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The top 50 available players in the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex were playing for a share of a $10 million prize fund at this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
Contested over 72 holes, with no cut, the concluding Rolex Series event featured a $10 million prize fund – the biggest of the 42-tournament 2025 Race to Dubai season. Of the 37 different winners this season, 27 made their way to the second of back-to-back Rolex Series events which serve as the DP World Tour Play-Offs. There were two pieces of silverware on offer this past week, with both the DP World Tour Championship and Harry Vardon Trophy at stake.
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Race to Dubai Rankings leader Rory McIlroy arrived at Jumeirah Golf Estates chasing a seventh Harry Vardon Trophy and fourth in a row. The Northern Irishman has won twice this season, first at the Masters to complete the career Grand Slam and later in a playoff at the Amgen Irish Open. He closed last year with victory at the DP World Tour Championship and again controlled his own destiny heading into the final week. A tie for third in Abu Dhabi extended his lead over closest challenger Marco Penge — the only three-time winner on Tour this season — to 767.02 points. With 2,000 points available to the winner and 57.6 for last place, both Penge and third-ranked Tyrrell Hatton remained in contention for the Harry Vardon Trophy.
As mentioned, the final event of the 2025 Race to Dubai featured the leading 50 available players on the Rankings, alongside them was also Ludvig Åberg – who is making his DP World Tour Championship debut – and Shane Lowry, who are also eligible for the season finale as European Ryder Cup players.
As part of the Strategic Alliance between the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR, the top ten players on the final Race to Dubai Rankings, not otherwise exempt, would earn PGA TOUR membership for 2026. The player who finished first on the list would qualify for THE PLAYERS Championship and two early Signature Events in the 2025 season, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and The Genesis Invitational, with that reward set to be claimed by Penge.
On a side note, the leading 10 players on the Race to Dubai Rankings after the conclusion of the DP World Tour Championship would be eligible for a share of the US$6,000,000 bonus pool. Players must have participated in at least 4 Counting Tournaments in the current season, including the DP World Tour Championship, to be eligible for a share of this bonus pool.
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See below the full payout.
Here’s the prize money breakdown for each golfer at the 2025 DP World Tour Championship
1 Matt Fitzpatrick, €2,577,945.00
2 Rory McIlroy, €1,082,736.90
T3 Ludvig Åberg, €417,841.92
T3 Laurie Canter, €417,841.92
T3 Tommy Fleetwood, €417,841.92
T3 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, €417,841.92
7 Rasmus Højgaard, €219,125.32
T8 Angel Ayora, €163,269.85
T8 Haotong Li, €163,269.85
T8 Robert MacIntyre, €163,269.85
T11 Nicolai Højgaard, €117,153.28
T11 Shane Lowry, €117,153.28
T11 Jacob Skov Olesen, €117,153.28
T14 Tyrrell Hatton, €100,969.51
T14 Justin Rose, €100,969.51
T16 Daniel Hillier, €88,294.62
T16 Tom McKibbin, €88,294.62
T16 Keita Nakajima, €88,294.62
T16 Alex Noren, €88,294.62
20 Jayden Schaper, €78,197.66
20 Jordan Smith, €78,197.66
22 Marco Penge, €73,578.85
22 Nicolai von Dellingshausen, €73,578.85
T24 Michael Kim, €67,778.47
T24 Thriston Lawrence, €67,778.47
T24 Adrien Saddier, €67,778.47
T24 Johannes Veerman, €67,778.47
T28 Ewen Ferguson, €58,111.18
T28 Grant Forrest, €58,111.18
T28 Oliver Lindell, €58,111.18
T28 John Parry, €58,111.18
T28 Patrick Reed, €58,111.18
T28 Kristoffer Reitan, €58,111.18
T34 Calum Hill, €49,410.61
T34 Brandon Robinson Thompson, €49,410.61
T34 Andy Sullivan, €49,410.61
T37 Jorge Campillo, €43,610.24
T37 Eugenio Chacarra, €43,610.24
T37 Jacques Kruyswijk, €43,610.24
T37 Joakim Lagergren, €43,610.24
41 Aaron Rai, €40,387.80
T42 Marcus Armitage, €37,809.86
T42 Kazuma Kobori, €37,809.86
T42 Elvis Smylie, €37,809.86
T45 Daniel Brown, €34,587.43
T45 Matthew Jordan, €34,587.43
47 Connor Syme, €32,653.97
48 Joost Luiten, €31,365.00
49 Richard Mansell, €30,076.02
50 Shaun Norris, €28,787.05
51 Nacho Elvira, €27,498.08
52 Martin Couvra, €26,209.11
The Bonus Pool will be allocated as follows:
1st – Rory McIlroy, €2,000,000.00
2nd – Marco Penge, €1,000,000.00
3rd – Matt Fitzpatrick, €750,000.00
4th – Tyrrell Hatton, €550,000.00
5th – Tommy Fleetwood, €450,000.00
6th – Robert MacIntyre, €350,000.00
7th – Laurie Canter, €300,000.00
8th – Kristoffer Reitan, €250,000.00
9th – Adrien Saddier, €200,000.00
10th – Alex Noren, €150,000.00
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