The European Tour's top-60 players battle it out for the season-ending Dubai World Championship as Martin Kaymer aims to claim the Race to Dubai title.
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In the final European Tour event before the season-ending Dubai World Championship, Chinese Liang Wen-Chong features prominently in our ratings.
All media attention has been focussed on new World Number One Lee Westwood this week, but any of his three closest rivals could replace him with a win here.
In Tiger's absence, only two players in the field have previously won the Tour Championship: Phil Mickelson and Retief Goosen.
Last year's Open champion Stewart Cink will be aiming to justify his captain's pick for the Ryder Cup with a solid performance at Cog Hill.