JC Ritchie remains in pole position at the top of the Road to Mallorca Rankings with one event of the 2025 season remaining, but saw his lead cut across back-to-back weeks in China.
The South African has amassed 1,546 points and climbed to the summit of the season-long standings after securing his second and third victories of the season in September, results that saw him earn automatic promotion to the DP World Tour.
With just the season-ending Rolex Grand Final supported by The R&A to come, Maximilian Steinlechner is Ritchie’s closest challenger to finish as the Number One come the season’s end after enjoying two outstanding weeks in Asia.
Steinlechner joined the winner’s circle in July when he won the Interwetten Open on home soil in Austria, and leaves China having come agonisingly close to adding a second title. In the Hainan Open, the 25-year-old missed out in a play-off and did so again just seven days later in Hangzhou, with those results seeing him close the gap to just 101 points to Ritchie.
Two-time winner this season, Scot David Law, occupies third place on 1,433 points, with Renato Paratore from Italy in fourth place on 1,394 points having become the second three-time winner this season in Hainan last week.
Frenchman Oihan Guillamoundeguy will also arrive at Club de Golf Alcanada for the season-ending showpiece with an opportunity to end the year as the Number One. The 20-year-old sits fifth on 1,267 points.
Italian Filippo Celli is 226 points behind Guillamoungeuy in sixth place, and looks all-but sure of his promotion to the DP World Tour, as does Spaniard Sebastian Garcia who climbed 14 places to seventh in the Rankings with his maiden victory in the Hangzhou Open at the weekend.
Just six weeks ago, Garcia was 50th in the Rankings and looking likely to miss out on a place in the Rolex Grand Final, but three top five finishes in his last four starts, including his win in Hangzhou, see him in a strong position to return to the DP World Tour.
Scotland’s Daniel Young (991 points), Englishman Joshua Berry (923 points) and Frenchman Félix Mory (872 points), who have all won this season, complete the top ten.
Daniel van Tonder from South Africa, who won the first two events of the season, is in 11th place, while there are also spots inside the top 20 for first-time winners this season Quim Vidal and Rocco Repetto Taylor from Spain, Sweden’s Hugo Townsend and Frenchman Clement Charmasson.
Lukas Nemecz from Austria is 19th with his fourth place in the Hangzhou Open seeing him return to the promotion places for the first time since May, while Englishman Jamie Rutherford heads to Alcanada in 20th and currently in possession of the final promotion place.
