climax with the DP World Tour Championship as the top 50 players compete in the fifth and final Rolex Series event of the year at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
Here’s our guide to the star-studded field teeing it up this week in Dubai.
Rory McIlroy
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 1
- Country: Northern Ireland
- Turned Pro: 2007
- Career DP World Tour titles: 16
- Top ten finishes this season: 7
With a fifth Race to Dubai title already secured coming into the week, the Northern Irishman is bidding to close out his season by winning the DP World Tour Championship for a third time and first since 2015. Across his nine DP World Tour starts in 2023, the World Number Two has won twice – both times on the Rolex Series – and amassed a further five top tens. He narrowly missed out on ending his wait for a fifth Major Championship title as he finished runner-up to Wyndham Clark at the U.S. Open. Began the year by winning the Hero Dubai Desert Classic before sealing the Genesis Scottish Open title in thrilling fashion, producing a birdie-birdie finish to deny home favourite Robert MacIntyre. This week marks his return to competitive action for the first time since his Ryder Cup heroics in Italy.
Jon Rahm
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 2
- Country: Spain
- Turned Pro: 2016
- Career DP World Tour titles: 10
- Top ten finishes this season: 5
This week’s defending champion began the year in fine form as he won three PGA TOUR titles in five starts. That stretch of form led him to return to the summit of the Official World Golf Ranking. He won his second Major at the Masters Tournament in April, before finishing in a share of second place at The Open. Subsequent top tens have since followed at the BMW PGA Championship and acciona Open de España presented by Madrid on home soil. He arrives in Dubai with the chance to claim a record-extending fourth DP World Tour Championship and sixth Rolex Series title.
Adrian Meronk
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 3
- Country: Poland
- Turned Pro: 2016
- Career DP World Tour titles: 4
- Top ten finishes this season: 7
The Pole heads into the final event of the DP World Tour campaign as the only player to have won three titles. He won the ISPS HANDA Australian Open in December, before triumphs in Italy and Spain on the Race to Dubai. Meronk will be hopeful of ending the season as the top finisher on the Race to Dubai who is not already exempt on the PGA TOUR, which would see him become one of ten dual members, but with the added bonus of exemptions into THE PLAYERS Championship and the Charles Schwab Challenge in 2024.
Ryan Fox
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 4
- Country: New Zealand
- Turned Pro: 2012
- Career DP World Tour titles: 4
- Top ten finishes this season: 3
A week after coming third at the Horizon Irish Open, Fox won his maiden Rolex Series title in stunning fashion as he emerged victorious from a world-class field at the BMW PGA Championship. That was his third DP World Tour success in a little more than 18 months. He has since finished in a tie for second in Scotland as he put up a strong defence of his Alfred Dunhill Links Championship title. The New Zealander won the Seve Ballesteros Award after being voted Player of the Year for last season by his fellow DP World Tour professionals.
Victor Perez
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 5
- Country: France
- Date of birth: September 1st, 1992
- Turned Pro: 2015
- Career DP World Tour titles: 3
- Top ten finishes this season: 3
After an unbeaten performance for Continental Europe at the inaugural Hero Cup, Perez won his first Rolex Series title a week later as a dramatic bunker hole-out helped him claim the Abu Dhabi Championship at Yas Links. After strong performances In Italy and at the US PGA Championship in May, a consistent run of form has since been hard to come by, but he is still set to earn dual playing rights on the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR next season.
Thorbjørn Olesen
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 6
- Country: Denmark
- Turned Pro: 2008
- Career DP World Tour titles: 7
- Top ten finishes this season: 6
Won his seventh DP World Tour title and second in as many seasons at the Thailand Classic earlier this year. Was one of the form players on Tour earlier in the campaign and has since enjoyed a strong finish to the campaign, with back-to-back top tens in Spain and Qatar last month followed by a third-place finish at the Nedbank Golf Challenge. In his previous eight starts at the DP World Tour Championship, the 2018 Ryder Cup winner’s best finish was tied 12th in 2014.
Alexander Björk
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 7
- Country: Sweden
- Turned Pro: 2009
- Career DP World Tour titles: 1
- Top ten finishes this season: 9
No player has had more top ten finishes than the Swede. Has come second on two occasions this year in Ras Al Khaimah and Switzerland. Revealed in a Player Blog earlier this season that he believes his game is back to where it was when he won his maiden DP World Tour title at the Volvo China Open in 2019. Finished in a share of second place on his last DP World Tour Championship appearance in 2021.
Sami Välimäki
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 8
- Country: Finland
- Turned Pro: 2019
- Career DP World Tour titles: 2
- Top ten finishes this season: 5
After two runner-up finishes earlier in the season, the Finn returned to the winner’s circle with a play-off victory at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters last month. The win at Doha Golf Club all but secured him a PGA TOUR card for next season and the 25-year-old former Qualifying School graduate will now hope to challenge for his first Rolex Series title.
Min Woo Lee
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 9
- Country: Australia
- Turned Pro: 2019
- Career DP World Tour titles: 2
- Top ten finishes this season: 5
It’s been another consistent campaign for the popular Australian who opened with three top fives in his first three starts, including a runner-up finish on the Rolex Series in Abu Dhabi. He impressed on his way to a career-best fifth-place finish at the U.S. Open, shortly after a top ten at The PLAYERS Championship on the PGA TOUR. Has finished no worse than 16th on his previous two visits to Jumeirah Golf Estates.
Nicolai Højgaard
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 10
- Country: Denmark
- Turned Pro: 2019
- Career DP World Tour titles: 2
- Top ten finishes this season: 6
The two-time DP World Tour winner has been a picture of consistency during the 2023 Race to Dubai Rankings campaign with 14 cuts from a possible 15. He also has eight top-ten finishes - form that helped him earn a Captain’s Pick for the Ryder Cup in Italy where he contributed to Team Europe regaining the trophy. With the 22-year-old Dane potentially set to continue playing on both sides of the Atlantic next year, he will hope to close out the 2023 DP World Tour season in Dubai by mounting a title challenge for the second week running after his runner-up spot at Sun City.
Robert MacIntyre
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 11
- Country: Scotland
- Turned Pro: 2017
- Career DP World Tour titles: 2
- Top ten finishes this season: 6
Despite coming into the season finale without a victory, it’s been a year to remember for the Scot. After three consecutive top tens in as many starts on the DP World Tour earlier in the year, he put up a thrilling challenge in his national Open at Renaissance Club. Went unbeaten on his Ryder Cup debut for Team Europe, winning two and halving the other of the three matches in which he played.
Vincent Norrman
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 12
- Country: Sweden
- Turned Pro: 2021
- Career DP World Tour titles: 2
- Top ten finishes this season: 2
One of three Swedish winners on the DP World Tour this season alongside Simon Forsström and Ludvig Åberg. His first of two titles in 2023 came at the Barbasol Championship, co-sanctioned with the PGA TOUR, as he defeated England’s Nathan Kimsey in a play-off. A second followed less than two months later as he charged through the field with a flawless 65 to win the Horizon Irish Open. He will be another to play on both sides of the Atlantic and is already being viewed as a future star of European golf. This represents his first appearance at the Race to Dubai finale.
Jorge Campillo
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 13
- Country: Spain
- Turned Pro: 2009
- Career DP World Tour titles: 3
- Top ten finishes this season: 3
Returned to the winner’s circle with victory in Kenya in March, one of five consecutive top tens in as many starts on the DP World Tour. Came up just short of his second Tour title in Qatar last month but looks set to take advantage of the opportunity to earn PGA TOUR playing privileges next season due to his consistent performances on the DP World Tour.
Viktor Hovland
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 14
- Country: Norway
- Turned Pro: 2019
- Career DP World Tour titles: 2
- Top ten finishes this season: 3
Has risen from tenth in the Official World Golf Ranking at the end of 2022 to fourth as things stand. Three times a winner on the PGA TOUR this year, including the Tour Championship, the Norwegian won the lucrative FedExCup title for the first time. Finished in the top 20 at all four Majors this year, including a runner-up spot at the US PGA Championship. His best performance in a non-Major event on the DP World Tour was fifth in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club.
Ryo Hisatsune
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 15
- Country: Japan
- Turned Pro: 2020
- Career DP World Tour titles: 1
- Top ten finishes this season: 8
Has enjoyed a remarkable rookie season after securing his card 12 months ago at the Qualifying School. Became just the third Japanese winner in DP World Tour history as a brilliant back nine of 30 saw him lift the trophy at the Cazoo Open de France in September. Prior to that he finished second at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship and added five more top tens before claiming this first win. He has since climbed into the world’s top 100 for the first time in his career and arrives at the Earth Course on the back of a top ten in South Africa.
Rasmus Højgaard
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 16
- Country: Denmark
- Turned Pro: 2019
- Career DP World Tour titles: 4
- Top ten finishes this season: 5
Became the tournament’s first Danish winner of the Made in HimmerLand in its last ever staging at the venue with a play-off victory over Nacho Elvira after coming from seven shots behind. It was a fourth DP World Tour title for the 22-year-old. This marks his fourth DP World Tour appearance, with his best showing a tie for seventh at the DP World Tour Championship last week.
Yannik Paul
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 17
- Country: Germany
- Turned Pro: 2018
- Career DP World Tour titles: 1
- Top ten finishes this season: 7
The 2021 European Challenge Tour graduate missed out on his second DP World Tour title in as many seasons as he finished second to countryman Marcel Siem at the Hero Indian Open. That was the second of back-to-back runner up finishes for the 29-year-old. Made his debut at both the US PGA Championship along with The Open and was among the unlucky ones to just miss out on qualification for the Ryder Cup.
Marcel Siem
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 18
- Country: Germany
- Turned Pro: 2000
- Career DP World Tour titles: 5
- Top ten finishes this season: 7
Won his first event for over eight years in India in February, one of six top tens this season. One of those was a tie for second at the Porsche European Open on home soil. The 43-year-old, who made his 500th DP World Tour appearance earlier in the season, carded his lowest DP World Tour round by three shots on the final day of the acciona Open de España presented by Madrid last month.
Matt Fitzpatrick
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 19
- Country: England
- Turned Pro: 2014
- Career DP World Tour titles: 9
- Top ten finishes this season: 1
The Englishman enjoyed a special week in Scotland as he won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and paired up with his mum Susan to win the team competition. Had a strong week but missed out on becoming a three-time winner of the Omega European Masters as Swedish sensation and Ryder Cup teammate Åberg claimed the title. Twice a winner of the DP World Tour Championship, the Major winner is a player to be feared over the Earth Course.
Matthieu Pavon
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 20
- Country: France
- Turned Pro: 2013
- Career DP World Tour titles: 1
- Top ten finishes this season: 7
The Frenchman powered to a maiden DP World Tour title in wire-to-wire style in the Spanish capital. He arrived at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid with three runner-up finishes on both the Challenge Tour and the DP World Tour. Since graduating to the DP World Tour from the Challenge Tour at the end of 2016, he has finished in the top 100 on the Race to Dubai Rankings in every year barring one.
Sebastian Söderberg
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 21
- Country: Sweden
- Turned Pro: 2013
- Career DP World Tour titles: 1
- Top ten finishes this season: 7
Another player who came close to his second DP World Tour title this year, finishing second on the Rolex Series stage at the Abu Dhabi Championship – his first event of the campaign. Has since recorded five further top tens, the most recent of which came at last week’s Nedbank Golf Challenge.
Joost Luiten
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 22
- Country: Netherlands
- Turned Pro: 2006
- Career DP World Tour titles: 6
- Top ten finishes this season: 7
One of the more experienced campaigners on the DP World Tour, Luiten is returning to the DP World Tour Championship for the first time since 2020. He came very close to his first DP World Tour win in more than five years at the BMW International Open, finishing second to Thriston Lawrence in Germany. Has six further top tens across the season, highlighting a return to form for the Dutchman who started playing this season on a career money exemption category.
Tyrrell Hatton
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 23
- Country: England
- Turned Pro: 2011
- Career DP World Tour titles: 6
- Top ten finishes this season: 3
Has again proven himself to be a player for the big occasion with top-ten finishes at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, Genesis Scottish Open and BMW PGA Championship, where he finished one shot behind winner Fox. His best performance on the PGA TOUR saw him finish runner up to Scottie Scheffler at the PLAYERS Championship. The Englishman has finished second on two occasions at the DP World Tour Championship.
Jordan Smith
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 24
- Country: England
- Turned Pro: 2014
- Career DP World Tour titles: 2
- Top ten finishes this season: 4
Statistically the second best player on Tour for greens in regulation this season, the Englishman has four tops tens in 2023. Over the last two months, he has finished in a tie for second at the Open de France and solo fifth at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters which saw him reach a career-high 69th in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is also the most prolific Rolex Series tournament participant, with this week’s DP World Tour Championship marking his 41st appearance in the premier band of events on Tour.
Thriston Lawrence
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 25
- Country: South Africa
- Turned Pro: 2014
- Career DP World Tour titles: 4
- Top ten finishes this season: 3
It’s been another successful season for the South African who has taken his tally of DP World Tour titles to four with victories at the Investec South African Open Championship and BMW International Open. Victory this week would see him become the first player from his country to win the DP World Tour Championship.
Tommy Fleetwood
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 26
- Country: England
- Turned Pro: 2010
- Career DP World Tour titles: 6
- Top ten finishes this season: 4
The 2017 Race to Dubai winner has not missed the season-ending DP World Tour Championship since his debut in 2013. Has three top tens in his last four visits to Jumeirah Golf Estates, which is also home to an academy in his name. A resident of Dubai, the Ryder Cup winner will be optimistic of challenging for a third Rolex Series title after top-ten performances at Renaissance and Wentworth earlier this year.
Tom Kim
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 27
- Country: South Korea
- Turned Pro: 2018
- Career DP World Tour titles: 0
- Top ten finishes this season: 4
The South Korean is making his first start at the DP World Tour Championship this week. Across his seven DP World Tour appearances so far this season, Kim has finished in the top ten on four occasions. He notably finished in a tie for second in The Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club – his best finish at a Major to date. Ranked just outside the top ten in the world rankings, following his third DP World Tour title last month, will he make his first DP World Tour win a Rolex Series success?
Romain Langasque
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 28
- Country: France
- Turned Pro: 2016
- Career DP World Tour titles: 1
- Top ten finishes this season: 6
Came up one shot shy of winning his second DP World Tour title at the DS Automobiles Italian Open in May. The 2018 Qualifying School graduate Is back at the DP World Tour Championship for a second year running, with hopes of doing better than his tie for 20th 12 months ago. The 28-year-old made the cut in both his Major appearances this season at the U.S. Open and The Open.
Daniel Hillier
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 29
- Country: New Zealand
- Turned Pro: 2019
- Career DP World Tour titles: 1
- Top ten finishes this season: 4
The New Zealander is one of four Challenge Tour graduates from last year to have claimed his first DP World Tour title this season. He went eagle-birdie-eagle from the 15th hole at The Belfry to win the Betfred British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo. The 25-year-old, a good friend of Min Woo Lee, has since enjoyed a strong finish to the season, with a run of three consecutive top 20s ensuring a maiden start at the lucrative DP World Tour Championship.
Pablo Larrazábal
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 30
- Country: Spain
- Turned Pro: 2004
- Career DP World Tour titles: 9
- Top ten finishes this season: 3
The Spaniard is still competing with the best at the age of 40 on the DP World Tour. Won two titles in Korea and the Netherlands in a three-event span earlier in the year to take his DP World Tour haul to nine. Made his first cut at a Major since the 2012 Open Championship in the US PGA Championship despite admitting he was far from at his best. He is making his tenth appearance at the season finale this week, with his best result coming on debut in 2011.
Nathan Kimsey
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 31
- Country: England
- Turned Pro: 2013
- Career DP World Tour titles: 0
- Top ten finishes this season: 3
Last year’s Road to Mallorca winner on the Challenge Tour almost made his first PGA TOUR start a winning one as he lost out over extra holes to Norrman in Kentucky at Keene Trace Golf Club. That came after a hand injury sidelined him for more than four months earlier in the season after an encouraging run of results on his return to the DP World Tour. This marks the 30-year-old Englishman’s first appearance at the DP World Tour Championship.
Zander Lombard
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 32
- Country: South Africa
- Turned Pro: 2014
- Career DP World Tour titles: 0
- Top ten finishes this season: 5
Somewhat surprisingly this represents his first ever appearance at the DP World Tour Championship. A four-time visitor to Qualifying School, Lombard has come close to his maiden DP World Tour this season, finishing second on three occasions. The most recent of those was at the Open de España last month. It would be some statement if he made his first DP World Tour title a Rolex Series event.
Adrian Otaegui
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 33
- Country: Spain
- Turned Pro: 2011
- Career DP World Tour titles: 4
- Top ten finishes this season: 4
The four-time DP World Tour winner is one of five Spaniards in the field at Jumeirah Golf Estates. He has only finished outside the top 20 once in his four previous appearances at the Earth Course. Twice a runner-up on Tour this season at the Alfred Dunhill Championship and KLM Open, Otaegui will hope he can mount another title challenge in the desert.
Matthew Southgate
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 34
- Country: England
- Turned Pro: 2010
- Career DP World Tour titles: 0
- Top ten finishes this season: 5
The Englishman is making his first appearance at the DP World Tour Championship since 2019. A runner-up finish at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland last month boosted his hopes of a career-best season on the DP World Tour, with his previous best being 38th in 2017. This week's season finale also carries extra personal significance as it is his 250th appearance on Tour.
Grant Forrest
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 35
- Country: Scotland
- Turned Pro: 2016
- Career DP World Tour titles: 1
- Top ten finishes this season: 6
The 30-year-old Scot began 2023 with a top ten in Abu Dhabi, before continuing his strong start to the year with a run of four consecutive finishes in the top 15 in March and April. An impressive showing in his national Open at The Renaissance Club further highlighted his ability to perform on the Rolex Series stage. His best result of the season came at the Horizon Irish Open as he carded four rounds of 70 or less to finish in a tie for third at The K Club.
Antoine Rozner
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 36
- Country: France
- Turned Pro: 2016
- Career DP World Tour titles: 3
- Top ten finishes this season: 5
The 2020 Challenge Tour graduate ended last year with victory in Mauritius – the third DP World Tour title of his career. That earned him a call-up to compete in the Hero Cup as the new year began with match play golf, before three top tens in four starts in the early months of the year helped ensure a fourth consecutive appearance at the DP World Tour Championship.
Dan Bradbury
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 37
- Country: England
- Turned Pro: 2022
- Career DP World Tour titles: 1
- Top ten finishes this season: 4
One of 13 DP World Tour Championship debutants in the field this week. The Englishman made headlines by winning his first DP World Tour title at the Joburg Open on the opening weekend of the season in what was just his third start. A hole-in-one this week would see him eclipse Miguel Ángel Jiménez as the first player to make four in one season on the DP World Tour.
Julien Guerrier
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 38
- Country: France
- Turned Pro: 2007
- Career DP World Tour titles: 0
- Top ten finishes this season: 4
The Frenchman has kept his card each season on the DP World Tour since graduating for the second time from the Challenge Tour in 2017. Finished in the top three at both the Italian Open and then the Porsche European Open, before impressing with another top-five finish at the Barracuda Championship which features a Modified Stableford scoring format. After a tie for sixth at the Open de España last month, the 38-year-old now looks forward to his debut at the DP World Tour Championship.
Lucas Herbert
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 39
- Country: Australia
- Turned Pro: 2015
- Career DP World Tour titles: 3
- Top ten finishes this season: 4
Won his third DP World Tour title earlier this year with a play-off triumph over Aaron Cockerill at the ISPS HANDA – Championship in Japan. This will be his first start on the DP World Tour since The Open when he missed the cut at Hoylake. The Australian is making his third appearance at the DP World Tour Championship this week, having finished in a tie for 21st on his last visit in 2021.
Sepp Straka
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 40
- Country: Austria
- Turned Pro: 2016
- Career DP World Tour titles: 0
- Top ten finishes this season: 3
Less than two months on from his rookie Ryder Cup appearance, the Austrian is one of the first-time participants at the DP World Tour Championship. Straka hit his stride in 2023 after finishing in a tie for seventh at the US PGA Championship, and then won his second PGA TOUR title at the John Deere Classic in early July. Later that month he produced his career-best Major performance with a tie for second at The Open, before ending the PGA TOUR campaign at the Tour Championship in a share of sixth place. In his most recent outing on the DP World Tour, he finished in a tie for tenth on debut at the BMW PGA Championship.
Tom McKibbin
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 41
- Country: Northern Ireland
- Turned Pro: 2021
- Career DP World Tour titles: 1
- Top ten finishes this season: 2
The Northern Irishman has enjoyed a great season on the DP World Tour following his graduation from the Challenge Tour last year. The highlight so far for the 20-year-old came when he won the Porsche European Open at the renowned North course at Green Eagle in Germany, having earlier recorded top-20 finishes in each of his first three starts of the campaign.
Ewen Ferguson
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 42
- Country: Scotland
- Turned Pro: 2016
- Career DP World Tour titles: 2
- Top ten finishes this season: 6
The Scot is back at Jumeirah Golf Estates for the second year running after a strong finish to the campaign which includes five top 20s across his last six starts. After twice winning on the DP World Tour last year, the 27-year-old enjoyed another highlight moment when he made his Major Championship debut at Royal Liverpool in July after finishing in the top 30 on the Race to Dubai last year.
Julien Brun
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 43
- Country: France
- Turned Pro: 2015
- Career DP World Tour titles: 0
- Top ten finishes this season: 4
Finished third in Mauritius and fifth in Dubai either side of the year to make a strong start to the Race to Dubai campaign. Produced a strong showing on home soil in the Open de France as he registered his fourth top ten of the season at Le Golf National. One of the first-time participants at the DP World Tour Championship.
Shane Lowry
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 44
- Country: Republic of Ireland
- Turned Pro: 2009
- Career DP World Tour titles: 6
- Top ten finishes this season: 1
Warmed up for his second Ryder Cup appearance at Marco Simone by finishing in a tie for third on home soil at the Horizon Irish Open. In his next start a week later he was tied 18th in the defence of his BMW PGA Championship title at Wentworth. Enjoyed three top 20s in the first three Majors of the year on US soil. Has four top tens across his 11 previous DP World Tour Championship appearances.
Connor Syme
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 45
- Country: Scotland
- Turned Pro: 2017
- Career DP World Tour titles: 0
- Top ten finishes this season: 5
Clicked into gear with a run of four consecutive top tens, culminating with the BMW PGA Championship, after his return to action from the summer break. Since returning to the DP World Tour for a second time via the Challenge Tour in 2019, the Scot has come close to a breakthrough success and will hope to close out the season by bettering his tie for 12th at the Earth Course last year.
Jeff Winther
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 46
- Country: Denmark
- Turned Pro: 2012
- Career DP World Tour titles: 1
- Top ten finishes this season: 4
Has enjoyed a strong finish to the campaign, registering three tops tens in his last starts. The start of that good run began with a runner-up finish in the Open de France at Le Golf National. The Dane is making his return to the DP World Tour Championship for the first time since 2021, when he finished just outside the top 20 on debut.
Nacho Elvira
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 47
- Country: Spain
- Turned Pro: 2011
- Career DP World Tour titles: 1
- Top ten finishes this season: 2
The Spaniard climbed 26 spots in the season-long rankings with a tie for third in Qatar at the end of last month. He missed out on his second DP World Tour title earlier in the campaign at HimmerLand. Should arrive in Dubai in good spirits after his brother Manuel secured graduation from the Challenge Tour for the first time.
Matt Wallace
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 48
- Country: England
- Turned Pro: 2012
- Career DP World Tour titles: 4
- Top ten finishes this season: 3
Came up just short of his fifth DP World Tour title at the D+D REAL Czech Masters in August when he finished one shot behind countryman and Challenge Tour graduate Todd Clements. He has since had back-to-back top tens at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, before climbing into the top 50 on the Race to Dubai by finishing 15th last week at Sun City. He won for the first time on the PGA TOUR and claimed his first title in more than four years at the Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic in March.
Jens Dantorp
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 49
- Country: Sweden
- Turned Pro: 2008
- Career DP World Tour titles: 0
- Top ten finishes this season: 3
Like Wallace, the Swede climbed into the top 50 on the Race to Dubai at the final opportunity as a closing three-under-par 69 in the Nedbank Golf Challenge lifted him four places on the season-long standings. It was his best result on the DP World Tour since the 34-year-old finished in a tie for third at the Barracuda Championship. That was his third top five of the campaign, having finished runner-up to countryman Simon Forsström at the Soudal Open in Belgium.
Daniel Brown
- Race to Dubai Ranking: 50
- Country: England
- Turned Pro: 2011
- Career DP World Tour titles: 1
- Top ten finishes this season: 4
Concluded a long road to the winner’s circle with a wire-to-wire success at the ISPS HANDA World Invitational presented by AVIV Clinics. He made his DP World Tour debut at the 2015 KLM Open but had to wait more than seven years for his second appearance. In between he played on the EuroPro Tour and Challenge Tour, before securing his playing privileges for this season by qualifying from the Qualifying School last year. Remarkably made the cut in each of his first 13 events of the season and now looks forward to his first appearance in the DP World Tour Championship.
