All eyes will be on Woo Jeong Hills Country Club in South Korea for the final regular-season event of the DP World Tour season, the Genesis Championship.
This tournament also marks the conclusion of the 'Back 9' swing and there is plenty at stake this week, with playing privileges for the 2027 campaign and a place in the DP World Tour play-offs on the line.
Operating a two-tee system for the first two rounds, the action begins late on Wednesday evening with Donghyun Moon, Albin Bergstrom and Felix Mory starting on hole one at 23:00 BST.
Across at the 10th at the same time, Matteo Manassero, Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Yongjun Bae begins their quest for the Genesis Championship.
Genesis Championship Tips Summary
Best Bet - Daniel Hillier each-way @ 22/1
Alternative Bet - Minhyuk Song each-way @ 60/1
Alternative Bet - Seungbin Choi each-way @ 80/1
Genesis Championship Prediction
Best Bet: Daniel Hillier each-way @ 22/1
It has been a solid season for Daniel Hillier, who won the New Zealand Open on the Asian Tour in March and who is sitting eighth in the Race to Dubai rankings, which is currently good enough for one of the 10 PGA Tour cards for next year.
The New Zealander finished second at the DP World India Championship on Sunday - his second runner-up finish in the last six starts - but he will not want to take his foot off the gas with the play-offs looming.
Hillier ended up in a share of 38th place on his Genesis debut last year but he started the tournament off in fine fashion, carding a round of 67 to sit joint fourth and just two shots off the pace.
The 28-year-old was also tied fourth after the opening 18 holes of the Open de Espana two starts ago and if his putter performs as well as it did in India, he could make some early inroads in South Korea.
Alternative Bet: Minhyuk Song each-way @ 60/1
There are several home favourites in this week's field and one player who can provide the crowd with some early cheers is Minhyuk Song, who has been grouped with Jordan Gumberg and Gregorio De Leo for an 04:15 BST start.
Song has been in consistent form over his last seven starts, posting form figures of T25-T17-T7-T7-5-T15-T14, and he will be full of confidence heading into this event.
Winner of The 45th GS Caltex Maekyung Open on the Asian Tour in May, Song opened with a 65 at the Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational three starts ago to set the early pace.
Song's last two events have seen him sitting fifth and seventh after the opening 18 holes and he can put in another strong showing on day one.
Alternative Bet: Seungbin Choi each-way @ 80/1
Another home favourite worth siding with in the first-round leader market is Seungbin Choi, who was the only player in last year's field to card four under-par rounds as he finished tied seventh.
The 25-year-old also arrives in solid form, with his last six starts producing efforts of T5-T8-MC-T13-T28-T14, and he has had a habit of getting out of the blocks quickly.
Choi was second after round one of the Dong-A Membership Exchange Group OPEN and the Amazingcree Open, while he was eighth at the Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational and ninth at The Charity Classic.
With finishes of third, 67th and tied seventh at this course, Choi handles the tricky surroundings well and he could find himself at the summit at the end of day one.
Genesis Championship Stats
Woo Jeong Hills Country Club hosts the Genesis Championship for the second year in a row
A par 71 measuring 7,367 yards, there are 11 par-fours, three par-fives and four par-threes
Last year's winner, Junghwan Lee, opened with a round of 71 to sit six shots off the early pace
Haotong Li and MK Kim shared the first-round lead after posting scores of 65
Holes 16, 9 and 3 were the three toughest in 2025
Seungbin Choi was the only player in last year's field to shoot four under-par rounds
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