Overview
- The no-cut event runs November 13–16 on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates with a 52-player field that includes exemptions for Ludvig Aberg and Shane Lowry.
- The tournament offers a $10 million purse with $3 million to the winner, alongside 12,000 Race to Dubai points with 2,000 to the champion.
- Rory McIlroy leads the standings after a closing 62 in Abu Dhabi, leaving only Marco Penge and Tyrrell Hatton with statistical chances to pass him.
- McIlroy clinches the season title with a win or solo second; Penge needs a victory with McIlroy worse than solo second or at least a three-way tie for second with McIlroy further back; Hatton must win to have any chance.
- The field is without Jon Rahm due to a sabbatical, Viktor Hovland with a neck injury and Sepp Straka for a family matter, as the Tour also announced a Rory McIlroy Award from 2026 for the best majors performer, for which McIlroy is ineligible.