After Nicolai Hojgaard’s Triumph, Who are the Top 5 Players Exempted for the 2024 PGA Tour Season?

Nicolai Hojgaard won the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, Earth Course, and ended the 2023 season with a blast. This year, the PGA Tour and DP World Tour patterned for a new initiative for European golfers and their exposure to the game of golf.

In October, the PGA Tour announced that the top 10 players on the Race to Dubai (who are not already exempt) will get their PGA Tour card for the 2024 season. As the final event has ended, we have got 10 golfers who got an exemption at the PGA Tour. Here are the 5 players who made it to the list.

Top 5 players on the Race to Dubai list

With the new season, the PGA Tour and DP World Tour started a new partnership. While DPWT proposed cards for the PGA Tour players finishing 126-200 on the FedExCup Fall Points list, The PGA Tour granted 10 cards for the top 10 finishes on the Race to Dubai list.

Ryan Fox: The Kiwi golfer turned professional in 2012. With four victories in the league, the fourth came at the 2023 BMW PGA Championship in September. Fox then finished second at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St. Andrews. He had eight top-15 finishes and earned 5th rank on the Race to Dubai list.

Adrian Meronk: Meronk won two titles this year, one at the Italian Open and again at the Andalucia Masters in Spain. He was the first candidate on the Race to Dubai list after sifting through the exemption. The Polish golfer earned 2,969 points and fourth rank on the list, following Jon Rahm.

Robert MacIntyre: The 2023 Ryder Cupper became a part of Luke Donald’s team after acquiring third place on the European Point List. The 27-year-old Scottish golfer was a runner-up at the Genesis Scottish Open while finishing T18 at the DP World Tour Championship.

Sami Valimaki: Valimaki won his second title on the DP World Tour after three years of winless seasons. Valimaki carded a birdie on the playoff hole and defeated Jorge Campillo, winning the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha GC, Qatar. He earned $1,718,828 through three top-10 finishes and one victory in 2023.

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Jorge Campillo: Through one victory at the Magical Kenya Open, 3 top 10 finishes, including the runner-up position in Qatar Masters, the veteran Spaniard gained 2,008 points for the exemption in the PGA Tour, Campillo’s T43 finish in Dubai gave him just enough points to stay afloat on the ranking and securing the 2024 American league card.

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