Race to Dubai: The Five Men Who Can Claim Victory

Jon Rahm

Current Points: 3,898.3

Rahm has been playing some great golf this year, even though you could make the argument that with Rahmbo, it has been the case for the last few years.

He has two victories this year. The first came at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open in July, earning him a solid 1,165 points. The second came just last month at the Mutuactivos Open de Espana, earning him only 460 points. Throw in a second-place finish at the BMW, a T-2nd at the Andalucia, a T-3rd at the U.S. Open, and you can see why Rahm is all the way up to 3rd place in the Race to Dubai.

Through 11 qualifying events to earn points, Rahm had finished in the top 11 in eight of them. He has been playing great golf, and doing it consistently. That could portend well for him heading into this week’s event. Rahm can win the Race to Dubai in each of the following circumstances.

If Rahm wins and Wiesberger finishes lower than a solo second, Rahm is the champion.

He can finish in solo second place, but would need Wiesberger to finish T-5th with at least two other people, and have none of the other contenders win the DP World Tour Championship.

Lastly, If Rahm finishes T-2nd, once again none of the other contenders could win, and he would need to not tie with Fleetwood. Wiesberger would need to finish T-21st or worst.

Rahm can win and is nearly in control of his own destiny. It would make for an exciting finish if he were ahead of Wiesberger heading into the final stretch. Saying that Rahm can win the event isn’t that big of a stretch… he won the event in 2017.