The Squirrel
Well-known member
Quite a hole on the 18th for McIlroy. Playoff time!
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Love or hate Rory, you have to say that eagle at 18 was absolute class.
DeanoMK
Club Champion
Unbelievable! He's so good.
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
Play-off just about to start and he’s spouting more guff than I can take. Please, just stop talking.
Great tournament and viewing 
slicer79
Challenge Tour Pro
Amazing season for Rory, his consistency over the past decade is unbelievable. After Tiger, definitely the greatest player I've seen
SatchFan
Q-School Graduate
Well done, Matt.
kp17
Newbie
Not many can match him for clutch
AussieKB
Well-known member
DP World Tour players who won a 2026 PGA Tour card
Final Standings
1. Marco Penge
2. Laurie Canter
3. Kristoffer Reitan
4. Adrien Saddier
5. Alex Noren
6. John Parry
7. Haotong Li
8. Keita Nakajima
9. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
10. Jordan Smith
How long before all the top player's are gone from DP ?
Is this the right way to run the tour ?
Your thoughts.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
I think the bigger pic has to be looked at too, so add these 10 names to the 20 from the last two seasons and see how many will be playing on the pgat in 2026 (& how many have/are coming back to ET)
Swango1980
Well-known member
Hmmmm, this already happened years ago.
kp17
Newbie
As a side point, that’s a strong list. I can see a lot of them doing well there next season.
Lucifer MorningStar
Well-known member
I’ve never liked it and it just uses DPWT as another feeder tour. But that ship sailed a long time ago sadly so it is what it is.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
You do know that it’s been happening for over 40 years now
How many top Europeans played in the competition over the weekend ?
Some will make it , some will be back playing on the ET next season
There is also the next generation coming through
wjemather
Well-known member
All the top players went a long time ago; but now the tour is eviscerating itself by coercing the second tier to leave.
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Mel Smooth
Hacker
I'm sure some of the players are relishing the opportunity, be interesting to see how Penge gets on, he's played some good golf this year. But for some of those guys, it will be a very expensive year trying to make a few cuts in the lesser PGAT events.
Also, expect LIV will make approaches to some of them.
For the DPWT, it just diminishes their event rating - and I suspect the people backing the events have concerns about the drain on top talent leaving the tour each year
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
Interesting how presented.
Smith actually finished 16th.
If DWPT keep counting majors and co-sanctioned PGAT events then may only need to finish 20th soon.
They've accepted their place. Has there been many 2nd tier US players playing near full time? Think that was the hope originaly, but KFT seems to keep them so far. May see more on DPWT when PGAT reduces it's numbers further.
Smith actually finished 16th.
If DWPT keep counting majors and co-sanctioned PGAT events then may only need to finish 20th soon.
They've accepted their place. Has there been many 2nd tier US players playing near full time? Think that was the hope originaly, but KFT seems to keep them so far. May see more on DPWT when PGAT reduces it's numbers further.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Don’t think either Sky or DP World have concerns with their recently renewed long term contracts with the Tour and many of the events getting renewed sponserships
Top talent has been leaving the tour for years
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Leaderboard yesterday was full of top players still ET members
Neilds
Assistant Pro
There is a big difference between being an ET member and regularly playing ET events. Most of the players playing over the weekend got their points from events that were not purely ET events.