The Race to Dubai reaches its climax this week, here's your guide to the facts and stats that matter.
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This week sees the climax of the European golf season as the inaugural 'Race to Dubai' culminates at the Dubai World Championship.
The Race to Dubai replaced the European Tour's existing Order of Merit format at the start of the 2009 season.
It comprises a season-long competition spanning some 51 tournaments in 27 different countries.
At the conclusion of the 50th tournament, last week's Hong Kong Open, the top 60 players on the Race to Dubai money-list qualified for the Dubai World Championship where they will play not only for prize money of $7.5million, but also a further bonus pool of $7.5million.
The Dubai World Championship will take place over the Greg Norman-designed Earth Course at the Jumeirah Golf Estates, the first time the five-year-old lay-out has staged a European Tour event.
The winner of the Dubai World Championship pockets $1.25million, while the winner of the overall Race to Dubai - the player at the top of the money-list at the tournament's completion - will claim an additional prize fund of $1.5million.
He will also receive the Harry Vardon Trophy (first awarded in 1937) for finishing the season as European number one, as well as a seven-year European Tour card exemption.
Full entry list for the Dubai World Championship:
1 - Rory McIlroy (NIr)
2 - Lee Westwood (Eng)
3 - Martin Kaymer (Ger)
4 - Ross Fisher (Eng)
5 - Paul Casey (Eng)*6 - Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)
7 - Oliver Wilson (Eng)
8 - Simon Dyson (Eng)
9 - Ian Poulter (Eng)
10 - Ernie Els (SA)
11 - Soren Kjeldsen (Den)
12 - Francesco Molinari (Ita)
13 - Sergio Garcia (Spa)
14 - Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa)
15 - Peter Hanson (Swe)
16 - Henrik Stenson (Swe)
17 - Thongchai Jaidee (Tha)
18 - Padraig Harrington (Ire)
19 - Soren Hansen (Den)
20 - Alvaro Quiros (Spa)
21 - Anders Hansen (Den)
22 - Robert Allenby (Aus)
23 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)
24 - Charl Schwartzel (SA)
25 - Retief Goosen (SA)
26 - Alexander Noren (Swe)
27 - Robert Rock (Eng)
28 - Thomas Levet (Fra)
29 - Ross McGowan (Eng)
30 - Camilo Villegas (Col)
31 - Nick Dougherty (Eng)
32 - Graeme McDowell (NIr)
33 - Johan Edfors (Swe)
34 - Louis Oosthuizen (SA)
35 - Raphael Jacquelin (Fra)
36 - Anthony Kim (US)*37 - Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind)
38 - Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa)
39 - Richard Sterne (SA)
40 - Scott Strange (Aus)
41 - Anthony Wall (Eng)
42 - Adam Scott (Aus)
43 - Peter Lawrie (Ire)
44 - Chris Wood (Eng)
45 - Steve Webster (Eng)
46 - Peter Hedblom (Swe)
47 - Gregory Bourdy (Fra)
48 - David Drysdale (Sco)
49 - Justin Rose (Eng)
50 - Graeme Storm (Eng)
51 - James Kingston (SA)
52 - Niclas Fasth (Swe)
53 - Luke Donald (Eng)
54 - Danny Willett (Eng)
55 - Gareth Maybin (NIr)
56 - Thomas Aiken (SA)
57 - Wen-chong Liang (Chn)
58 - Damien McGrane (Ire)
59 - Bradley Dredge (Wal)
60 - Jamie Donaldson (Wal)
* = not competing in Dubai
A total of 17 nationalities are represented in the field with Rory McIlroy the youngest player competing at 20 and Miguel Angel Jimenez the oldest at 45.
A number of big names have failed to make the top 60 to qualify for the event, including: Darren Clarke, Paul Lawrie, Colin Montgomerie, Thomas Bjorn, Robert Karlsson, Paul McGinley and Jose Maria Olazabal.
And then there were four...
Meanwhile, there are now only four players left who can claim the Race to Dubai crown and the $1.5million bonus that comes with it; Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Ross Fisher.
McIlroy (£2,274,188) is in pole position to land the inaugural trophy as he opened up a lead of nearly £115,000 over Westwood (£2,159,359) with his runner-up finish in Hong Kong last week.
Kaymer (£2,089,718) saw his chances of finishing as number one badly hindered by a foot injury sustained whilst go-karting earlier in the season which sidelined him for two months.
But the German can still eclipse both McIlroy and Westwood with a big showing this week.
England's Ross Fisher (£1,885,904) is the only other man who can claim the top prize, but he must finish in the top two in Dubai to have any chance of doing so.
Here are the eventualities that matter this week:
Rory McIlroy 1st - £2,274,188:The Northern Irish starlet will take the crown regardless of how he plays if Westwood is outside the top seven, Kaymer the top four and Fisher the top two. If he does so he will become the second youngest winner of European number one title behind Seve Ballesteros.
Lee Westwood 2nd - £2,159,359:The 2000 Order of Merit victor cannot be stopped if he wins. If he is second he will be champion if McIlroy is not first or tied second and Kaymer does not win.
Martin Kaymer 3rd - £2,089,718:The German also cannot be stopped if he wins. If he is second he will be champion if McIlroy and Westwood are not first or tied second and Fisher does not win.
Ross Fisher 4th - £1,885,904:The Englishman has to finish first or second just to have a chance. If he wins he will still be denied if McIlroy or Westwood finish second.
