As Rory McIlroy capped off his Race to Dubai-winning marketing campaign with DP World Tour Championship victory, 10 extra gamers had been celebrating their very own probably career-changing success.
For the second yr operating, the main 10 gamers within the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai rankings – who weren’t already exempt – secured a PGA Tour card for 2025 and twin membership for subsequent season.
Robert MacIntyre was among the many gamers to learn from the pathway between the 2 excursions final season, securing victories on the RBC Canadian Open and Genesis Scottish Open, whereas Mathieu Pavon additionally received in his breakthrough PGA Tour season.
Rasmus Hojgaard topped the 2024 qualifiers, bringing bonus invitations into The Gamers and each first two Signature Occasions – the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am and Genesis Invitational, whereas the opposite 9 can all now cut up their time between Europe and america subsequent season.
Gamers have till November 29 to simply accept their PGA Tour standing, with a spot going to he subsequent highest out there golfer within the season-long rankings ought to anybody elect in opposition to taking over competing on each excursions.
From the golfer beforehand dubbed ‘the following Rory McIlroy’ to a different who briefly retired from the game, together with a number of Ryder Cup hopefuls, we have a look at the ten who now have earned their probability to take up twin membership…
Rasmus Hojgaard
Race to Dubai place: Second
2024 highlights: One win (Amgen Irish Open), eight high 10s
Hojgaard so practically grabbed a PGA Tour card final yr – pipped by Matthieu Pavon within the closing holes in Dubai – however ensured he’ll be part of brother Nicolai on the tour subsequent yr with one other robust marketing campaign.
The spotlight of Hojgaard’s eight top-10 finishes got here on the Amgen Irish Open, the place he birdied 4 of his final 5 holes in an outstanding final-round 65 to grab a one-shot victory over McIlroy and a fifth DP World Tour title.
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Rasmus Hojgaard completed the ultimate day of the Irish Open in fashion, with birdies on the sixteenth, seventeenth and 18th holes to say a dramatic victory
He then pushed McIlroy all the best way within the season-ender in Dubai, ending two strokes behind the Northern Irishman. Hojgaard is now contained in the world’s high 50 and can now wish to emulate his brother in securing a Ryder Cup debut for Crew Europe at Bethpage Black.
Thriston Lawrence
Race to Dubai place: Third
2024 highlights: 5 runner-up finishes, 10 high 10s
Lawrence has 4 DP World Tour wins since becoming a member of the tour as a rookie in 2021 – when his exploits earned him the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award – however curiously, none of these got here this yr, by far his strongest.
What has stood out for the South African in 2024 is his consistency, with 5 second-place finishes on the DP World Tour that left him as McIlroy’s remaining rival for the Race to Dubai title heading into the closing phases of the season.
Thriston Lawrence narrowly missed out on a maiden main victory throughout The Open at Royal Troon
Lawrence additionally shone at a significant for the primary time this yr at The Open, with the 27-year-old within the last group alongside Billy Horschel and briefly main earlier than ending in fourth spot. His 10 top-10 finishes on the DP World Tour in 2024 was greater than some other participant.
Paul Waring
Race to Dubai place: Fifth
2024 highlights: One win (Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship), six high 10s
Waring has been considerably of a journeyman, with the 39-year-old Englishman having been a part of the DP World Tour since incomes his card at Qualifying College in 2007. However amid struggles with type and accidents by the years, he solely had one victory – in his two hundredth begin on tour on the 2018 Nordea Masters – to his identify coming into this season.
The Englishman was simply attempting to retain a top-50 Race to Dubai rating and qualify for the DP World Tour Championship when he teed it up on the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, solely to fireplace a career-best 61 within the second spherical to interrupt the course report and arrange a career-changing win.
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Highlights from the ultimate spherical of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, the place Paul Waring claimed a formidable win
Tied-third and tied-sixth outcomes had been amongst 5 high 10s throughout 2024 forward of his two-shot victory in Abu Dhabi, which earned him over €1.4m [£1.17m] – extra in a single occasion than his yearly earnings for every season other than 2019 on the DP World Tour.
Jesper Svensson
Race to Dubai place: tenth
2024 highlights: One win (Porsche Singapore Basic), six high 10s
Svensson – after exhibiting loads of promise on the Problem Tour – joined the DP World Tour this season and, in simply his second begin as a full member, practically received the South African Open, main on the midway stage earlier than taking second place.
One other second place got here in Bahrain in February, however he would solely have to attend another month for that maiden win on tour as he shot a course-record 63 on the Porsche Singapore Basic earlier than beating Kiradech Aphibarnrat in a play-off.
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Highlights from the ultimate spherical of the Porsche Singapore Basic on the Laguna Nationwide Golf Resort Membership
Again-to-back high fives within the Czech Republic and England on the Betfred British Masters in the summertime boosted his hopes of a card, with a tied-seventh end in Dubai certainly one of six high 10s registered in his breakout season.
Niklas Norgaard
Race to Dubai place: Eleventh
2024 highlights: One win (Betfred British Masters), six high 10s
Norgaard has made regular progress by {the golfing} ranks after a late begin to the skilled sport, profitable the Nordic Golf League order of benefit in 2019 and incomes promotion from the Problem Tour in 2021.
The 32-year-old claimed a runner-up end on the Soudal Open and added a tied-fourth on the Porsche European Open in back-to-back occasions earlier than celebrating a maiden DP World Tour victory on the Betfred British Masters later in the summertime.
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An emotional Niklas Norgaard stated claiming his maiden DP World Tour on the Betfred British Masters was what he had dreamed of since he was 10 years outdated
He turned the third Danish participant to win the British Masters and loved a formidable end to the season, with robust showings at Wentworth and Abu Dhabi additionally serving to him earn his alternative to tee it up on the PGA Tour.
Matteo Manassero
Race to Dubai place: twelfth
2024 highlights: One win (Jonsson Workwear Open), eight high 10s
You would possibly keep in mind Manassero as {the golfing} wonderkid, with the Italian nonetheless holding the report for being the youngest to ever win a DP World Tour occasion – as a 17-year-old – again in 2010, whereas he rose as excessive as world No 25 in 2013.
He misplaced his enjoying privileges in 2018 and after taking a quick hiatus from the sport earlier than working his means again up {the golfing} pyramid, having fun with a resurgent 2024 season on the DP World Tour and profitable his first event for 11 years on the Jonsson Workwear Open in South Africa.
May Matteo Manassero pressure his means into consideration for a spot on Europe’s subsequent Ryder Cup workforce?
The 31-year-old additionally contended on the Amgen Irish Open and the BMW PGA Championship to get himself again comfortably contained in the world’s high 100, with Manassero now set to return to the PGA Tour for the primary time since he was a particular non permanent member in 2014.
Thorbjorn Olesen
Race to Dubai place: thirteenth
2024 highlights: One win (Ras al Khaimah Championship), 5 high 10s
Olesen will return for one more yr on the PGA Tour after a powerful finish to the season complimented his win on the Ras al Khaimah Championship, with three high 10s within the final 4 occasions together with a tied-third in Abu Dhabi.
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Highlights of the ultimate spherical of the Ras Al Khaimah Championship at Al Hamra Golf Membership
He completed no greater than 14th in his 16 PGA Tour begins final season however will get one other probability at cracking America, having already received eight DP World Tour titles and featured in Europe’s 2018 Ryder Cup success in a formidable profession.
Antoine Rozner
Race to Dubai place: fifteenth
2024 highlights: No wins, seven high 10s
Rozner certified for the DP World Tour in 2020 and received the Golf in Dubai championship in his rookie marketing campaign, then following that up with victories on the Business Financial institution Qatar Masters in 2021 and AfrAsia Financial institution Mauritius Open in 2023.
There was no victory this yr however he did put up a stellar combat within the season, ending in tied-third after sharing the lead with McIlroy and Hojgaard heading into the ultimate day.
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Antoine Rozner hits a surprising method on the seventh for an eagle on the Genesis Scottish Open
Again-to-back top-six finishes on the Genesis Championship and in Abu Dhabi forward of that robust end in Dubai had been a part of seven high 10s this yr, with Rozner trying to observe in Pavon’s footsteps and revel in French success on the PGA Tour.
Rikuya Hoshino
Race to Dubai place: seventeenth
2024 highlights: One win (Business Financial institution Qatar Masters), seven high 10s
Hoshino had a fantastic pedigree on the Japan Golf Tour – profitable six instances between 2018 and 2022 – however this was his first full yr on the DP World Tour and he began beautifully, with runner-up finishes in his first two begins after which profitable the Business Financial institution Qatar Masters quickly after.
Hoshino was a frequent contender over the yr, although he would have been sweating on Sunday after dropping 5 photographs in his closing 11 holes in Dubai’s season finale to place him in danger.
Tom McKibbin
Race to Dubai place: 18th
2024 highlights: No wins, 9 high 10s
McKibbin, who like McIlroy hails from the Holywood membership close to Belfast, burst onto the scene final yr when he received as a rookie on the DP World Tour and has greater than constructed on that with a constant sophomore season.
Tom McKibbin has secured twin membership and can have the ability to characteristic on the PGA Tour subsequent season
Solely Lawrence has extra high 10s this yr than McKibbin, who made his main debut on the US Open this summer time forward of a runner-up end on the Italian Open and likewise performed in The Open.
He completed inside the highest 10 at Wentworth and Abu Dhabi earlier than snatching the final of the PGA Tour playing cards on provide on the DP World Tour Championship, the place he signed off his tied-Eleventh end with a closing birdie to finish above Jordan Smith within the Race to Dubai standings.
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