Rory McIlroy returns to action this week, with the Northern Irishman headlining the field at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in the Middle East.
The event in Abu Dhabi is the first of two season-ending playoffs on the DP World Tour, with the DP World Tour Championship following a week later in Dubai. T he top 70 players qualify for the penultimate tournament of the season at Yas Links, with McIlroy currently leading the way.
The Northern Irishman is within touching distance of winning a third-straight Race to Dubai crown and can claim the title with a week to spare – just as he did last year – with a solid showing in Abu Dhabi.
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McIlroy faces tough competition, most notably from a bunch of his Ryder Cup teammates. Fellow European Tommy Fleetwood poses a threat, heading into the tournament as a two-time champion having won back-to-back in Abu Dhabi in 2017 and 2018.
Elsewhere, his Olympic teammate Shane Lowry is in the field, alongside three other members of the 2023 winning Ryder Cup side in Justin Rose, Nicolai Hojgaard, and Robert MacIntyre. Despite his loyalties to LIV Golf, another European Ryder Cupper in Tyrrell Hatton is also competing.
Having spent the majority of his campaign with LIV, Hatton is back for the DP World Tour playoffs having played three times on the circuit since September, which included winning the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship last month. The Englishman is not the only LIV representation either.
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Rory McIlroy won the Race to Dubai trophy for the fifth time in 2023 (
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He will compete alongside one of the Saudi league’s most in-form players Joaquin Niemann. Torque GC skipper Niemann enjoyed his best season to date, winning twice on the breakaway circuit before eventually being pipped by Jon Rahm to the year-long individual crown.
A third LIV player in Adrian Meronk will compete, a man who was voted the DP World Tour’s Player of The Year for 2023, before opting to make the leap to the breakaway league. In total McIlroy and Co will be competing for a cool $9 million, with $1.53 million going to the champion. Here is a complete breakdown of the prize money on offer.
| 1st: | $1,530,000 |
| 2nd: | $990,000 |
| 3rd: | $567,000 |
| 4th: | $450,000 |
| 5th: | $381,600 |
| 6th: | $315,000 |
| 7th: | $270,000 |
| 8th: | $225,000 |
| 9th: | $201,600 |
| 10th: | $180,000 |
| 11th: | $165,600 |
| 12th: | $154,800 |
| 13th: | $144,900 |
| 14th: | $137,700 |
| 15th: | $132,300 |
| 16th: | $126,900 |
| 17th: | $121,500 |
| 18th: | $116,100 |
| 19th: | $111,600 |
| 20th: | $108,000 |
| 21st: | $104,400 |
| 22nd: | $101,700 |
| 23rd: | $99,000 |
| 24th: | $96,300 |
| 25th: | $93,600 |
| 26th: | $90,900 |
| 27th: | $88,200 |
| 28th: | $85,500 |
| 29th: | $82,800 |
| 30th: | $80,100 |
| 31st: | $77,400 |
| 32nd: | $74,700 |
| 33rd: | $72,000 |
| 34th: | $69,300 |
| 35th: | $66,600 |
| 36th: | $63,900 |
| 37th: | $62,100 |
| 38th: | $60,300 |
| 39th: | $58,500 |
| 40th: | $56,700 |
| 41st: | $54,900 |
| 42nd: | $53,100 |
| 43rd: | $51,300 |
| 44th: | $49,500 |
| 45th: | $47,700 |
| 46th: | $45,900 |
| 47th: | $44,100 |
| 48th: | $42,300 |
| 49th: | $40,500 |
| 50th: | $38,700 |
| 51st: | $36,900 |
| 52nd: | $35,100 |
| 53rd: | $33,300 |
| 54th: | $31,500 |
| 55th: | $30,600 |
| 56th: | $29,700 |
| 57th: | $28,800 |
| 58th: | $27,900 |
| 59th: | $27,000 |
| 60th: | $26,100 |
| 61st: | $25,200 |
| 62nd: | $24,300 |
| 63rd: | $23,400 |
| 64th: | $22,500 |
| 65th: | $21,600 |
| 66th: | $20,700 |
| 67th: | $19,800 |
| 68th: | $18,900 |
| 69th: | $18,000 |
| 70th: | $17,100 |
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