Within the agreement signed between both tours and as part of a plan to counter the ‘threat’ posed at that time by the emergence of LIV Golf, the DP World Tour has been offering for a couple of years now 10 PGA Tour cards to the top 10 players in the Race to Dubai at the end of the season who do not already have playing rights on the American circuit through other means. A ‘big’ prize that, in this 2025 season, already has winners.
Unfortunately, the Spaniard Ángel Ayora has narrowly missed out on securing one of them. Three bogeys in his final round of the DP World Tour Championship prevented him from achieving the necessary result to make it onto that list of chosen ones and crown his season as a ‘rookie’ on the tour in style. It was difficult for the Malagueño because he needed to finish second or, at most, third, depending on the rest of the results. But he tried until the last moment, just missing out.
Those who have achieved the goal of earning playing rights on the PGA Tour for 2026 are Marco Penge, Laurie Canter, Kristoffer Reitan, Adrien Saddier, Alex Noren, John Parry, Haotong Li, Keita Nakajima, Rasmus Neegaard-Petersen, and Jordan Smith. They are the 10 chosen ones who next year will have the opportunity to try their luck on the American tour and to combine their participation in the PGA Tour with the DP World Tour where they have shone this season.
Ángel Ayora, with 1,858.78 points at the end after achieving 10 top-10 finishes in his rookie season on the tour, has finished in 20th position in the Race to Dubai, climbing three places in the grand finale. Ahead of him and up to the card positions have finished Daniel Brown, Daniel Hillier, and Martin Couvra, in 17th, 18th, and 19th positions, respectively.
