A total of 13 graduates from the class of 2025 will look to get the 2026 Race to Dubai off to the perfect start when they tee it up in the season-opening BMW Australian PGA Championship this week.
Leading that charge will be three-time winner this year, Renato Paratore. The Italian is back on the DP World Tour after enjoying a stellar campaign on the HotelPlanner Tour where he returned to the winner’s circle on three occasions. He now has the chance to add to his two DP World Tour wins, with the last of those coming at the Betfred British Masters in 2020.
Englishman James Morrison is another hoping to get off to a fast start in Australia after he sealed a dramatic return to the DP World Tour. Needing to end the Rolex Grand Final supported by The R&A towards the top end of the leaderboard, the two-time DP World Tour winner did just that, leading from the front on the final day to pick up a second win of the season and an immediate return to the Tour’s top table.
Sebastian Garcia from Spain, Scotland’s David Law, England’s Joshua Berry and Italian Filippo Celli all won on this year’s Road to Mallorca on their way back to the DP World Tour, and will join Paratore and Morrison in the season-opening field.
Spaniard Rocco Repetto Taylor will make his DP World Tour debut in Australia after impressing in his first season on the HotelPlanner Tour. Prior to 2025, he hadn’t made a single appearance on the Road to Mallorca, and despite missing the cut in his first start, he would win in his very next outing at the Challenge de Cadiz before going on to earn a fairytale promotion.
Clement Charmasson from France climbed into promotion contention after winning in just his fifth HotelPlanner Tour start. Three more top tens during the season saw him finish 19th on the Road to Mallorca to earn graduation. He will tee it up on the DP World Tour for only the second time in career when he does so at Royal Queensland Golf Club this week.
Italian Stefano Mazzoli recorded eight top ten finishes on his way to promotion and will also be in the field alongside fellow graduates Swede Tobias Jonsson, Spaniard Quim Vidal, Scotsman Daniel Young and Austrian Maximilian Steinlechner.
