Final Series Golf 2013: Predicting Race to Dubai Winner After HSBC Champions

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Published: November 3, 2013

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The WGC-HSBC Champions tournament reached its conclusion on Sunday evening, with American Dustin Johnson claiming a tremendous victory with a score of minus-24 over 72 holes.

The tournament, though, was highly important for a number of players competing for places at the European Tour's end-of-season event in Dubai. At the very top of the list, it has also helped alter the dynamics in the race for first place.

However, with BBC Sport reporting that second-ranked Graeme McDowell will miss the one remaining event in Turkey, it would appear that Henrik Stenson is set to top the rankings heading into Dubai.



Given that the prize money on offer at the Turkish Airlines Open will top $1 million, according to organisers, there is still an outside chance that Stenson could be caught by Justin Rose—currently lying in third place.

Rose will compete in Turkey but will need to win the competition if he is to have any realistic chance of catching Stenson or even McDowell ahead of the tournament in Dubai.

Thus, it would appear that Stenson is set to be rewarded for his great season with the top spot on the European Tour leaderboard this year.

The Swede may not have won any of the 15 tournaments that he has entered on the European tour this year, but a run of four top-three finishes in July and August would appear to have seen him through to the end of the year.



Among those four tournaments were top-three finishes at The Open and at the USPGA, results which have contributed more than half of his prize money on tour this year.

However, Stenson will be aware that his earnings will mean nothing when it comes to Dubai. As the field begins to take shape, it is clear that competition to the world No. 1 will be fierce.

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