Rory McIlroy dominates 2025 Race to Dubai standings as $153 million prize looms

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The Race to Dubai is still in full swing, with Rory McIlroy looking to defend his title and take home the $153 million prize.

While the FedEx Cup is over and Europe has already wrapped up another Ryder Cup win, there’s still one more big storyline to finish: the Race to Dubai.

There are only a handful of events remaining on the DP World Tour calendar, but every one of them matters. Players still have a chance to boost their standing and get closer to that huge prize fund at the finish line.

Robert MacIntyre picked up a big win at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, grabbing not just a trophy but also a valuable jump up the leaderboard when it counts most. Here’s how things stand in this year’s Race to Dubai.

The updated standings for the Race To Dubai are below. Note that they may change as tournaments are played out in 2024/25.

Latest race to Dubai standings

At this stage of the season, it’s looking highly unlikely that anyone will be able to chase down Rory McIlroy at the top of the Race to Dubai (RTD) standings. The Northern Irishman has accumulated 4,084.56 points across eight events.

Tyrrell Hatton and Marco Penge are his closest challengers, sitting on 2,866.08 and 2,856.24 points respectively. Kristoffer Reitan (2,510.75) and Adrien Saddier (2,465.83) complete the current top five.

McIlroy’s commanding lead owes a lot to his win at The Masters earlier in the year when he earned a share of 10,000 RTD points.

It’s worth noting that Scottie Scheffler would actually be leading if he were a DP World Tour member; his victories at both the PGA Championship and The Open Championship put him on 4,267.12 RTD points by comparison.

Below is how the leaderboard currently looks for those chasing Race to Dubai points:

The focus is now on the players inside that threshold since only those in the top 70 will qualify for the DP World Tour Play-Offs in Abu Dhabi where another cut brings it down again.

Barring any late collapses or injuries, players like Robert MacIntyre, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose, Patrick Reed, Viktor Hovland, and Jon Rahm should remain safely within qualification range for now.

Big names missing from the Top 70

A few well-known players are currently outside the top 70 and will need to make a move if they want to reach the DP World Tour Play-Offs.

Most notably, former Race to Dubai winner Tommy Fleetwood is down in 90th place with just 531.47 points. Adam Scott and Joaquin Niemann are also well back, sitting in 108th and 112th respectively.

Further down the list, outside the provisional cut-off for DP World Tour Category 10 status, are Harry Hall, Sepp Straka, Shane Lowry, and Sergio Garcia.

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Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia, and Shane Lowry are among the players preparing for the Spanish Open as they look to pick up more points.

The schedule then moves on to the DP World India Championship from October 16-19, followed by the Genesis Championship from October 23-26, before heading into the play-offs.

The play-offs begin with the Abu Dhabi Championship from November 6-9, offering 5,000 RTD points. The season then wraps up with the DP World Tour Championship from November 13-16, which comes with a massive prize pot of 12,000 RTD points.

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The overall prize fund stands at an impressive $153 million. The winner of the DP World Tour Championship alone will earn over $3 million. Rory McIlroy pocketed more than $8.7 million for winning last year’s Race to Dubai.

Additionally, there’s an $8 million bonus pool that will be split among the top ten players in this year’s standings.