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2025 DP World Tour Championship Tips

2025 DP World Tour Championship Event Info

Starts: 13th November 2025
Course: Earth Course, Jumeriah Golf Estates, Dubai
Par: 72
Length: 7,675 yards
2024 Champion: Rory McIlroy

2025 DP World Tour Championship Course Info

Course Designer - Greg Norman
Fairways - Wide, undulating, well bunkered
Rough - Bermuda
Greens - Large, undulating, Bermuda, well bunkered, lots of run off areas. 12 on Stimpmeter
Par 5s - 2nd, 7th, 14th, 18th
Hosted Since - 2009

Significant Info To Be Aware Of

The field is limited to the top 50 players on the Race to Dubai rankings.

Rory McIlroy currently leads the Race to Dubai.

2025 DP World Tour Championship Trends

Winning score
Since 2015, the winning score has ranged from -15 to -21, with last year being -15. We expect a similar figure this week.

Course Form
Thirteen of the last fourteen winners have had a previous top 10 at the Earth Course. Jon Rahm is the only debutant to win since Robert Karlsson in 2010. Desert form is also preferred.

Incoming Form
Thirteen of the last fourteen winners had a top 10 in their previous 3 starts. 

Nationality
15 of the last 16 winners at the Earth Course have been European.  However, Collin Morikawa won in 2021 and there are several non-European golfers with good records in this event so take this trend with a pinch of salt.

Age
Eight of the last ten winners were in their twenties.  Danny Willett and Rory McIlroy were the exceptions (31 and 35 respectively).  Youngsters are definitely preferred.

2025 DP World Tour Championship Stats Analysis

Summary
Strokes Gained stats are available since 2017. One thing they don't show is the importance of driving distance on the Earth Course, so we have included that also.

Driving Distance
Every winner since 2009 has ranked 16th or better for distance. Twelve out of those 16 winners were inside the top 10 in this category. It is a big advantage to be a long hitter at the Earth Course.

SG: Off The Tee
The last eight winners have ranked 2-17-25-10-8-4-19-5 (most recent first) in this category. Strong drivers prosper here.

SG: Approach
The last eight winners ranked 2-4-2-10-35-4-2-10 (most recent first) in this category. Strong iron play is usually required but Matt Fitzpatrick (2020) showed you can win with a great putting week.

SG: Tee To Green
The last eight winners ranked 1-6-2-3-8-1-6-6 (most recent first) in this category.  As you'd expect, a strong all round game is required to win this week.

SG: Around The Green
The last eight winners ranked 37-31-2-6-7-4-33-27 (most recent first) in this category. Sharp short game preferred but not essential.

SG: Putting
The last eight winners ranked 11-6-2-14-1-9-10-9 (most recent first) in this category. A hot putter is also usually required at the Earth Course.

2025 DP World Tour Championship In Play Advice

Tough Holes
The 4th, 9th and 17th were the hardest on course.

Birdie Holes
The four par 5s (2nd, 7th, 14th and 18th) played as the easiest four holes last year.  

Fast or Slow start
Mcilroy led after rounds one and three last year. Hojgaard led after round one in 2023 but round three leader, Matt Wallace, was five back after round one and made up the ground. The top three after round one in 2023 would all go on to finish inside the top five.  Winner in 2022, Matt Fitzpatrick, was 2nd after round one.

The top four in 2019 were all in the top four after 18 holes! The top three in 2018 were all in the top ten after 18 holes. You don't want to be too far behind at the Earth Course. Backing players with hot starts in-play could be advantageous.

2025 DP World Tour Championship Tips

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