Wiesberger in Pole Position to Win Race to Dubai

Bernd Wiesberger heads to the Dubai World Championship in pole position to win the Race to Dubai. The top 50 players in the rankings have qualified for the season-ending tournament and although the Austrian still leads the way, there are four men who can catch him - Nedbank winner Tommy Fleetwood, Open champion Shane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Jon Rahm.

Wiesberger could have sewn it all up with a win at Sun City and, for a time, he looked like he might do precisely that until two bogeys and a double-bogey in his final four holes ended his chances. If Wiesberger finishes ahead of Fleetwood, Lowry, Fitzpatrick and Rahm then he will win the Race to Dubai.

And this is how the others can overtake him. Fitzpatrick would need to win, Lowry would need a solo second or better, Rahm would need a two-way tie for second or better and Fleetwood would need a solo third or better. All of these permutations depend upon Wiesberger finishing near the bottom of the field in Dubai and if he finishes second or better then he will finish the season as Europe’s top dog.

Nacho Elvira will not be in Dubai. The Spaniard was one-under when he stood on the final tee at Sun City but walked off the green with a triple-bogey seven. Had he parred the hole he would have made the elite field, but that seven saw him finish in 64th place in the Race to Dubai standings.

It was a better week for Australia’s Jason Scrivener and Thomas Detry, of Belgium. Scrivener finished in a tie for third. Having begun the week outside of the top 50, he ended it in 35th place. Detry entered the week at 66 and needed a birdie at the last to secure his spot in Dubai. He duly delivered and his tie for third saw him rise to 41st place in the standings.

The 50 qualifiers for Dubai are:

1. Bernd Wiesberger
2. Tommy Fleetwood
3. Jon Rahm
4. Shane Lowry
5. Matthew fitzpatrick
6. Rory McIlroy
7. Matt Wallace
8. Tyrrell Hatton
9. Louis Oosthuizen
10. Erik van Rooyen
11. Robert MacIntyre
12. Kurt Kitayama
13. Marcus Kinhult
14. Victor Perez
15. Benjamin Hebert
16. Mathias Schwab
17. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
18. Danny Willett
19. Jorge Campillo
20. Paul Waring
21. Rafa Cabrera Bello
22. Romain Langasque
23. Justin Harding
24. Ian Poulter
25. Sergio Garcia
26. Joost Luiten
27. Haotong Li
28. Francesco Molinari
29. Andrea Pavan
30. Paul Casey
31. Lee Westwood
32. Justin Rose
33. Patrick Reed
34. Henrik Stenson
35. Jason Scrivener
36. Mike Lorenzo-Vera
37. Adri Arnaus
38. Richard Sterne
39. Tony Finau
40. Guido Migliozzi
41. Thomas Detry
42. Thomas Pieters
43. David Lipsky
44. Tom Lewis
45. Aaron Rai
46. Andy Sullivan
47. Matthew Southgate
48. Mikko Korhonen
49. Jordan Smith
50. Scott Hend

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