Because the DP World Tour’s playoffs start, Rory McIlroy has a commanding lead within the Race to Dubai.
McIlroy, who is about to compete on this week’s HSBC Abu Dhabi Championship and subsequent week’s DP World Tour Championship, sits 1,572.39 factors forward of second-place Thriston Lawrence. That sizeable benefit places McIlroy in nice place to win his third straight Harry Vardon Trophy and sixth total, which might tie McIlroy with Seve Ballesteros for second most all-time, behind solely Colin Montgomerie’s eight.
The winner on Sunday in Abu Dhabi will earn 1,500 factors whereas the champion the next Sunday in Dubai receives 2,000 factors, so McIlroy actually isn’t a lock but. The truth is, per the DP World Tour, gamers ranked all the way in which right down to No. 37 Sam Bairstow nonetheless mathematically have an opportunity to win the Race to Dubai, although it could require McIlroy ending final – seventieth in Abu Dhabi and fiftieth in Dubai – in each playoff occasions for a few of these contenders to raise the season-long title.
Lawrence and third-ranked Rasmus Hojgaard, who’s 1,920.28 factors again of McIlroy, are the one gamers inside 2,000 factors of McIlroy, so if McIlroy wins in Abu Dhabi, he’d lock up the Race to Dubai forward of the season finale. McIlroy, although, has by no means gained the event, final enjoying Abu Dhabi in 2022 when the occasion was contested in January.
No. 4 Billy Horschel is certainly one of six top-70 gamers not enjoying in Abu Dhabi.
