The leading ten players, not otherwise exempt, on the season-ending DP World Tour Race to Dubai rankings earned PGA Tour cards for 2025. Coming into the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates, only three players had solidified themselves in the top 10, meaning seven spots were up for grabs.

And Tom McKibbin—the last man standing in 10th place—was one over for the last 11 and surely the most relieved member of the group. With a birdie on the last hole, the Northern Irishman from Rory McIlroy’s home club of Holywood, ended just 10.5 points ahead of Jordan Smith.

Rory McIlroy has won his sixth Race to Dubai title after triumphing in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. The 35-year-old has now won three successive Race to Dubai crowns and his sixth overall — previously winning in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2022 and 2023 — to match the record of golfing legend Seve Ballesteros on the European tour.

McIlroy held a lead of 1,785.02 points at the top of the rankings in the Race to Dubai, with 2,000 points available to this week’s winner. The four-time major champion won the 2024 Race to Dubai by finishing higher than 11th place than sold challenger Thriston Lawrence.

Rory McIlroy holds off Denmark's Rasmus Hojgaard to win the season-ending DP World Tour Championship and clinch his sixth Race to Dubai title.

Rory McIlroy claimed a two-shot victory over Rasmus Hojgaard at the DP World Tour Championship; McIlroy won the season-ending event for a third time and secured his sixth Race to Dubai title, matching

World number three Rory McIlroy ended the season on a high by winning the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday, two strokes ahead of Rasmus Hojgaard, to seal his sixth Race to Dubai title.

World number three Rory McIlroy ended the season on a high by winning the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday, two strokes ahead of Rasmus Hojgaard, to seal his sixth Race to Dubai title. The 35-year-old Northern Irishman carded a 69 in the final round at the Jumeirah Golf Estates to finish on 15 under par after two birdies in the final

Rory McIlroy is within sight of a season-ending double in Dubai after finishing the third round of the DP World Tour Championship in a three-way tie for the lead. The Northern Irishman was already as good as assured of winning the Race to Dubai title for a sixth time when he arrived at the Earth Course at the start of the week.