Who is playing in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 2025? Full field and qualification explored

The DP World Tour will now head to the playoffs with the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 2025. The first of the two playoff events will be played from Thursday, November 6 to Sunday, November 9 at Yas Links in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 2025 will feature 72 players in action across two categories. Seventy of them are qualifiers from this season’s Race to Dubai rankings, while Shane Lowry and Ludvig Aberg have qualified as members of the European Ryder Cup squad.

The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 2025 field will include several big names on the European circuit, including Rory McIlroy, Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Patrick Reed. Paul Waring is the defending champion but hasn’t qualified for the event this time.

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Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 2025 complete field explored

Here's a look at the complete field for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 2025:

1) The leading available 70 members from the 2025 Race to Dubai Rankings

1. Rory McIlroy (NIR)
2. Marco Penge (ENG)
3. Tyrrell Hatton (ENG)
4. Kristoffer Reitan (NOR)
5. Adrien Saddier (FRA)
6. Robert MacIntyre (SCO)
7. John Parry (ENG)
8. Alex Noren (SWE)
9. Laurie Canter (ENG)
10. Haotong Li (CHN)
11. Daniel Brown (ENG)
12. Keita Nakajima (JPN)
13. Jordan Smith (ENG)
14. Martin Couvra (FRA)
15. Matt Fitzpatrick (ENG)
16. Joakim Lagergren (SWE)
17. Elvis Smylie (AUS)
18. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (DEN)
19. Daniel Hillier (NZL)
20. Thriston Lawrence (RSA)
21. Patrick Reed (USA)
22. Jayden Schaper (RSA)
23. Angel Ayora (ESP)
24. Tommy Fleetwood (ENG)
25. Shaun Norris (RSA)
26. Jacques Kruyswijk (RSA)
27. Joost Luiten (NED)
28. Rasmus Hojgaard (DEN)
29. Andy Sullivan (ENG)
30. Eugenio Chacarra (ESP)
31. Nicolai von Dellingshausen (GER)
32. Michael Kim (USA)
33. Richard Mansell (ENG)
34. Marcus Armitage (ENG)
35. Calum Hill (SCO)
36. Kazuma Kobori (NZL)
37. Nicolai Hojgaard (DEN)
38. Oliver Lindell (FIN)
39. Tom McKibbin (NIR)
40. Johannes Veerman (USA)
41. Ewen Ferguson (SCO)
42. Jorge Campillo (ESP)
43. Grant Forrest (SCO)
44. Nacho Elvira (ESP)
45. Connor Syme (SCO)
46. Marcel Schneider (GER)
47. Jacob Skov Olesen (DEN)
48. Brandon Robinson Thompson (ENG)
49. Todd Clements (ENG)
50. Matthew Jordan (ENG)
51. Dylan Naidoo (RSA)
52. Francesco Laporta (ITA)
53. Aaron Rai (ENG)
54. Darius van Driel (NED)
55. Alejandro Del Rey (ESP)
56. Ryan Gerard (USA)
57. Joel Girrbach (SUI)
58. Alex Fitzpatrick (ENG)
59. Romain Langasque (FRA)
60. Junghwan Lee (KOR)
61. Ugo Coussaud (FRA)
62. Andrea Pavan (ITA)
63. Ben Schmidt (ENG)
64. Manuel Elvira (ESP)
65. Richard Sterne (RSA)
66. Rafa Cabrera Bello (ESP)
67. Mikael Lindberg (SWE)
68. Ryggs Johnston (USA)
69. Jeong weon Ko (FRA)
70. Joe Dean (ENG)

2) Any member of the 2025 European Ryder Cup Team not otherwise exempt

1. Ludvig Aberg (SWE)
2. Shane Lowry (IRL)