The stakes are high in South Korea where, from next Thursday to Sunday, the protagonists of the DP World Tour will compete for the passes to play on the top European men's circuit also in 2025. At the 'Jack Nicklaus Golf Club' in Incheon, there will be 120 competitors in the race. Up for grabs, a total prize pool of 4,000,000 dollars, of which 680,000 for the winner. At the end of the competition, the best 114 classified in the 'Race to Dubai' will confirm the 'card' while the top 70 will qualify for the first event of the play-offs, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship (7-10 November), which will precede the DP World Tour Championship (in Dubai from 14 to 17 November), where the best 50 will face off in the final act that will crown the king of the circuit.
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Seven Italians will compete in Incheon: Guido Migliozzi, Andrea Pavan, Francesco Laporta, Renato Paratore, Filippo Celli, Edoardo Molinari and Lorenzo Scalise. For all the Italians in the field, the Genesis Championship represents a fundamental stage. Migliozzi, who took a break last week, returns to the competition with the aim of climbing positions to try to earn the pass to go, in 2025, on the PGA Tour to compete with the top players. He is currently 20th in the 'Race to Dubai' and will still have three events available to dream of America. At the end of the DP World Tour Championship, the top ten in the order of merit (with the exception of those who already have the "card" for the PGA Tour) will ensure the privilege of competing with the champions of the green on the circuit that counts most. Different story for Pavan (72nd) and Laporta (84th), who aim to play at least the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. On the other hand, there are a lot of stakes for Paratore (128th), Celli (137th), Edoardo Molinari (143rd) and Scalise (160th), all called to a great test, to avoid having to resort to the "Qualifying School". Rest day, instead, for Matteo Manassero, 6th in the "Race to Dubai" and one step away from the PGA Tour.
The Genesis Championship is organized in collaboration with the KPGA Tour. Among the big names seeking glory at home, here are Tom Kim and Byeong-Hun An. The spotlight will also be on the Danish Nicolai Hojgaard, the Japanese Keita Nakajima, the German Yannik Paul, the American Johannes Veerman, the Swedish Sebastian Soderberg, the Canadian Aaron Cockerill and the French Antoine Rozner. Defending the title he won in 2023 will be Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal.
