The Scot has also qualified for this week’s PGA Tour Championship – the final event in the 2024 FedEx Cup rankings
By Nick Tarratt, Gulf Times Guest Golf Writer
Scotsman Robert McIntyre – DP World Tour Closing Ceremony Champion. – Photo X
Scotsman Robert McIntyre has had a mixed week in golf recently.
Although he was forced to withdraw from the PGA Tour BMW Championship after two rounds due to lower back problems, he had a good run on the DP World Tour. McIntyre shot 72 and 71 in the first round.
Although he only played one event in the closing ceremony, he won the overall title with his victory in the Genesis Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick in July.
The final event of the closing ceremony, the Denmark Golf Championship, was won by French player Frederic Lacroix.
McIntyre’s achievement highlights his strong run earlier this year, winning the title after just one match.
McIntyre also qualified for this week’s PGA Tour Championship — the final event in the 2024 FedEx Cup rankings.
McIntyre won the fourth of five global swings on the DP World Tour and collected $200,000.
Previous matches and winners are: Opening – Min-woo Lee (Australia). International – Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland). Asia – Sebastian Soderberg (Sweden). Europe – Guido Migliozzi (Italy). Closing – Robert MacIntyre (Scotland).
We wish McIntyre all the best and good health for the rest of 2024 and beyond.
The back nine is the next stop on the DP World Tour, which has nine events: the Betfred British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo this week, the Omega European Masters, the Amgen Irish Open, the BMW PGA Championship, the Acciona Spanish Open in Madrid,
the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, the FedEx French Open, the Estrella Damm NA Andalucia Masters and the Genesis Championship.
The top 70 players in the Race to Dubai after the back nine holes qualified for the $9 million Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Links in Abu Dhabi.
The top 50 after the Abu Dhabi event will advance to the $10 million DP World Tour Championship at the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
Then there is the 2024 Race to Dubai prize pool of $6 million, which will be divided among the top 10.
Finally, the top 10 players who finish in the season-ending Dubai Open following the Dubai Open and are not already PGA TOUR members will receive a 2025 PGA TOUR card.
At the time of writing this column, let's see who occupies those precious 10 spots: Jesper Svensson (Sweden), Sebastian Soderberg (Sweden), Rikuya Hoshino (Japanese), Romain Langasque (France), Frederic Lacroix (France), Guido Migliozzi (Italy), Tom McKibben (Nicaragua), Laurie Canter (English) and Matteo Manassero (Italy).
With LIV Golf players likely to compete in some of the upcoming DP World Tour events after the season ends next month, plus a number of PGA Tour players set to compete on the DP World Tour – with the 2024 Race to Dubai set to take place in the UAE in November, it looks set to be an exciting finale.
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