The European tour is in Dubai for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, which wraps up the 2026 season.
As the tour’s grand finale, the field at Jumeirah Golf Estates will include the leading 50 players in the Race to Dubai standings.
Headlining the event will be bevy of stars, including Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Adam Scott, Aaron Rai, Ryan Fox, and Patrick Reed, among others.
In all, the field will feature six of the world’s top-25 ranked players, including three of the four major winners in 2026.
The Skinny
Event: DP World Tour Championship
Title Sponsor: DP World
European Tour Debut: 2009
Dates: Nov. 14-17, 2024
Where: Dubai, UAE
Course: Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth)
Distance: Par 72, 7706 yards
Field Size: 50, No Cut
Purse: $10,000,000
Winning Share: $3,000,000
Watch: Golf Channel
2025 Champion: Matt Fitzpatrick
How to Follow the DP World Tour Championship
U.S. TV: Thu-Fri: 2-10 a.m.; Sat: 2-8 a.m.; Sun: 1:30-7:30 a.m. ET (GOLF Channel)
U.K. TV: Thu: 6:00 a.m.; Fri-Sat: 7:00 a.m.; Sun: 6:30 a.m. (Sky Sports Golf)
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Tournament History
The DP World Tour Championship annually wraps up the European Tour season and concludes the Race to Dubai.
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 60 players in the Race to Dubai at the start of the tournament. It was the replacement for the Volvo Masters, which was a similar event for the leading 60 money winners on the Order of Merit.
Lee Westwood was the inaugural winner in 2009, finishing 23-under par.
Rory McIlroy (2012, 2015, 2024), Jon Rahm (2017, 2019, 2022) and Matt Fitzpatrick (2016, 2020, 2025) are three-time winners, while Henrik Stenson (2013-14) has won the championship twice. Stenson is the only back-to-back champion.
The Golf Course
The magnificent Earth course began life as the host venue for the DP World Tour Championship in 2009 and it has not looked back.
A layout that consistently delivers thrilling climaxes to the European Tour’s Race to Dubai each November, Earth has earned a place alongside the Majlis as a ‘must-play’ trophy course in Dubai.
The Skinny
Venue: Jumeirah Golf Estates
Course: Earth Course
Where: Dubai, UAE
Par: 72
Yards: 7,706
Architect: Greg Norman (2009)
Record: 62 (Justin Rose, 2012)
Race To Dubai
While any of the players in the 50-man field can end the week as DP World Tour champion, Eugenio Chacarra, Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed are the favorites to claim the season-long Race to Dubai title. Each can claim the 2026 R2D title without a win.
Six other players, including Jon Rahm, Aaron Rai, and Ryan Fox, need to win the tournament and hope players ahead struggle a bit. For instance, for Rahm to win, he’d have to win, then hope Chacarra finishes eighth or worse, while McIlroy and Reed finish outside the top two.
1. Eugenio Chacarra 4243.79
2. Rory McIlroy 3709.86
3. Patrick Reed 3528.62
4. Casey Jarvis 2892.98
5. Aaron Rai 2560.15
6. Jon Rahm 2525.45
7. Jayden Schaper 2445.79
8. Ryan Fox 2427.52
9. Daniel Hiller 2351.25
Full Field & Odds
Top-5 Betting Favorites
1. Rory McIlroy 3-1
2. Jon Rahm 6-1
3. Tommy Fleetwood 11-1
4. Adam Scott 16-1
5. Tyrrell Hatton 18-1
DP World Tour Championship | Jumeirah Golf Estates | Dubai, UAE | Nov. 12-15, 2026
Credit: European Tour Media, Getty Images
