The collapse of LIV Golf has given the final tournament of the DP World Tour season an extra edge, as players such as Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton head to Dubai to try to take the title.
Both Rahm and Rory McIlroy have won this tournament three times each, and the wide-open fairways of the Earth Course mean they can use their power off the tee to try to dominate the field.
However, 48 other hopefuls are gunning for them as the campaign reaches its crescendo and heads into what looks set to be an intriguing 2027.
DP World Tour Championship Tips Summary
Best Bet - Jon Rahm to win DP World Tour Championship @ 6/1
Alternative Bet - Matt Wallace to win DP World Tour Championship (each-way) @ 18/1
Alternative Bet - Bernd Wiesberger to win DP World Tour Championship (each-way) @ 40/1
DP World Tour Championship Prediction
Best Bet - Jon Rahm to win DP World Tour Championship @ 6/1
Rahm hadn't been seen for seven weeks since he last played at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
However, the Spaniard returned with a bang in Abu Dhabi and can follow it up in Dubai this week.
The 31-year-old took a break when his fourth child was born, but he showed he was back in the game by beating fellow former LIV player Hatton by two shots.
The new arrival and the end of speculation about his golf future should help him be at his best this week, as he is one of nine players who still have a chance of finishing at the top of the Race to Dubai standings.
Only a win will do in that regard, but he has to be respected on a track where he has won three times and finished in the top five on his other two visits.
Alternative Bet - Matt Wallace to win DP World Tour Championship (each-way) @ 18/1
Matt Wallace could possibly fly under the radar this week as observers concentrate on what the big names are up to.
He has been second in this tournament twice, most recently in 2023 when he carded a third round of 60, which still stands as the course record.
Wallace finished 27th in Abu Dhabi last week, and while he had a couple of underwhelming performances in the PGA Tour's Fall series, he previously posted four consecutive top-20 finishes on the DP World Tour, with his best a ninth-place at the European Masters.
He was fifth at the Rocket Classic and seventh at the Wyndham Championship in his two Stateside efforts before that and he can make a bold bid for glory.
Alternative Bet - Bernd Wiesberger to win DP World Tour Championship (each-way) @ 40/1
It is 10 years since Bernd Wiesberger finished fourth at the Earth Course and he has had four subsequent visits, but he looks to be a lively outsider within this week's 50-player field.
The Austrian last played in this tournament in 2021, but the winner of April's China Open could make a successful return.
He has posted four top-five finishes since then, the latest coming in Abu Dhabi last week.
Wiesberger is a strong greens-in-regulation player who heads into the tournament in decent nick and can make his presence felt at the top of the leaderboard.
Key DP World Tour Championship Stats
American Collin Morikawa is the only non-European to have won the DP World Tour Championship in 17 editions
Matt Fitzpatrick won last year by beating Rory McIlroy in only the second play-off in the tournament's history
Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy are the only course winners among the 50 players featuring this week and they have each won here on three occasions
Matt Wallace holds the Earth Course 18-hole record with the 60 he carded in the 2023 tournament
McIlroy, Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood are the only players among the world's top 10 who will be taking part this week
The course measures 7,706 yards and contains the customary four par threes and four par fives
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