With only this week’s Nedbank Golf Challenge and the DP World Tour Championship remaining for the European Tour season to end, the Race to Dubai has essentially become a two-horse affair.

As of now, there are other players who can get into the equation, but it all depends on how Henrik Stenson and Danny Willett perform at Sun City. A win for either one of them will make it extremely difficult for the rest of the players to catch them.

Stenson leads the Race to Dubai, and if he wins the Nedbank Challenge — which is quite likely given he is in good form following his second-place finish in Shanghai and his excellent history at the Gary Player Country Club — he will almost be assured of becoming the No 1 golfer in Europe for the second time in his career.

Willett, as well as Stenson, are both past champions on this golf course. However, a return to a course you love is not always a guarantee that you will play well over there. Stenson himself is a good case. After winning the DP World Tour Championship twice on the Earth course, he was completely out of sorts last year. So, you really don’t know what the future holds for the two players in Sun City.

There are a few reasons I think Stenson has an advantage over Willett. The biggest is the fact that the Englishman has been struggling of late and played poorly in both Shanghai and Turkey. In fact, there were reports from the Turkish Airlines Open which suggested he was looking at the possibility of withdrawing from the Nedbank Challenge because he felt he wasn’t enjoying his golf.

Stenson, on the other hand, is coming in fresher after a week’s break, and it looks unlikely that he will let go of this brilliant opportunity. Form, and not being tired, is a great combination.

Rory McIlroy is No 3 in the Race to Dubai, but he is nearly a million points behind Stenson and not playing in South Africa. So, even a top-10 finish by Stenson would ensure that only he and Willett will be in contention for No1 honours when the Race concludes in Dubai next week.

I also wanted to talk about the outgoing PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem. Starting 2017, he hands over the reins to Jay Monahan, but what an astonishing legacy he leaves behind after being in the helm for 22 years.

Of course, Finchem’s tenure coincided with the rise of Tiger Woods, and that really has been a game-changer for golf. But Finchem did a wonderful job for the rest of the players to cash in on the Woods phenomenon. The prize money in tournaments have gone through the roof, and Finchem and his team should get as much credit for it as Woods.

Hopefully, the rise will continue under Monahan.

(Jeev Milkha Singh is a four-time champion on the European Tour)