Genesis Championship: DP World Tour Fantasy ones to watch

Feel closer to the action on the DP World Tour by competing against golf fans from around the world in our official Fantasy game as the Back 9 reaches its climax with the Genesis Championship.

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The Genesis Championship hosts the biggest week of the year so far on the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex, with plenty to play for all over the season-long standings.

The Back 9 event brings with it 5,000 Rankings points that could make a huge difference for those battling for the Harry Vardon Trophy, the DP World Tour Play-Offs and their futures on Tour.

The top 70 after this week will advance to the Play-Offs and the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, with the top 50 then going to the season-ending DP World Tour Championship and potentially having the chance to catch Rory McIlroy at the summit.

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At the other end of the spectrum, those finishing outside the top 114 on the Race to Dubai come Sunday night will lose their full playing privileges for 2025.

Having won his eighth DP World Tour title at last year's Korea Championship, Spain’s Pablo Larrazábal will defend his title at the unified event against Sanghyun Park, the winner of the Genesis Championship held at the same location in October of the same year.

Local heroes Tom Kim and Byeong Hun An will take big home crowds with them, while Ryder Cup star Nicolai Højgaard makes his debut in South Korea.

If you have not done so already, you can sign up to play the official 2024 DP World Tour Fantasy game here and submit your six-man team before round one gets under way on Thursday.

The 2024 season-long winner will win a trip to the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai next year, enjoy a lesson with a DP World Tour professional and a round of golf on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates. For more information on this amazing prize and others, read here.

Fantasy Insight: Local favourites head the selections in the early stages of players picking their teams, with Kim the most-picked golfer, featuring in just over 84% of squads.

Next comes An at 79% and then there is a drop to Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (44%), Rikuya Hoshino (38%) and Højgaard (37%).

Here, we pick out three players in action this week who are worth considering for your Fantasy team selections.

Favourite - Tom Kim

It comes as little surprise that the World Number 25 and highest-ranked player in the field is the favourite with both the bookmakers and players of our game. Ever since his breakout third-placed finish at the 2022 Genesis Scottish Open, Kim has been a revelation, winning three times on the PGA TOUR and making two Presidents Cup appearances, all by the age of 22. Barring a missed cut at The Open, Kim has not finished lower than 30th in a DP World Tour event this season, sealing a top ten at the Olympics and two more on the PGA TOUR at the RBC Canadian Open and Travelers Championship.

Form Horse - Sanghyun Park

OK, so Park's form on the worldwide stage may not be sparkling but he has two things going for him: form on his home tour and form at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club. He is a 12-time winner of KPGA Tour events, including this one last year when it was held over the Incheon layout. That event is now merged with the Korea Championship Presented by Genesis which was also held at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club and where Park finished in a tie for third. Add in that he has twice finished runner-up on the Korean tour this season and there are plenty of reasons to add him to your team.

Wild Card - Joost Luiten

To call a player of the class of Luiten a Wild Card can feel almost like an insult but the Dutchman has registered just one top ten all season, although that was on the Back 9 at the Omega European Masters. Since then he has secured three top 45s and two missed cuts but arrives at a course where he enjoyed a top ten last season. After surprisingly losing his card in 2022, he hit back to finish 26th on the Race to Dubai last season and is currently battling to make the Play-Offs at 65th. A six-time winner on the DP World Tour, Luiten's roller coaster is due another upward turn.

Looking Back - Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters

Last week's winner Julien Guerrier helped those who picked him get ahead of the curve, featuring in a fraction under 3% of teams and being selected as captain by just five players.

Our Favourite Jon Rahm finished sixth, with Form Horse Thorbjørn Olesen a place further back, while Olesen's fellow Dane Jeff Winther finished in a tie for 57th as our Wild Card.

Season so far - 2024 DP World Tour Fantasy Top 10 player rankings