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Hunch
Market19 Oct 2026

Will Rory McIlroy win the 2026 Race to Dubai?

BinaryResolves 15 Nov 2026
History12%
Hunch19%
Your forecast
  • Yes
  • No
Resolves 15 Nov 2026
Why these numbers

Hunch. Rory McIlroy has won the Race to Dubai seven times and Chacarra himself says "Rory always plays good in Dubai".

How this resolves

The McIlroy market resolves on the same final ranking after 15 November 2026: YES if Rory McIlroy is first and NO if anyone else is. BBC Sport and Sky Sports settle it, and if no winner is named by 30 November the market is void.

The pattern behind it

6 of 8
Six of eight times a golfer who had never won the Race to Dubai led it with three events left, he won the season, and twice a rival passed him at the final event.

We looked for cases where a golfer led the Race to Dubai with three events of the season left and had never won the ranking before. We found eight such seasons from 2010 to 2021. In six of them the leader won the season. Twice he was passed at the final event in Dubai, by Jon Rahm in 2019 and by Lee Westwood in 2020.