Three LIV Golf stars set for £8 million DP World Tour finale as Jon Rahm skips event

Three members of in Joaquin Niemann and Adrian Meronk will play in this week's Championship .

The DP World Tour's season will come to a close at the Earth Course, with the top-50 players in the Race to Dubai Rankings earning a spot in the £8 million event. Three of those will descend from LIV, with Hatton, Niemann and Meronk all on the right side of the top-50 cut line.

According to the rankings there should be four players from the breakaway league in action this week, with former No. 1 sat 38th on the season-long list.

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The 2024 individual LIV champion however in the Middle East, despite being a three-time champion. at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship last week, having recently welcomed his third child into the world with wife, Kelley.

Despite his absence, Rahm's Legion XIII will be represented by his LIV teammate in Hatton. The Englishman is the highest-ranking LIV golfer on the DP World Tour, sitting sixth in the Race to Dubai standings with just one tournament left to play.

Hatton joined the LIV setup earlier this year, having kicked off his season on the Wentworth-based circuit at the Dubai Desert Classic. After spending the majority of the campaign with the Saudi-funded league, Hatton has made a recent comeback to the DP World Tour, starting with the British Masters at the end of August.

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In order to maintain his Tour membership and Ryder Cup eligibility, Hatton was required to play four events on the circuit before the end of the year, completing this tally at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship last month. As well as ticking off his requirements, the LIV star also came away from the Home of as

Hatton secured victory ahead of veteran, Nicolas Colsaerts and his Ryder Cup teammate in . And he nearly made it two wins in as many starts in Abu Dhabi last week, after the Englishman finished second at Yas Links behind eventual champion Paul Waring.

who birdied his last two holes to win only his second DP World Tour title. Hatton's recent hot form leaves him in a strong position heading into the final tournament of the year, but he is unable to chase down current Race to Dubai leader

McIlroy is looking to win his sixth year-long title on the DP World Tour and can only be stopped by Thirston Lawrence, who needs to win the event and see the Northern Irishman finish 12th or worse to become Tour champion. For LIV duo Niemann and Meronk, they will start the Championship event 33rd and 43rd respectively in the standings.