The leading ten players, not otherwise exempt, on the season-ending DP World Tour Race to Dubai rankings earned PGA Tour cards for 2025. Coming into the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates, only three players had solidified themselves in the top 10, meaning seven spots were up for grabs.

Mission accomplished. Rory McIlroy’s chase for a sixth career Race to Dubai title, matching Seve Ballesteros for second most in the history of the DP World Tour, was a virtual certainty heading into the Old World circuit’s season finale.