The DP World Tour season concluded on Sunday with the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Matt Fitzpatrick won the dramatic finale by besting Rory McIlroy in a playoff, but McIlroy’s runner-up finish was enough to lay claim to the Race to Dubai title for the fourth consecutive year, and the seventh time in McIlroy’s career.
And at the tournament’s end, the results of another year-long race were set in stone: the 10 DP World Tour players who earned PGA Tour cards for 2026.
This year marks the third year that a strategic alliance between the DP World Tour and PGA Tour has enabled the top 10 players on the final Race to Dubai rankings who are not otherwise exempt to earn PGA Tour cards for 2026. Who are the talented 10? Check out the incoming names below.
10 DP World Tour players who earned PGA Tour cards
Marco Penge
The 27-year-old from England won three events on the DP World Tour this year, finishing second to Rory McIlroy in the Race to Dubai.
Laurie Canter
The 36-year-old Englishman is the first former LIV player to earn a PGA Tour card. Canter has two career titles on the DP World Tour, and finished second in two tournaments in 2025.
Kristoffer Reitan
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Twenty-seven-year old Norwegian Kristoffer Reitan won his first, and to date, only, DP World Tour title at the Soudal Open in May.
Adrien Saddier
Saddier, a 33-year-old from France, won his second career DP World Tour event at the Italian Open in June. Saddier also collected six top-10s and a runner-up finish in 2025.
Alex Noren
Noren, 43, has played 194 PGA Tour tournaments over the course of his career. This year, the Swede found incredible success on the DP World Tour, where he won twice, bringing his DP World Tour career total to 12.
John Parry
The 38-year-old notched his first DP World Tour win in 14 years at the Mauritius Open.
Haotong Li
Li, a 30-year-old from China, has 24 starts on the PGA Tour, but next year will mark his first as a member. He has four career DP World Tour wins, including one this year: February’s Qatar Masters.
Haotong Li and Scottie Scheffler at Royal Portrush.
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Keita Nakajima
A longtime World No. 1 as an amateur, Nakajima, a 25-year-old from Japan, earned his PGA Tour card by winning the Hero Indian Open and finishing runner-up at the DP World India Championship in October.
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Neergaard-Petersen, a 26-year-old Dane, earned his PGA Tour card at the eleventh hour with a stellar performance in the DP World Tour Championship, finishing T3. He also finished runner-up at this year’s Puerto Rico Open on the PGA Tour.
Jordan Smith
Smith, a 33-year-old from England, has two career DP World Tour wins since 2017 and posted two runner-up finishes in 2025.
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