The DP World Tour Play-Offs get under way this week with the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, and ten 2024 HotelPlanner Tour graduates are set to feature at Yas Links.
Leading the charge is Norwegian Kristoffer Reitan who currently occupies fourth position on the 2025 Race to Dubai. Reitan, winner of the 2024 Rolex Grand Final supported by The R&A, has impressed upon his return to the DP World Tour and sealed his breakthrough victory at the Soudal Open back in May. With two runner-up finishes, one third place and four other top tens to add to his triumph, the 27-year-old looks set to earn PGA TOUR status upon the conclusion of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
Englishman John Parry finished second on the 2024 Road to Mallorca following three victories last year and the 38-year-old will tee it up in Abu Dhabi currently inside the top ten on the Race to Dubai. In 14th position sits Frenchman Martin Couvra, who graduated 12 months ago following a season which included seven top ten finishes on the HotelPlanner Tour. The 22-year-old has since gone on to earn a maiden victory on Golf’s Global Tour, coming at the Turkish Airlines Open.
Swede Joakim Lagergren is a three-time winner on the HotelPlanner Tour and has enjoyed an impressive return to the DP World Tour, with his second place finish at the Amgen Irish Open his standout performance. The 33-year-old finished eighth on last year’s Road to Mallorca Rankings and currently sits 16th on the 2025 Race to Dubai ahead of the penultimate event of the season.
Last year’s Number One Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen has seven top tens to his name on Golf’s Global Tour this year and sits 18th on the Race to Dubai, six places ahead of fellow 2024 graduate Angel Ayora. The Spaniard ended the 2024 season fourth on the Road to Mallorca and will tee it up in the season-ending play-offs for the first time.
German Nicolai von Dellingshausen earned a breakthrough victory on the DP World Tour at the Austrian Alpine Open presented by SalzburgerLand, and the 2024 graduate, who sits 33rd on the Race to Dubai, is set to make his first appearance at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Elsewhere, Englishman Brandon Robinson Thompson, who is a two-time winner on the HotelPlanner Tour, Oliver Lindell from Finland and Swede Mikael Lindberg make up the 2024 graduates competing in Abu Dhabi this week.
