The DP World Tour Championship title, the Race to Dubai Crown, PGA Tour Dual Membership and Open exemptions: Here's what's at stake on the final day

While Tyrrell Hatton targets a first title around the Earth Course, Eugenio Chacarra will hope to hold off Rory McIlroy's attempt to win a record-tying eighth Race to Dubai as he looks to secure the season-long crown.

Other players will be battling it out for both Dual Membership on the PGA Tour and an exemption into next year's Open at St Andrews.

Here is what is at stake for the field on the final day of the DP World Tour Championship.

Hatton leads challenge for DP World Tour Championship title

Tyrrell Hatton has a great record around the Earth Course, but despite a couple of runner-up finishes he has yet to make it over the line with a victory at the DP World Tour Championship.

A prolific Rolex Series winner, the Englishman finished second last week and says he will go out there and try his best as he hopes to hold off not only nearest challenger Victor Perez, but a host of players chasing him that include Race to Dubai number one and two, Eugenio Chacarra and Rory McIlroy.

"I know tomorrow's going to be a tough day," Hatton said. "I've got enough experience down these last few holes to know that anything can happen. I'll just go out tomorrow and try my best."

A final day battle between Chacarra and McIlroy for Race to Dubai

Eugenio Chacarra fought back during an impressive third round 68 which saw him birdie four of his final six holes to regain his projected spot at the top of the Race to Dubai Rankings delivered by DP World.

Rory McIlroy struggled to build on momentum after an eagle at the seventh and went from holding a two-shot lead to four shots behind playing partner Hatton just three holes later. A level-par 72 means he will go into the final round of the season with it all to do as he sits alongside Chacarra tied fourth on five under par for the tournament.

McIlroy's best chance to win a record-tying eighth Race to Dubai crown is winning outright or finishing solo second (providing Chacarra does not win), but the permutations are more favourable for the three-time winner this season. With Chacarra playing here for just the second time and McIlroy a three-time winner, it's sure to be an exciting final day around the Earth Course.

The Race for Dual Membership on the PGA Tour

As part of the Strategic Alliance between the DP World Tour and PGA Tour, the top ten players on the final 2026 Race to Dubai Rankings, not otherwise exempt, will earn Dual Membership on the PGA Tour for 2027.

Race to Dubai leader Chacarra tops that list, followed by fellow multiple-time winners this season Patrick Reed, Casey Jarvis and Jayden Schaper.

While the picture around the final few spots changed hands numerous times on Saturday, it was Mikael Lindberg who made the most significant move, playing his way into ninth position in the race for the ten PGA Tour Dual Membership cards. The Swede made three birdies in a row to finish his round and carded a 69, which puts him on six under for the week in solo third. With that birdie at the last, the 2026 Turkish Airlines Open winner knocked Oliver Lindell down one spot as he leapfrogged Joe Dean to ninth position, while Dean sits in tenth.

Lindell is one of several players who spent time both in and out of that list on Saturday, as well as Francesco Laporta, Dan Bradbury and Nacho Elvira. With the points difference incredibly narrow, we expect a lot of movement tomorrow too. Here's how it looks right now.

The race for an Open exemption

For many, there is more on the line that just a card or the title itself, as the first 25 players in the Final Race to Dubai standings for 2026 will earn an exemption into the 155th Open at St Andrews in 2027.

Here's how it looks on the projected rankings of the Race to Dubai after the third round, showing who already has an exemption and who could be in line for one depending on the outcome of tomorrow's DP World Tour Championship finale.