The 2026 Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship offers a $9 million purse, with $1.5 million going to the winner. The first of the DP World Tour’s two playoff events runs Nov. 5-8 at Yas Links in Abu Dhabi.
The field is the top 70 available players in the Race to Dubai standings. There is no cut, so every player who completes 72 holes gets paid. The winner also collects 9,000 Race to Dubai points.
Eugenio Chacarra enters as the Race to Dubai leader after a three-win season. Patrick Reed and Rory McIlroy are also chasing him. Aaron Rai is the defending champion.
Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton are in the field for their first start since announcing they would not join LIV 2.0. Justin Rose, Shane Lowry, Robert MacIntyre and Ludvig Aberg are among the qualified players skipping the event.
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The DP World Tour has not released its 2026 breakdown. Last year, Rai earned $1,520,000 from the same $9 million purse after beating Tommy Fleetwood in a playoff. Here is how last year’s purse was paid out by position:
1st: $1,520,000
2nd: $980,000
3rd: $560,000
4th: $450,000
5th: $380,000
6th: $315,000
7th: $270,000
8th: $225,000
9th: $200,000
10th: $180,000
11th: $165,000
12th: $154,500
13th: $144,500
14th: $137,700
15th: $132,300
16th: $126,900
17th: $121,500
18th: $116,100
19th: $111,600
20th: $108,000
21st: $104,400
22nd: $101,700
23rd: $99,000
24th: $96,300
25th: $93,600
26th: $90,900
27th: $88,200
28th: $85,500
29th: $82,800
30th: $80,100
31st: $77,400
32nd: $74,700
33rd: $72,000
34th: $69,300
35th: $66,600
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36th: $63,900
37th: $62,100
38th: $60,300
39th: $58,500
40th: $56,700
41st: $54,900
42nd: $53,100
43rd: $51,300
44th: $49,500
45th: $47,700
46th: $45,900
47th: $44,100
48th: $42,300
49th: $40,500
50th: $38,700
51st: $36,900
52nd: $35,100
53rd: $33,300
54th: $31,500
55th: $30,600
56th: $29,700
57th: $28,800
58th: $27,900
59th: $27,000
60th: $26,100
61st: $25,200
62nd: $24,300
63rd: $23,400
64th: $22,500
65th: $21,600
66th: $20,700
67th: $19,800
68th: $18,900
69th: $18,000
70th: $17,100
The top 50 available players in the Race to Dubai after this week advance to the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, where the purse is $10 million.
