Ten gamers from the DP World Tour have a brand new house on the PGA Tour.
As a part of the strategic alliance between the 2 circuits, the highest 10 finishers—not in any other case exempt—within the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai standings earned PGA Tour playing cards for the 2024 season. This marks the primary time DP World Tour gamers might play their approach onto the PGA Tour.
A type of 10 golfers is Adrian Meronk of Poland, who completed atop the rankings. Many felt Meronk was snubbed from the European Ryder Cup group two months in the past.
“It’s been a aim to mine since we discovered we’re enjoying for PGA Tour playing cards,” Meronk mentioned after his spherical on Sunday.
“I’m very glad that I’m going to be enjoying on the PGA Tour. I performed some tournaments this 12 months and gained some expertise. I’m wanting ahead to it.”
With that, let’s check out the ten DP World Tour gamers who will play on the PGA Tour in 2024:
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1. Adrian Meronk — Poland
The 30-year-old Pole gained 3 times on the DP World Tour this season: the ISPS HANDA Australian Open, the DS Cars Italian Open, and most just lately, the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters.
He had a profession 12 months and rightfully earned his approach on the PGA Tour.
On high of his three victories, Meronk recorded 4 different top-10 finishes on the DP World Tour. Statistically, the Pole completed first on the DP World Tour in strokes gained off the tee and second in strokes gained total.
Merely, Meronk is among the finest drivers of the golf ball on the planet.
He made 11 begins on the PGA Tour throughout its wraparound 2022-23 season, too, together with his finest end coming on the Honda Basic, the place he tied for 14th.
Meronk additionally tied for twenty third at The Open and tied for fortieth on the PGA Championship. He missed the reduce on the Los Angeles Nation Membership.
2. Ryan Fox — New Zealand
Ryan Fox gained the BMW PGA Championship in mid-September, ending atop a loaded discipline that included your complete European Ryder Cup group.
The week earlier than he gained at Wentworth, Fox completed in a tie for third on the Horizon Irish Open. He additionally tied for second on the rain-shortened Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship in October.
This late-season surge helped Fox climb the Highway to Dubai rankings, a lot so that he’s now headed to the PGA Tour. The Kiwi made 13 begins this previous season on the PGA Tour, together with his finest end coming on the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the place he tied for 14th.
3. Victor Perez — France
The Frenchman actually earned his 2024 PGA Tour card again in January, when he gained the HSBC Abu Dhabi Championship—one of many Rolex Signature Occasions on the DP World Tour.
The victory soared Perez up the rankings, and he has not come near dropping out of the highest 10 since.
General, he had a strong season on the DP World Tour. Perez recorded 4 top-10 finishes, which incorporates his victory within the Center East.
He most just lately completed solo eighth on the DP World Tour Championship.
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4. Thorbjørn Olesen — Denmark
Olesen, who turns 34 on Dec. 21, has had a terrific 2022-23 season on the DP World Tour. He completed within the high 10 in eight of the 24 tournaments he performed in, which incorporates his victory on the Thailand Basic in February.
After withdrawing from the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship, Olesen tied for ninth in back-to-back occasions after which completed solo third on the Nedbank Golf Problem in South Africa.
His 69.80 scoring common ranked ninth on the DP World Tour.
The Dane most just lately completed in solo twenty sixth on the DP World Tour Championship, however he was by no means in jeopardy of falling out of the PGA Tour’s top-10 rankings.
5. Alexander Björk — Sweden
American followers are usually not too aware of Björk, because the Swede has made solely 4 begins on the PGA Tour since 2020. And but, none of these occasions occurred on American soil, as he has teed it up within the final two Genesis Scottish Opens and the 2 most up-to-date Open Championships.
However, Björk is a strong participant regardless of not having a win on the DP World Tour this 12 months.
He recorded a career-high eight top-10s, which incorporates two runner-up finishes on the Ras Al Khaimah Championship and the Omega European Masters.
Björk additionally ranked second in strokes gained approaching the inexperienced, and fourth in strokes gained total.
6. Sami Välimäki — Finland
One other relative unknown to American golf followers, Välimäki most just lately gained the Business Financial institution Qatar Masters in a playoff over Jorge Campillo.
The 25-year-old from Finland turned skilled in 2019 after finishing obligatory army service for his nation. Each male Finnish citizen is required to serve and defend their nation for at the least six months.
As quickly as Välimäki left the barracks, he headed straight for the winner’s circle. He gained a German PGA occasion in Morocco within the spring of 2019, which allowed him to play on the Problem Tour—Europe’s equal of the Korn Ferry Tour.
Then, the younger Finn earned his approach onto the DP World Tour and rapidly discovered success there.
Välimäki gained the Oman Open for his maiden DP World Tour victory earlier than COVID-19 quickly shut down operations in March 2020.
This 12 months, he recorded six top-10s, together with his win in Qatar.
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7. Robert MacIntyre — Scotland
In contrast to Björk and Välimäki, Robert MacIntyre has fairly a pedigree amongst American golf followers.
He helped lead Crew Europe to victory on the Ryder Cup, the place he didn’t lose a single match.
Earlier this summer season, MacIntyre pressed Rory McIlroy down the stretch on the Genesis Scottish Open. The Scotsman’s second shot on the 72nd gap at The Renaissance Membership was among the finest of the 12 months. However he was bested by McIlroy’s personal heroics, as he finally completed solo second.
General, MacIntyre completed throughout the high 10 seven occasions on the DP World Tour. He most just lately tied for 18th on the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
8. Matthieu Pavon — France
You could bear in mind Matthieu Pavon’s title from the 2023 U.S. Open on the Los Angeles Nation Membership.
Throughout Thursday’s opening spherical, Pavon arrived on the quick par-3 fifteenth gap at 2-over par.
He then hit his wedge onto the inexperienced and reeled it again into the outlet for an unbelievable ace. Two days later, the fifteenth performed because the shortest gap in U.S. Open historical past.
Pavon, nevertheless, missed the reduce, so he couldn’t expertise the little satan that measured 81 yards.
Alas, the Frenchman had a fantastic 12 months on the DP World Tour. He gained the Spanish Open in Madrid and had eight top-10 finishes total.
He additionally performed nicely on the season-ending tour championship in Dubai, carding 4 rounds within the 60s to complete in a tie for fifth.
9. Jorge Campillo — Spain
The 37-year-old Spaniard has made solely 5 profession PGA Tour begins regardless of being among the finest golfers out of Indiana College.
In 2008, Campillo gained the Massive Ten ‘Triple Crown,’ which consists of profitable Massive Ten Golfer of the 12 months, the Les Bolstad Award—given to the participant with the bottom scoring common within the Massive Ten—and he gained the person Massive Ten Championship at Forest Akers West Course in Lansing, Michigan.
He turned skilled a 12 months later and has predominately performed on the Problem and European Excursions since.
This 12 months, Campillo gained the Magical Kenya Open and misplaced to Sami Välimäki in a playoff in Qatar. He completed within the top-10 4 different occasions.
10. Ryo Hisatsune — Japan
Get used to listening to younger Ryo Hisatsune’s title extra typically.
The younger 21-year-old burst onto the scene by profitable the 2023 Cazoo Open de France in October, changing into the primary Japanese golfer to win in continental Europe in 40 years.
His rise to skilled golf is moderately outstanding, as he entered European Qualifying Faculty within the fall of 2022. He completed seventh there, thus incomes his card to play on the DP World Tour in the course of the 2022-23 season.
Shortly after that, he tied for second on the Fortinent Australian PGA Championship, ending three photographs behind Cameron Smith.
He then turned a pressure on the DP World Tour, recording eight top-10s total in his rookie season.
He additionally held off a charging Rasmus Højgaard within the standings, as Hisatsune—not Højgaard—secured the ultimate PGA Tour card obtainable to DP World Tour members.
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