DP World Tour Keeps Season Finale in Middle East Despite Unrest as 11 Skip Abu Dhabi

The DP World Tour has decided not to move its final two events of the 2026 season out of the Middle East despite lingering political unrest in the region, Golf Digest reported on Tuesday. Players at this week's Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship, which starts Thursday at Yas Links with a $9 million purse, have been briefed on emergency procedures: if UAE authorities send a public emergency alert, a long air-horn blast will stop play immediately and everyone will head to the clubhouse. Eleven of the 70 eligible players are not playing, one more than when the field was published last week, with Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen withdrawing to join absentees including Ryan Fox, Matt Fitzpatrick, Shane Lowry, Robert MacIntyre, Ludvig Aberg and Justin Rose. Fox and Fitzpatrick have linked their decisions to the war involving Iran, the United States and Israel, and the US State Department's travel advisory for the UAE remains at Level 3. The top 50 on the Race to Dubai after Sunday advance to the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on November 12-15.