Who is playing in the DP World Tour Championship 2025? Field and qualification explored

The DP World Tour is in its final week of the season as the DP World Tour Championship 2025 is set to kick off in a few days. The season finale will be played from Thursday, November 13 to Sunday, November 16 at Jumeirah Golf Estates, Earth Course, Dubai, UAE.

The DP World Tour Championship will feature the top 52 players in action and will be competing for the prestigious season-ending title. Fifty players have qualified via the Race to Dubai Rankings, while Ludvig Aberg and Shane Lowry have received exemptions as European Ryder Cup team members.

Rory McIlroy is the defending champion at the DP World Tour Championship 2025 and has won here three times, the joint-highest alongside Jon Rahm. However, he has a chance to make it four unlike Rahm, who isn't in the field this week.

Speaking of LIV Golfers, Patrick Reed and Tyrrell Hatton are the two active players from the Saudi-backed circuit in action this week. Notably, neither has won here in their careers so far.

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DP World Tour Championship 2025 field explored

Rory McIlroy won the DP World Tour Championship 2024 (Image Source: Getty)

Here's a look at the complete field for the DP World Tour Championship 2025:

The leading available 50 members from the 2025 Race to Dubai Rankings as of the conclusion of the Abu Dhabi Championship

• Rory McIlroy (NIR)
• Marco Penge (ENG)
• Tyrrell Hatton (ENG)
• Kristoffer Reitan (NOR)
• Robert MacIntyre (SCO)
• Adrien Saddier (FRA)
• John Parry (ENG)
• Alex Noren (SWE)
• Aaron Rai (ENG)
• Tommy Fleetwood (ENG)
• Laurie Canter (ENG)
• Li Haotong (CHN)
• Daniel Brown (ENG)
• Keita Nakajima (JPN)
• Jordan Smith (ENG)
• Martin Couvra (FRA)
• Daniel Hillier (NZL)
• Matt Fitzpatrick (ENG)
• Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (DEN)
• Elvis Smylie (AUS)
• Nicolai Hojgaard (DEN)
• Joakim Lagergren (SWE)
• Angel Ayora (ESP)
• Patrick Reed (USA)
• Thriston Lawrence (RSA)
• Justin Rose (ENG)
• Jayden Schaper (RSA)
• Richard Mansell (ENG)
• Andy Sullivan (ENG)
• Shaun Norris (RSA)
• Jacques Kruyswijk (RSA)
• Joost Luiten (NED)
• Rasmus Højgaard (DEN)
• Eugenio Chacarra (ESP)
• Nacho Elvira (ESP)
• Calum Hill (SCO)
• Michael Kim (USA)
• Marcus Armitage (ENG)
• Nicolai von Dellingshausen (GER)
• Kazuma Kobori (NZL)
• Oliver Lindell (FIN)
• Grant Forrest (SCO)
• Johannes Veerman (USA)
• Ewen Ferguson (SCO)
• Tom McKibbin (NIR)
• Jorge Campillo (ESP)
• Jacob Skov Olesen (DEN)
• Connor Syme (SCO)
• Matthew Jordan (ENG)
• Brandon Robinson Thompson (ENG)

Any member of the 2025 European Ryder Cup Team who is not otherwise exempt

• Ludvig Aberg (SWE)
• Shane Lowry (IRL)