The battle for a PGA Tour card: Current Standings

As part of the Strategic Alliance between the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR, the top ten players on the final Race to Dubai Rankings, not otherwise exempt, will earn PGA TOUR membership for 2026.

With the final event of the 2025 Race to Dubai underway at the DP World Tour Championship, the race comes to a close.

As part of the Strategic Alliance between the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR, the top ten players on the final Race to Dubai Rankings, not otherwise exempt, will earn PGA TOUR membership for 2026. The player who finishes first on that list will qualify for THE PLAYERS Championship and two early Signature Events in the 2025 season, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and The Genesis Invitational, with that reward set to be claimed by Marco Penge.

Among the others set to benefit from the pathway include Kristoffer Reitan and John Parry - both graduates of the HotelPlanner Tour last year - along with Adrien Saddier, who is set to become the fourth Frenchman in the last three years to play their way onto the PGA TOUR via the Race to Dubai after Victor Perez, Matthieu Pavon and Antoine Rozner.

Alex Noren, Laurie Canter and Daniel Brown are also set to secure dual membership via the Rankings, with Haotong Li, Keita Nakajima and Jordan Smith currently in posession of the final three cards, but looking over their shoulder.

Noren could retain his PGA TOUR card via the FedExCup standings, which would supersede his position in the Race to Dubai Rankings. If he moves inside the top 100 stateside before the end of the year, that would make the No 11 finisher in the Race to Dubai Rankings eligible for a TOUR card – currently Thriston Lawrence.

The only change from the 10 that started the week after the opening round was Jordan Smith - who occupied the tenth and final spot. He has currently been overtaken by Daniel Hillier, who opened with a five-under-par 67. As it stands, Smith is projected to drop to 18th on the Race to Dubai Ranking, one place behind Lawrence.

This page will be updated at the end of each round.

To view the Race to Dubai Rankings, click here.
To view the Projected Race to Dubai Rankings, click here.

Race to Dubai Ranking Projection: How it stands after Day 1