MacIntyre and Rose's seasons end as ten skip Abu Dhabi

Robert MacIntyre, Justin Rose, Si Woo Kim and Ryan Gerard have played their last DP World Tour events of 2026. All four qualified for the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship at Yas Links on 5–8 November, the first of the two Play-Offs, and none is in the field the tour published on Monday. Only the top 50 available players after Abu Dhabi go on to the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai a week later. A DP World Tour spokesperson told GolfMagic that the four cannot reach the top 50 after missing Abu Dhabi.

Ten of the 70 qualifiers have stayed away. The tour filled their places with the next ten players on the Race to Dubai Rankings, and Jordan Gumberg was the last man in when entries closed.

Absentee	Race to Dubai position	DP World Tour Championship
Ryan Fox	6th	Confirmed
Matt Fitzpatrick	10th	Not confirmed
Shane Lowry	16th	Not confirmed
Alex Fitzpatrick	24th	Not confirmed
Min Woo Lee	38th	Not confirmed
Ludvig Åberg	45th	Not confirmed
Robert MacIntyre	56th	Cannot qualify
Si Woo Kim	62nd	Cannot qualify
Justin Rose	69th	Cannot qualify
Ryan Gerard	70th	Cannot qualify

Fox, the Open champion, and Matt Fitzpatrick are inside the top ten who share a $6 million bonus at the end of the season, $2 million of it for the No. 1. Matt Fitzpatrick is also the defending champion in Dubai. “As things stand right now, I wouldn’t necessarily be too keen on going,” he said at Wentworth during the BMW PGA Championship. MacIntyre’s management told GolfMagic he did not want to make the trip now. Golf Monthly had earlier quoted MacIntyre calling it “potentially the end of my season right here”. Players do not have to give a reason, and the others have not.

The tour still intends to stage both events in the UAE and says the Foreign Office has not advised against travel there. The US State Department’s advisory for the UAE tells Americans to “reconsider travel to the United Arab Emirates due to terrorism and armed conflict”, Sky Sports reports.

All of the top five will play at Yas Links, where the purse is $9 million and the winner takes $1.53 million. Eugenio Chacarra leads the Race to Dubai by 669.27 points from Patrick Reed, with Rory McIlroy third.

Sources

• DP World Tour: Who is playing at the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship?
• Sky Sports: Which players are missing from the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship and who can still win the Race to Dubai?
• GolfMagic: DP World Tour Playoffs rocked by notable absentees in Abu Dhabi
• Golf Digest: Ryder Cup players not entered in Abu Dhabi
• Golf Monthly: Which big names are missing the 2026 Abu Dhabi Championship?