The top 50-ranked players on the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai close out another memorable season at the DP World Tour Championship and once again the Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates is presented in immaculate condition.

This year’s event marks 15 years since the Tour moved their climactic shootout from southern Spain to Dubai and the event has received numerous plaudits since its inception in 2009.

The course clocks in at a whopping 7,675 yards from the back of the tee boxes and although the landing areas in the fairways and greens are large, course management remains high on the agenda as finding the right spots from the tee and then on the green is crucial for success.

The greens complexes are huge and feature various levels and sections – and finding the wrong one will almost guarantee a perilous two-putt. However,
if your wedge and iron-play is dialled in and you find the correct portions, then a makeable birdie putt awaits.

Here, we take a look at some of the standout stats from around the course at last year’s edition.

TOTAL BIRDIES

1. Tyrrel Hatton – 27

2. Rory McIlroy – 24

3. Alex Noren – 23

4. Jon Rahm – 24

5. Matt Fitzpatrick – 21

DRIVING ACCURACY (FAIRWAYS HIT)

1. Adrian Otaegui – 76.79%

2. Tommy Fleetwood – 75.00%

3. Maximillian Kieffer – 75.00%

4. Fabrizio Zanotti – 71.43%

5. Sam Horsfield – 67.86%

DRIVING DISTANCE

1. Rory McIlroy – 329.00 yards

2. Rasmus Højgaard – 324.75 yards

3. Min Woo Lee – 324.13 yards

4. Kurt Kitayama – 321.88 yards

5. Ryan Fox – 314.38 yards

GREENS IN REGULATION

1. Tommy Fleetwood – 86.10%

2. Adri Arnaus – 81.95%

3. Alex Noren – 80.55%

4. Jordan Smith – 80.55%

5. Matt Fitzpatrick – 79.18%

PUTTS PER ROUND

1. Rory McIlroy – 26.75

2. Jon Rahm – 27.50

3. Haotong Li – 27.75

4. Alex Noren – 28.25

5. Shane Lowry – 28.50

STROKES GAINED: AROUND THE GREEN

1. Joakim Lagergren – +0.93

2. Jon Rahm – +0.67

3. Paul Waring +0.66

4. Marcel Schneider – +0.65

5. Alex Noren – +0.60