NY Times · Nov 15, 2023
Barely Playing in a Tour, but Winning Its Championship Anyway
Adrian Meronk of Poland at the BMW PGA Championship in September. He has played 23 tournaments on the DP World Tour.Credit...Richard Heathcote/Getty ImagesThe DP World Tour will end its season at the championship in Dubai, which starts on Thursday, as it has done for more than a decade. But like the past several seasons, the winner of the Race to Dubai championship will be someone who has played sparingly on the tour itself. In fact, this may be its most anti-climactic finale yet.
This stands in stark contrast to the PGA Tour, where its FedEx Cup series funnels golfers into playing as many events on that tour as possible to accumulate points.