Venue: Majlis Course, Emirates Golf Club
Promoters: golf in Dubai
Dates: February 4-7, 2010
Prize Money: $2.5 million
Defending Champion: Rory McIlroy (19-under-269)
Lowest winning score: Thomas Bjorn, with a 22-under-266 in 2001
Most wins: Ernie Els (1994,2002 and 2005)
Past winners
1992: Seve Ballesteros
1993: Wayne Westner
1994: Ernie Els
1995: Fred Couples
1996: Colin Montgomerie
1997: Richard Green
1998: Jose Maria Olazabal
1999: David Howell
2000: Jose Coceres
2001: Thomas Bjorn
2002: Ernie Els
2003: Robert-Jan Derksen
2004: Mark O’Meara
2005: Ernie Els
2006: Tiger Woods
2007: Henrik Stenson
2008: Tiger Woods
2009: Rory McIlroy
Players to watch
1. Lee Westwood
2. Rory McIlroy
3. Paul Casey
4. Martin Kaymer
5. Charl Schwartzel
6. Miguel Angel Jimenez
7. Henrik Stenson
8. Thongchai Jaidee
9. Jeev Milkha Singh
10. Richard Sterne
European Tour Race to Dubai (Latest rankings)
Pos, Player, Nationality, PM (Euros)
1. Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 513,271
2. Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 298,634
3. Martin Kaymer (Germany) 262,779
4. Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 223,087
5. Pablo Martin (Spain) 190,950
6. Anders Hansen (Denmark) 175,635
7. Richie Ramsay (Scotland) 171,279
8. Ian Poulter (England) 166,660
9. Keith Horne (South Africa) 153,013
10. Shiv Kapur (India) 145,700
