After a golf marathon that includes 40 occasions, spanning 5 continents and 27 nations, the DP World Tour Playoffs are right here. The primary of the 2 remaining occasions will happen from November sixth to ninth within the United Arab Emirates. The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship will function the highest 70 gamers (ranked in descending order) on the continental circuit, competing for a prize pool of $9,000,000 (the highest prize being $1,530,000). Amongst them are two Italians: Francesco Laporta and Andrea Pavan.
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The sector additionally contains high gamers within the sport, together with Northern Eire's Rory McIlroy (world quantity 2), England's Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, and Matt Fitzpatrick, Eire's Shane Lowry, Sweden's Ludvig Aberg, Scotland's Robert MacIntyre, and Denmark's Rasmus Hojgaard, all of whom have been among the many protagonists of the European triumph on the 2025 Ryder Cup in Bethpage, New York. Following the match, held on the Yas Golf Hyperlinks in Abu Dhabi, the highest 50 gamers will then compete within the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai from November thirteenth to sixteenth, competing for the European crown and the Harry Vardon Trophy. Relating to these eligible, Britons Justin Rose (nineteenth) and Matt Wallace (66th), Spaniard Jon Rahm (59th), and Norwegian Viktor Hovland (66th) have determined to not play the competitors, as has Austrian Sepp Straka, who has withdrawn for private causes.
McIlroy, chief of the Race to Dubai for the seventh time in his profession and the fifth consecutive yr, is aiming to defend his title and goals of closing in on Scotsman Colin Montgomerie, the one man to have lifted the Harry Vardon Trophy eight occasions (seven in a row). That is the fourth and penultimate occasion not solely of the season however of the Rolex Collection, however it has by no means been received by the Northern Irishman. Previous winners embrace Hatton (2021), Fleetwood (2017 and 2018), and Lowry (2019). The highlight may also be on Englishman Marco Penge (2nd) and Frenchman Adrien Saddier, who received this yr's 82nd Italian Open at Argentario Golf Membership in Tuscany. Additionally aiming excessive are Swede Alex Noren, who has been in nice type in latest months, Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin, Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard, and American Patrick Reed. As for the Italians, Laporta, a 35-year-old from Castellana Grotte (Bari), has performed 26 tournaments in 2025, making the reduce 16 occasions and attaining 4 top-10 finishes. In the meantime, Pavan, a 36-year-old from Rome, taking part in his thirty first occasion on the circuit this season, has additionally made the reduce 17 occasions with three top-10 finishes, together with a fourth-place end two weeks in the past in South Korea on the Genesis Championship, which earned him a ticket to the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
