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The tournament was first held in 2009 when the Order of Merit was replaced by the Race to Dubai. It is contested by the leading 50 players in the DP World Tour Rankings at the start of the tournament. It is the replacement for the Volvo Masters, which was a similar event for the leading 60 money winners on the Order of Merit.
The top 70 in the Race to Dubai Rankings qualify for the playoffs, with the top 50 in the rankings after the first event qualifying for the Tour Championship. Two new tournaments were added to the calendar for 2024: the Dubai Invitational and the Bahrain Championship.
The winner of the Race to Dubai also receives a ten-year European Tour exemption, while the winner of the Dubai World Championship receives a five-year exemption. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The reduction in prize money, announced in September 2009, [ 12 ] was due to the global economic downturn .
FedEx Cups, Players Championships, Ryder Cups, PGA Tour ‘signature events’ and DP World Tour ‘Race to Dubai’ money list victories have been mounting with remarkable consistency. And it’s ...
This will be McIlroy's third time playing in Dubai this year. He was runner-up in the Dubai Invitational and won the Dubai Desert Classic at the start of the year. Billy Horschel is in the field ...
Rory McIlroy is No. 1 on the European tour for the fifth time. McIlroy clinched the Race to Dubai on Sunday without even playing in the Nedbank Golf Challenge. McIlroy previously won the title in ...
The European Tour's money list was known as the "Order of Merit" until 2009, when it was replaced by the Race to Dubai. It is calculated in euro, although around half of the events have prize funds which are fixed in other currencies, mainly pounds sterling or U.S. dollars. In these instances, the amounts are converted into euro at the exchange ...
Rory McIlroy was already an overwhelming favorite to win the European tour’s season-long Race to Dubai title. McIlroy shot 5-under 67 and was tied for the lead with Tyrrell Hatton after the ...