DP World Tour Championship 2024 LIVE: Tee times, field, leaderboard and how to follow as Rory McIlroy looks to equal all-time great

Rory McIlroy will be looking to clinch his sixth Race to the Dubai title at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship this weekend. McIlroy finished tied-third at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship last weekend, one spot below what he needed to claim the Race to Dubai crown and equal Seve Ballesteros‘ tally. McIlroy is seeking to win this season-long event for the second year in a rowGetty The Northern Irishman still leads his nearest challenger, Thriston Lawrence, by 1785.1 points. South African Lawrence is the only player in the standings less than 2,000 points behind McIlroy. Thus the 27-year-old is the last remaining rival who has any hope of pipping him to the title at the season-ending event at Jumeirah Golf Estates this week. Lawrence must win the DP World Tour Championship and hope McIlroy finishes 12th or worse to claim the Race to the Dubai title. But as things stand, McIlroy sits well clear of Lawrence as he looks like a strong contender to win the tournament in Dubai. DP World Tour Championship: Date and how to follow This tournament is taking place from Thursday, November 14 to Sunday, November 17. It is being held on the Earth Course at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai. The course is a par 72 and has a maximum yardage of 7,675. Play will begin at 3:30am UK time each day with Dubai four hours ahead of GMT. talkSPORT will provide updates from Dubai throughout the week. To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. Sky Sports Golf will also have full coverage of the action and you can find out more here. McIlroy has had a strange season, with disappointment in the Majors but success elsewhereGetty DP World Tour Championship: Field and tee times This tournament has a reduced field of 50 players and no cut. McIlroy headlines the action alongside Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry and Robert MacIntyre. Billy Horschel, who won the BMW PGA Championship in September, is teeing it up again as are LIV Golf stars Tyrrell Hatton, Joaquin Niemann and Adrian Meronk. Min Woo Lee, Adam Scott and Justin Rose are also playing. The full field, tee times and pairings have been confirmed and can be found here. The latest leaderboard from Dubai can be found here. DP World Tour Championship: What has been said? McIlroy said: “Competing at the DP World Tour Championship is always something I look forward to at the end of the season. “Dubai has been a special place for me, and I’ve been fortunate to achieve a lot of success there. “To have the chance to equal Seve’s record is incredibly meaningful, he was a pioneer for European golf, and his impact on the world game can’t be overstated. “It’s going to be a couple of big weeks in the Middle East with the DP World Tour Play-offs and I’m focused on playing some good golf to put myself in contention for more titles.”

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DP World Tour Championship 2024 LIVE: Tee times, field, leaderboard and how to follow as Rory McIlroy looks to equal all-time great

Rory McIlroy will be looking to clinch his sixth Race to the Dubai title at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship this weekend.

McIlroy finished tied-third at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship last weekend, one spot below what he needed to claim the Race to Dubai crown and equal Seve Ballesteros‘ tally.

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 19: G4D Winner, Mike Browne of England, Race to Dubai Winner, Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and DP World Tour Championship Winner, Nicolai Hojgaard of Denmark pose with their trophies on the 18th green during Day Four of the DP World Tour Championship on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates on November 19, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
McIlroy is seeking to win this season-long event for the second year in a row
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The Northern Irishman still leads his nearest challenger, Thriston Lawrence, by 1785.1 points.

South African Lawrence is the only player in the standings less than 2,000 points behind McIlroy.

Thus the 27-year-old is the last remaining rival who has any hope of pipping him to the title at the season-ending event at Jumeirah Golf Estates this week.

Lawrence must win the DP World Tour Championship and hope McIlroy finishes 12th or worse to claim the Race to the Dubai title.

But as things stand, McIlroy sits well clear of Lawrence as he looks like a strong contender to win the tournament in Dubai.

DP World Tour Championship: Date and how to follow

This tournament is taking place from Thursday, November 14 to Sunday, November 17.

It is being held on the Earth Course at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai. The course is a par 72 and has a maximum yardage of 7,675.

Play will begin at 3:30am UK time each day with Dubai four hours ahead of GMT.

talkSPORT will provide updates from Dubai throughout the week. To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

Sky Sports Golf will also have full coverage of the action and you can find out more here.

McIlroy has had a strange season, with disappointment in the Majors but success elsewhere
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DP World Tour Championship: Field and tee times

This tournament has a reduced field of 50 players and no cut.

McIlroy headlines the action alongside Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry and Robert MacIntyre.

Billy Horschel, who won the BMW PGA Championship in September, is teeing it up again as are LIV Golf stars Tyrrell Hatton, Joaquin Niemann and Adrian Meronk.

Min Woo Lee, Adam Scott and Justin Rose are also playing.

The full field, tee times and pairings have been confirmed and can be found here.

The latest leaderboard from Dubai can be found here.

DP World Tour Championship: What has been said?

McIlroy said: “Competing at the DP World Tour Championship is always something I look forward to at the end of the season.

“Dubai has been a special place for me, and I’ve been fortunate to achieve a lot of success there.

“To have the chance to equal Seve’s record is incredibly meaningful, he was a pioneer for European golf, and his impact on the world game can’t be overstated.

“It’s going to be a couple of big weeks in the Middle East with the DP World Tour Play-offs and I’m focused on playing some good golf to put myself in contention for more titles.”