The 2025 World Championship brings the curtain down on an exciting time for the DP World Tour, with the World Tour at Jumeirah Golf Estates and offering a Greater Stage with the Dubai Finale race.
After a season that has spanned five continents and 45 events, only the top players in the standings of Dubai will perform in Dubai. In high places Rory McIlroywho is incredibly fast seventh race in the Dubai titlecontinuing to cement his place as the preeminent figure of his generation in Europe.
Lesson
The world course, designed by Greg Norman, is a simple yet terrifying test. Its wide fairways stop off the tee, but the looming bunkers and slick, greens demand precision every way. The final stretch, the par-5 18th with its fairway guarding the green, has produced some of the most spectacular moments of the DP World Tour, and also could decide where the crown of the season ends.
The 7,706-yard layout rewards Ball-Strikers and shot-makers alike, offering plenty of birdie opportunities but punishing mistakes with brutal accuracy.
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McIlroy enters the week leading the charge, having completed the Grand Slam at Augusta National and the Irish Open, earlier in the year and at the Players Championship this spring. But the chasing pack is always hungry, and several storylines are brewing under the Dubai Sun.
Marco PengeOne of the breakout stars of the season, it has been a great story for 2025. As you win the 2025 World Cup.
Close behind Tyrrell Hatton and Kristoffer Reitanand hoping to finish the year behind after a near miss in the majors.
Competing opponents
Here’s a look at some of the leading names and their latest performances You bet Entering the season:
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Rory McIlroy (4.75) – Race to the leader of Dubai and protect the hero. It hasn’t finished outside the top five here since 2019.
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Tommy Fleetwood (6.50) – Favorite Hometown, living in Dubai and thriving on regular vegetables.
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Marco Penge (19.00) – The season of Cinderella could not yet end in glory. Few have played with more confidence in recent months.
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Ludwig Åberg (13.00) – The Swede’s length off the tee makes him a dark horse if he can find rhythm with the putter.
The current top five in the Dubai race
Rory Mcllroy’s score is 4640.06
Marco Penge 3873.04
Tyrrell Hatton 2919.18
Kristoffer Reitan 2655.65
Robert macinryre 2635. 93
An idea
McIlroy remains the man, physically and emotionally, as he seeks to extend his European Tour record streak. But the race to the Dubai Finale has a way of throwing surprises and with form players like Penge and Hatton in hot pursuit, Sunday’s finish could be another classic on the world circuit.
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