DP World Championship, Dubai
November 17th – 20th, 2022
Jumeirah Golf Estates, Earth Course
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Par: 72 / Yardage: 7,675
Purse: $10 Million
with $3.3 million to the winner
Defending Champion:
Collin Morikawa

This week’s field includes:
The field includes 20 of the top 100 and 10 of the top 50 in the latest Official World Rankings, with three top-ten players in the field, #8 Rory McIlroy, #5 Jon Rahm, and #9 Matt Fitzpatrick. The other top 50 players are #11 Viktor Hovland, #20 Shane Lowry, #23 Tommy Fleetwood, #24 Ryan Fox, #29 Tyrrell Hatton, #41 Kirk Kitayama, and #45 Alex Noren.
Last year there were 14 top-50 players in the field.
The field includes 47 players who are in the top 50 of the Race to Dubai money list. #6 Will Zalatoris, #7 Thomas Pieters, and #35 Collin Morikawa are the only player in the top 50 not playing, which if you think of it, is incredible to think that they were able to get so many players to participate.
The field includes 3 of the 13 past champions that have won 6 of the 13 events played: Matt Fitzpatrick (2020 & ’16), Jon Rahm (2019 & ’17), and Rory McIlroy (2015 & ’12),
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the DP World Championship field is our performance chart listed by the average finish. One last way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at DP World Championship in the last five years or check out our brand-new and sortable 8-year glance at the DP World Championship.
Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the DP World Championship, Dubai
Player | Nedbank Golf | Portugal Masters | Mallorca Open | Zozo Champ. | Andalucia Masters | CJ Cup | Spanish Open | Shriners Children’s | Dunhill Links | Fortinet Champ. | French Open | Italian Open | BMW PGA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jordan Smith (233.33 pts) |
T13 (37) |
Win (132) |
DNP | DNP | T6 (40) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DQ (-1.67) |
DNP | 7 (18.33) |
T12 (12.67) |
CUT (-5) |
Tommy Fleetwood (202 pts) |
Win (132) |
DNP | DNP | T53 (0) |
DNP | T4 (53.33) |
T39 (7.33) |
DNP | T22 (9.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T57 (0) |
Rory McIlroy (191.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (88) |
DNP | DNP | T4 (26.67) |
DNP | DNP | 4 (26.67) |
T2 (50) |
Jon Rahm (191.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T4 (53.33) |
Win (88) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 (50) |
Gavin Green (186.67 pts) |
7 (55) |
2 (100) |
T11 (26) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T50 (0.33) |
T34 (5.33) |
DNP |
Yannik Paul (186.67 pts) |
T25 (25) |
T63 (0) |
Win (88) |
DNP | T21 (19.33) |
DNP | T8 (33.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T8 (16.67) |
T27 (7.67) |
DNP |
Ryan Fox (184.83 pts) |
2 (100) |
DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | WD (-2.5) |
Rasmus Hojgaard (178 pts) |
T8 (50) |
DNP | T30 (13.33) |
DNP | 5 (46.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T17 (11) |
DNP | 2 (33.33) |
T27 (7.67) |
T18 (16) |
Min Woo Lee (170.67 pts) |
T8 (50) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 3 (60) |
DNP | 3 (60) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T42 (4) |
Adrian Otaegui (156.83 pts) |
T19 (31) |
DNP | T47 (2) |
DNP | Win (88) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T13 (12.33) |
T25 (8.33) |
T13 (18.5) |
Robert MacIntyre (151.17 pts) |
T32 (18) |
T18 (32) |
DNP | DNP | T9 (30) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T20 (10) |
DNP | T8 (16.67) |
Win (44) |
T50 (0.5) |
Eddie Pepperell (148 pts) |
T49 (1) |
4 (80) |
T30 (13.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T13 (24.67) |
DNP | T28 (7.33) |
DNP | DNP | T12 (12.67) |
T32 (9) |
Antoine Rozner (143.5 pts) |
T32 (18) |
T8 (50) |
DNP | DNP | T14 (24) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T4 (26.67) |
DNP | T11 (13) |
T16 (11.33) |
T50 (0.5) |
Marcel Schneider (124 pts) |
T25 (25) |
T8 (50) |
T23 (18) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T28 (7.33) |
DNP | T13 (12.33) |
T16 (11.33) |
DNP |
Richie Ramsay (110 pts) |
4 (80) |
DNP | T16 (22.67) |
DNP | T28 (14.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T42 (2.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T57 (0) |
Joakim Lagergren (109.83 pts) |
T29 (21) |
T43 (7) |
DNP | DNP | 2 (66.67) |
DNP | T23 (18) |
DNP | T56 (0) |
DNP | 76 (0) |
CUT (-3.33) |
T50 (0.5) |
Viktor Hovland (106.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T5 (46.67) |
DNP | T21 (19.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T34 (5.33) |
T5 (35) |
Paul Waring (101.33 pts) |
T19 (31) |
CUT (-10) |
T2 (66.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T27 (15.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | WD (-1.67) |
DNP |
Kurt Kitayama (101.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T29 (14) |
DNP | 2 (66.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 7 (18.33) |
T32 (9) |
Hurly Long (93 pts) |
T52 (0) |
T5 (70) |
T9 (30) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T36 (4.67) |
DNP | T60 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-5) |
Sebastian Soderberg (90 pts) |
T5 (70) |
T15 (35) |
T52 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T59 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-5) |
Matthieu Pavon (84.83 pts) |
T41 (9) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | 2 (66.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T30 (6.67) |
DNP | T9 (22.5) |
Shane Lowry (80.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T23 (18) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (66) |
Thriston Lawrence (72 pts) |
T13 (37) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T6 (40) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T20 (10) |
DNP | CUT (-5) |
Wu Ashun (71 pts) |
T25 (25) |
DNP | T16 (22.67) |
DNP | T45 (3.33) |
DNP | T13 (24.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T50 (0.33) |
CUT (-5) |
Shubhankar Sharma (68.33 pts) |
3 (90) |
DNP | T52 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-5) |
Matt Fitzpatrick (64.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
T13 (24.67) |
DNP | DNP | T22 (9.33) |
DNP | DNP | 2 (33.33) |
T42 (4) |
Guido Migliozzi (63.83 pts) |
T44 (6) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | Win (44) |
T34 (5.33) |
T13 (18.5) |
Richard Bland (63.5 pts) |
T8 (50) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T56 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T23 (13.5) |
Tyrrell Hatton (63 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T45 (3.33) |
DNP | T13 (24.67) |
DNP | DNP | T7 (18.33) |
DNP | DNP | 8 (16.67) |
T57 (0) |
Fabrizio Zanotti (52.17 pts) |
T29 (21) |
DNP | T16 (22.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T13 (18.5) |
Alex Noren (50.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T37 (8.67) |
DNP | T44 (4) |
T2 (33.33) |
T36 (4.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Ewen Ferguson (48.67 pts) |
T13 (37) |
DNP | T9 (30) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-5) |
Sam Horsfield (47 pts) |
T19 (31) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T18 (16) |
Richard Mansell (46.33 pts) |
T56 (0) |
DNP | T11 (26) |
DNP | T37 (8.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 (18.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Adrian Meronk (45.33 pts) |
T36 (14) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T45 (3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T22 (9.33) |
DNP | T11 (13) |
CUT (-3.33) |
T32 (9) |
Jorge Campillo (44.67 pts) |
T32 (18) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | T50 (0.67) |
DNP | T27 (15.33) |
DNP | 63 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T9 (15) |
T32 (9) |
Maximilian Kieffer (42.67 pts) |
T8 (50) |
DNP | T58 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T42 (2.67) |
DNP | T65 (0) |
CUT (-3.33) |
T65 (0) |
Callum Shinkwin (42 pts) |
T64 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T37 (8.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 (33.33) |
DNP | DNP | T61 (0) |
T68 (0) |
Connor Syme (41 pts) |
T49 (1) |
DNP | T23 (18) |
DNP | T32 (12) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T10 (13.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T68 (0) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the DP World Championship, Dubai
Player | Nedbank Golf | Portugal Masters | Mallorca Open | Zozo Champ. | Andalucia Masters | CJ Cup | Spanish Open | Shriners Children’s | Dunhill Links | Fortinet Champ. | French Open | Italian Open | BMW PGA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adri Arnaus (-5.67 pts) |
T61 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T22 (9.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-5) |
Haotong Li (-5 pts) |
T61 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-5) |
Pablo Larrazabal (4.67 pts) |
63 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 65 (0) |
DNP | T50 (0.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | WD (-1.67) |
T32 (9) |
Rafa Cabrera Bello (23.5 pts) |
T41 (9) |
DNP | T37 (8.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | T61 (0) |
T9 (22.5) |
Romain Langasque (30.67 pts) |
T29 (21) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T32 (12) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T36 (4.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T41 (3) |
T57 (0) |
Thorbjorn Olesen (31.67 pts) |
T44 (6) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | T21 (19.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T59 (0) |
DNP | T20 (10) |
T16 (11.33) |
CUT (-5) |
Oliver Bekker (33 pts) |
T36 (14) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T45 (3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T56 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T9 (15) |
T42 (4) |
Oliver Wilson (35.5 pts) |
T36 (14) |
T51 (0) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T23 (18) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T23 (13.5) |
Victor Perez (37.83 pts) |
T44 (6) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T36 (4.67) |
DNP | T30 (6.67) |
3 (30) |
T50 (0.5) |
David Law (40.17 pts) |
T19 (31) |
T34 (16) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | 67 (0) |
DNP | T42 (2.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T50 (0.5) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the DP World Championship, Dubai
Best Bets:
Jon Rahm
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | T4 | Win |
He loves the course, has won twice in three tries and was T-4th in the other. Yes, he will be hard to beat.
Rory McIlroy
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T6 | 4 | T20 | T9 | Win | T2 | T5 | Win | T11 | 5 |
He is the best player right now and could win, but I think it will be hard for him to beat Rahm.
Tommy Fleetwood
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T27 | T10 | 2 | T16 | T21 | T9 | T53 | T12 | T37 |
He has had his moments in this event, he was runner-up in 2019. But other than that, his record has been spotty, with only one top-ten finish (T-10th in 2020). Still, you have to give him some respect, he won last week in the Nedbank and was T-4th at the CJ Cup.
Best of the rest:
Ryan Fox
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T45 | T28 |
He doesn’t have a great record on the Jumeirah Course in two starts but in his last four starts won the Dunhill Links, was T-4th at Mallorca, and 2nd last week at the Nedbank.
Shane Lowry
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T9 | T12 | T30 | T2 | T19 | T48 | 5 | T39 | T8 |
In nine Dubai starts, does have a runner-up in 2017, but he has played well of late, including a win at the BMW PGA Championship.
Matt Fitzpatrick
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T2 | Win | 9 | T34 | 12 | Win | T4 |
He has two wins in this event and was runner-up last year. Despite not being that great the last couple of months, other than losing a playoff at the Italian Open, you have to respect his great record on the Jumeirah course.
Viktor Hovland
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T3 |
Despite his one Dubai start being a T-3rd in 2020, he has not played his best. Sure, he hasn’t been bad the last couple months, T-5th at the Zozo Championship, T-21st at the CJ Cup and T-10th in Mayakoba, he has played in two DP World Tour events of late and was T-5th at the BMW PGA and T-34th at the Italian Open.
Solid contenders
Robert MacIntyre
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T4 | T23 | T14 |
He was T-4th in this event last year and won the Italian Open in September. But since then hasn’t been that great, but you go with him off of his good start in Dubai last year.
Adrian Otaegui
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T14 | T4 | T42 |
Is a good choice in three Dubai starts, was T-4th in 2018, and he won the Andalucia Masters.
Gavin Green
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T57 |
He is hot right now. Coming into Dubai he was T-11th at the Mallorca Open, 2nd at the Portugal Masters, and 7th at the Nedbank.
Yannik Paul
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First time playing in this event |
More info:
Yes playing at Dubai for the first time but he has been ok of late and won at the Mallorca Open.
Rafa Cabrera Bello
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T39 | T20 | T18 | T21 | T23 | T22 | T9 | T14 | T40 | T26 |
Has played in this event 11 times and was T-9th in 2014 but he never has played badly in this event
Long shots that could come through:
Richie Ramsay
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T36 | T17 | T16 | T26 | T42 | T35 |
He was 4th last week at the Nedbank and has a lot of experience playing in six DP World, his best finish T-16th.
Sebastian Soderberg
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First time playing in this event |
More info:
He has never played in this event but was T-5th last week in the Nedbank.
Pablo Larrazabal
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T48 | T55 | T52 | T22 | T16 | T26 | T36 | 10 |
Has played in 8 DP Worlds, was 10th once, and has made his last three cuts. Also has potential, he won twice in March and April.
Worst Bets:
Tyrrell Hatton
2022 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T16 | T8 | 46 | T22 | T8 | 2 | T13 | T6 |
Has had his moments on the Jumeirah course in eight starts, he has four top-tens, including a runner-up in 2016. In the last couple of months has struggled but was 8th in Italy and T-7th at the Dunhill Links. Still don’t think he is a good pick this week.
Speak Your Mind
You must be logged in to post a comment.