DWC Player profiles

We profile the top 10 in the Race To Dubai ahead of the season-ending Dubai World Championship.

We take a look at the top 10 in the Race To Dubai

1. LUKE DONALD
Race to Dubai record: 55-15
Dubai World Championship record: 37-9
2011 best finishes: 1st Scottish Open, BMW PGA Championship, WGC-Accenture World Matchplay
Money won: 3,856,394euro Donald has a chance to achieve an unprecedented feat by topping both European and PGA Tour money lists, during a season that's seen him climb to the top of the World Golf Rankings. Victory over Martin Kaymer in the World Matchplay final dispelled any concerns over his resolution and were it not for an inspired Ian Poulter he'd have gained a lucrative world matchplay double. He enters the season's final event having blown away the cobwebs in South Africa and showed last year that he has the game to sign off an excellent season in perfect fashion. 2. RORY MCILROY
Race to Dubai record: 2-13
Dubai World Championship record: 3-5
2011 best finishes: 1st US Open, Hong Kong Open, Shanghai Masters, 2nd Dunhill Links, HSBC Golf Championship
Money won: 3,066,606euro It has been a turbulent but ultimately triumphant season for McIlroy, who famously collapsed on the back nine at Augusta with the US Masters at his mercy. It's testament to his brilliance in the US Open that Augusta now seems a distant memory, as Rory coasted to a superb victory to gain his first but surely not last Major Championship. McIlroy led the inaugural Race to Dubai going into the season's final event only to find Lee Westwood overtaking him, but with top-five finishes in the last two Dubai World Championships he should be in line for a fine end to the season, having won in Hong Kong last week to give himself a shot at R2D glory. 3. MARTIN KAYMER
Race to Dubai record: 3-1
Dubai World Championship record: 37-13
2011 best finishes: 1st HSBC Golf Championship, WGC-HSBC Champions, 2nd Omega European Masters, WGC-Accenture World Matchplay
Money won: 2,830,264euro It's testament to what we've come to expect from Kaymer, and indeed how fine a season he had in 2010, that this year has been slightly disappointing at times. Failure to fire on Sundays during the summer was a surprising theme with opportunities at the Open Championship and Omega European Masters most notably spurned. That said, Kaymer described the golf he played in Abu Dhabi as the best of his life and his eight-shot win there was stunning to watch, while he returned to form recently with victory in the WGC-HSBC Champions in magnificent style. 4. CHARL SCHWARTZEL
Race to Dubai record: 26-8
Dubai World Championship record: 53-21
2011 best finishes: 1st US Masters, Joburg Open, 2nd Alfred Dunhill Championship
Money won: 2,265,525euro As his figures indicate, the last two years have represented steady progression for smooth-swinging Charl, who has long been regarded as one of the finest talents on the European Tour. Like Donald, he's spread his time between Europe and the States this season and with great success, winning the US Masters with birdies on the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th holes. A strong start to the season in his native country means Charl enters the final week in a good position but with Westwood breathing down his neck he may need to better last season's eighth in Dubai to hold on to fourth. 5. LEE WESTWOOD
Race to Dubai record: 1-3
Dubai World Championship record: 1-3
2011 best finishes: 1st Ballantine's Championship, Nedbank Golf Challenge, 2nd BMW PGA Championship, 3rd US Open
Money won: 2,004,482euro Very much a case of so close yet so far this season for Westwood, who felt he'd have gone very close to winning both the US Open and PGA Championship were it not for continued struggles with the putter. That's not stopped him winning consecutive events and putting together seven top-10 finishes in a nine event period from May to September. Westwood won the first ever Race to Dubai thanks to a stunning victory here and having taken third last season has to go down as the man to beat once more, arriving on the back of a repeat win in the Nedbank Golf Challenge. 6. ANDERS HANSEN
Race to Dubai record: 24-19
Dubai World Championship record: 27-11
2011 best finishes: 2nd Saab Wales Open, Dubai Desert Classic, Open de Espagne
Money won: 1,738,892euro Hansen has been a model of consistency this season, as is necessary for any player without a win to be inside the top 10 on the Race to Dubai rankings. 19 cuts made from 21 starts shows that he's back to his best and only a win is missing from the 2011 CV. Despite the fact he's been second three times, the undoubted highlight of his season came in the PGA Championship when a closing 66 saw him climb to third, while his efforts in this event and the Dubai Desert Classic show that he's likely to give supporters another run for their money in the finale. 7. SERGIO GARCIA
Race to Dubai record: 10-42
Dubai World Championship record: 7-21
2011 best finishes: 1st Castello Masters, Andalucia Masters, 2nd BMW International Open
Money won: 1,580,748euro A self-imposed hiatus towards the end of 2010 has reignited Sergio's love for the game, and he's gained reward for his efforts with victory in his last two events. Having failed to qualify for the US Masters, he's played fine golf in the other three Majors and with renewed putting confidence is close to his very best once again. The Spaniard finished seventh here two years ago and given that he's striking the ball as well now as he ever has, it wouldn't surprise were he to improve on that. 8. THOMAS BJORN
Race to Dubai record: 91-56
Dubai World Championship record: DNP-52
2011 best finishes: 1st Qatar Masters, Johnnie Walker Championship, Omega European Masters
Money won: 1,517,392euro What a year it's been for Bjorn, with three wins and a tie for fourth in the Open Championship that in part at least banished memories of what happened at Royal St. George's in 2003. The Dane lost his father this year so it's been a case of emotional highs and lows, but nobody can question his return to form and it's been a timely reminder that at his best he can compete with anyone; few are better with a wedge in hand and on this year's evidence few are more competitive. For all that, he's also missed seven cuts, so predicting how he'll finish what's been a stellar year is no easy task, especially as he's withdrawn from several events recently due to a neck injury. 9. SIMON DYSON
Race to Dubai record: 8-33
Dubai World Championship record: 37-32
2011 best finishes: 1st Irish Open, KLM Open, 3rd BMW PGA Championship
Money won: 1,444,558euro Dyson's dual winning 2009 put him inside the top-10 in the first R2D and almost provided him with a spot on the Ryder Cup team, one that he desires strongly. A disappointing 2010 cost him that but clearly Dyson is determined to make the team for Medinah and, on this year's evidence including in the Vivendi Seve Trophy, he'd be a great asset to the team. His iron play on the back-nine in the Irish Open, when he reeled in Richard Green, was hugely impressive and he showed in the Open Championship that he has the game to compete at the very top level. 10. DARREN CLARKE
Race to Dubai record: 61-
Dubai World Championship record: DNP-28
2011 best finishes: 1st Open Championship, Iberdrola Open, 8th Volvo Golf Champions
Money won: 1,379,498euroClarke's triumph in the Open Championship will go down as one of the golfing highlights of the decade, never mind of 2011. He showed that given the right conditions he has not only the ability but the heart to win at the very top level and there can be no doubt that he deserved it. Turbulent conditions also brought out his very best golf in the Iberdrola Open and the fact that he's failed to fire since mid-summer is easily forgiven, although it does mean that we shouldn't expect him to make a run at winning this trophy.