Who is playing at DP World Tour Championship 2024? Players, tee times and Race To Dubai Rankings leaderboard

Rory McIlroy heads to the DP World Tour Championship as the heavy favourite to close out Race to Dubai glory.

The biggest prize pot of the season is on offer at the DP World Tour’s annual finale, with $3m out of an overall $10m fund going to the winner at the Jumeirah Golf Estates Earth Course.

The payouts don’t stop there, however, with a bonus pot of $6m to be split across the final top 10 in the Race to Dubai standings. The overall winner pockets $2m, with $1m to the runnerup.

Here, we run through the select group of names playing for those riches in Dubai between November 14-17.

Who is playing at the DP World Tour Championship?

The field this week is comprised of the top 50 available players in the Race to Dubai, with leader Rory McIlroy the star attraction.

Northern Irish hero McIlory is poised to claim the $2m bonus. South Africa’s world No. 47 Thirston Lawrence is the only other player who can pip him to the Harry Vardon Trophy.

Other big names hoping to scoop a decent share of this week’s riches and the season-spanning bonus include Billy Horschel, Tyrell Hatton and Rasmus Hojgaard.

Hojgaard’s twin brother Nicolai was victorious last year but has failed to qualify this time around.

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DP World Tour Championship pairings

There is no cut at the 72-hole event and the players will head out on Wednesday in their Race to Dubai standings order, meaning Lawrence and McIlroy are last out onto the course. 

All times Eastern (GMT in brackets)

• 11:30pm (4:30am): Francesco Laporta, Connor Syme
• 11:40pm (4:40am): David Ravetto, Aaron Cockerill
• 11:50pm (4:50am): Andy Sullivan, Keita Nakajima
• 12:00pm (5:00am): Yannik Paul, Darius van Driel
• 12:10pm (5:10am): Min Woo Lee, Adrian Meronk
• 12:20pm (5:20am): Johannes Veerman, Daniel Brown
• 12:30pm (5:30am): Sam Bairstow, Alex Fitzpatrick
• 12:45pm (5:45am): Matthew Jordan, Adrian Otaegui
• 12:55pm (5:55am): Nacho Elvira, Joe Dean
• 1:05am (6:05am): Joaquin Niemann, Ewen Ferguson
• 1:15am (6:15am): Ugo Coussaud, Justin Rose
• 1:25am (6:25am): Shane Lowry, Frederic LaCroix
• 1:35am (6:35am): Dan Bradbury, Jorge Campillo
• 1:50am (6:50am): Laurie Canter, Angel Hidalgo
• 2:00am (7:00am): Antoine Rozner, Julien Guerrier
• 2:10am (7:10am): Romain Langasque, Guido Migliozzi
• 2:20am (7:20am): Tom McKibbin, Jordan Smith
• 2:30am (7:30am): Adam Scott, Sebastian Soderberg
• 2:40am (7:40am): Matt Wallace, Rikuya Hoshino
• 2:55am (7:55am): Thorbjorn Olesen, Jesper Svensson
• 3:05am (8:05am): Matteo Manassero, Robert MacIntyre
• 3:15am (8:15am): Niklas Norgaard, Tommy Fleetwood
• 3:25am (8:25am): Tyrrell Hatton, Paul Waring
• 3:35am (8:35am): Billy Horschel, Rasmus Hojgaard
• 3:45am (8:45am): Thriston Lawrence, Rory McIlroy

Race to Dubai rankings

Even though McIlory is primed for overall glory, there will be plenty of jockeying for final position in the overall top 10. Here’s how they stand: 

1. Rory McIlroy – 4,997.66 points
2. Thriston Lawrence – 3,212.64 points 
3. Rasmus Hojgaard – 2,684.05 points
4. Billy Horschel – 2,480.00 points
5. Paul Waring – 2,467.67 points
6. Tyrrell Hatton – 2,376.74 points
7. Tommy Fleetwood – 2,318.71 points
8. Niklas Norgaard – 2,193.53 points
9. Robert MacIntyre – 2,082.30 points
10. Matteo Manassero – 2,064.68 points