Thomas Detry may be fighting at the wrong end of the Race to Dubai Rankings but he is only looking at the right end of the leaderboard at the Genesis Championship.
The Belgian arrived at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club 129th in the season-long standings, with the top 115 at the end of the week earning category 10 status on the DP World Tour for 2026.
An opening 68 edged him up to a provisional 120th in a share of 11th on the leaderboard but the 32-year-old inists he is aiming higher than that in a season where he has won a maiden PGA TOUR title.
The top 70 in the Rankings come Sunday evening will qualify for the first event of the DP World Tour Play-Offs at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and Detry - who would need a sixth DP World Tour runner-up finish to have any chance of making that event - knows his goal.
"I've never lost my card anywhere so keeping my card out here, this is the tour where I started, this is where I love playing as well," he told the DP World Tour's Green Room.
"Unfortunately with the nature of the golf ecosystem right now it's not easy to do it all but my goal is to be in Abu Dhabi in two weeks' time, that's really my goal. I played Abu Dhabi last year, it's such a great event, the course is incredible.
"I'm not really thinking about my card to be honest, I'm just thinking about Abu Dhabi. If (winning) is what I need to do to be in Abu Dhabi then I guess winning is what's in the back of my mind. I don't really think about winning, I just sort of think about having a good week.
"I haven't really had the best second part of the year in a way but the driver seems to be behaving again, the putter as well, so why not this week?"
