European Ryder Cup heroes Jon Rahm and Ludvig Aberg have both declined to play in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai from November 14-17.
Both players missed the first leg of the DP World Tour playoffs at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Links from November 7-10.
Rahm, 29, was recently allowed to return to the DP World Tour after appealing his fine for joining the Saudi-funded LIV golf league this season.
Aberg, 25, was recently forced to withdraw from competition due to a knee injury.
A spokesman for DP World Tour confirmed golf magic On the eve of the DP World Tour Championship, neither Rahm nor Aberg made it to the 50-man season finals at the Globe.
Jon Rahm not playing in Dubai
The absence of Lahm and Aberg means Scotland's Conor Syme and Francesco Laporta will step into the field.
Syme is ranked 51st in the DP World Tour standings.
Laporta ranks 52nd.
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For Rahm, the decision to bypass the event was somewhat surprising, especially since he is a record three-time winner of the event and also has the European Ryder Cup in the $10 DP World Tour Championship Gold points are up for grabs.
Rahm doesn't need to worry too much about the team's draft picks.
After recently returning to his former European Tour circuit, Rahm must play in at least four regular season matches on the DP World Tour to retain his membership for next season and keep his European Ryder Cup hopes alive.
The Spaniard has now done just that, competing in the Olympics, Spanish Open, Dunhill Links and Andalusia Masters.
But he turned down the chance to play in either of the two DP World Tour playoff events in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
However, Rahm recently welcomed his second child with wife Kelly Cahill, so you have to believe that played a role in his decision to stay home.
However, the 2025 LIV Golf League season does not begin until February.
![Jon Rahm [Photo: LIV Golf]](https://cdn.golfmagic.com/styles/img_600/s3/2024-10/rahm7822.jpg?itok=HyRGGfdw)
Jon Rahm [Photo: LIV Golf]
Rahm is also unable to win the Race to Dubai as world number three Rory McIlroy is on the run as he pursues a sixth Harry Vardon Trophy.
McIlroy is trying to equal the feat of the late great Seve Ballesteros.
Only South Africa's Thriston Lawrence can mathematically catch McIlroy in next weekend's Dubai event, but considering the Northern Irishman's lead at the top of the rankings is around 1,800 points, that's almost An impossible task.
However, Rahm's LIV Golf teammate Tyrrell Hatton has decided to play in the DP World Tour Championship.
Hatton recently scored a career hat-trick at Dunhill Links and finished second individually behind Paul Waring at Yas Links on Sunday.
The Brit has made it clear that, in addition to his commitment to LIV Golf, he intends to compete in as many DP World Tour events as possible in order to become part of Luke Donald's European Ryder Cup team next September member.
Ludwig Aberg
For Aberg, his knee doesn't appear to be fully healed yet.
The Swede will compete in Tiger Woods' Hero World Challenge in Albany from December 5-8, so it will be interesting to see if he is able to tee off in the Bahamas in three weeks.
American player Billy Horschel happily decided to come and participate in the DP World Tour Championship.
Horschel defeated McIlroy in a playoff in September to win his second career BMW PGA title.
He is ranked fourth in the DP World Tour rankings.
Here is the full entry list for the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai:
| Rory McIlroy | 1 |
| Tristan Lawrence | 2 |
| Rasmus Hoggard | 3 |
| Billy Horschel | 4 |
| Paul Welling | 5 |
| Tyrell Hatton | 6 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 7 |
| Niklas Norgaard | 8 |
| Robert McIntyre | 9 |
| Matteo Manassero | 10 |
| Jesper Swenson | 11 |
| Thorbjorn Olsen | 12 |
| Hoshino Rikuya | 13 |
| Matt Wallace | 14 |
| Sebastian Soderbergh | 15 |
| Adam Scott | 16 |
| Jordan Smith | No. 17 |
| Tom McKibbin | 18 |
| Guido Migliozzi | No. 19 |
| Roman Langeske | 20 |
| Julian Guerrier | No. 22 |
| Antoine Rozner | twenty three |
| Angel Hidalgo | twenty four |
| Laurie Kanter | 25 |
| Jorge Campillo | 26 |
| Dan Bradbury | No. 27 |
| Frédéric Lacroix | 28 |
| Sean Lowry | 29 |
| Justin Rose | 30 |
| Ugo Cuso | 31 |
| Evan Ferguson | 32 |
| Joaquin Nyman | 33 |
| Joe Dean | 34 |
| Nacho Elvira | 35 |
| Adrian Ortegui | 36 |
| Matthew Jordan | 37 |
| Alex Fitzpatrick | 39 |
| Sam Bairstow | 40 |
| Daniel Brown | 41 |
| Johannes Wellmann | 42 |
| Adrian Melonc | 43 |
| Lee Min Woo | 44 |
| Darius Vandrill | 45 |
| Yannick Paul | 46 |
| Keita Nakajima | 47 |
| Andy Sullivan | 48 |
| Aaron Cockerill | 49 |
| David Lavitto | 50 |
| Connor Syme | 51 |
| Francisco Laporta | 52 |
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