The Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship will launch the DP World Tour Play-Offs next week as the Race to Dubai title challenge heats up, with an elite field set to gather at Yas Links.
Following the climax of the Genesis Championship on Sunday, the top 70 available players on the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World will tee it up in the first of back-to-back Rolex Series events from November 5-8.
Eugenio Chacarra leads the season-long standings, with Patrick Reed, Rory McIlroy and Casey Jarvis his closest pursuers in the battle for the Harry Vardon Trophy.
Aaron Rai, who rounds out the top five, returns to Abu Dhabi for his title defence as one of six Major Champions, alongside Reed, McIlroy, Adam Scott, Jon Rahm and Francesco Molinari.
Chacarra is the sole three-time winner this season and he will hope to add a Rolex Series title to his CV as he bids to become the third Spanish winner of the Race to Dubai after countrymen Jon Rahm and Seve Ballesteros.
Reed, who is bidding to become the second American winner of the Race to Dubai after Collin Morikawa, is one of nine Rolex Series winners in action having won his first earlier this year at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic.
McIlroy has won the Race to Dubai in each of the past four years and victory this season would see him claim the season-long crown for a record-equalling eighth time.
Gregorio De Leo is the lone player set for their Rolex Series debut, having earned his playing rights through Qualifying School for the second consecutive time last year.
Four Qualifying School graduates are in the UAE, with Davis Bryant, Daniel Rodrigues and Nathan Kimsey also taking their place, with Italian pair Stefano Mazzoli and Filippo Celli having qualified as graduates of the HotelPlanner Tour's Class of 2025.
Jordan Gumberg is the last man in the field at the close of entries, with players representing 22 nationalities set to tee it up at the penultimate event of the season.
Field in full
| Player |
|---|
| Eugenio Chacarra |
| Patrick Reed |
| Rory McIlroy |
| Casey Jarvis |
| Aaron Rai |
| Daniel Hillier |
| Jayden Schaper |
| Jacob Skov Olesen |
| Andy Sullivan |
| Bernd Wiesberger |
| Oliver Lindell |
| Joe Dean |
| Nacho Elvira |
| Angel Hidalgo |
| Hennie du Plessis |
| Dan Bradbury |
| Shaun Norris |
| Angel Ayora |
| Adrian Meronk |
| Davis Bryant |
| Thriston Lawrence |
| Tommy Fleetwood |
| Martin Couvra |
| Yuto Katsuragawa |
| Marcus Armitage |
| Calum Hill |
| Mikael Lindberg |
| Niklas Nørgaard |
| Jorge Campillo |
| Kota Kaneko |
| Grant Forrest |
| Jeff Winther |
| Adrian Otaegui |
| David Puig |
| Julien Guerrier |
| Kristoffer Reitan |
| Frederic Lacroix |
| Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen |
| Freddy Schott |
| Gregorio De Leo |
| Matthew Jordan |
| Manuel Elvira |
| Adam Scott |
| Ewen Ferguson |
| Jon Rahm |
| Matt Wallace |
| Victor Perez |
| Joost Luiten |
| Tyrrell Hatton |
| Francesco Laporta |
| Michael Hollick |
| Scott Jamieson |
| Alejandro Del Rey |
| Stefano Mazzoli |
| Daniel Rodrigues |
| Antoine Rozner |
| Tom Vaillant |
| Ricardo Gouveia |
| Guido Migliozzi |
| Joakim Lagergren |
| Wenyi Ding |
| Nathan Kimsey |
| Francesco Molinari |
| JC Ritchie |
| Yurav Premlall |
| Richard Sterne |
| Ugo Coussaud |
| Filippo Celli |
| Darius van Driel |
| Jordan Gumberg |
