Overview
- Play runs November 6–9 on the par-72, 7,425-yard Yas Links, with Sky Sports Golf on air from 4am UK time and updates on talkSPORT.
- Race to Dubai leader Rory McIlroy headlines a Ryder Cup-laden field, with two-time Abu Dhabi winner Tommy Fleetwood arriving off his DP World India victory alongside Shane Lowry, Ludvig Aberg, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton, Rasmus Hojgaard and Robert MacIntyre.
- The top 70 eligible players compete in Abu Dhabi for 9,000 points, with the top 50 advancing to next week’s 10,000-point DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
- Defending champion Paul Waring will not tee it up after an injury-hit season in which he made only one cut.
- Ryder Cup player Sepp Straka withdrew from the play-offs last week for personal reasons, reducing the expected contingent.