Dubai: Rory McIlroy has more than another trophy to play for at the DP World Tour Championship, with a $3 million (Dh 11.01 million) winner’s cheque and the Race to Dubai title among the rewards on offer at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
The season-ending tournament, which runs from November 12 to 15, features a total prize purse of $10 million (Dh 36.72 million), with 50 players competing for their share of the money.
The winner will take home $3 million, while the runner-up will receive $1.27 million (Dh 4.66 million). The player finishing third will earn $810,000 (Dh 2.97 million), with the prize money distributed across the entire field. Even the golfer finishing 50th is guaranteed $32,000 (Dh 117,536).
McIlroy heads into the tournament among the leading contenders after another consistent campaign on the DP World Tour. The Northern Irishman finished third at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship last week before moving into contention at the Earth Course, where he shared the halfway lead with Ryder Cup teammate Tyrrell Hatton.
The 36-year-old is chasing an eighth Race to Dubai title, which would equal Colin Montgomerie’s record. He is also bidding for his fifth consecutive triumph in the season-long competition.
McIlroy has won the DP World Tour Championship three times and finished runner-up to Matt Fitzpatrick in a play-off last year.
