European PGA Tour Chief Exec George O'Grady said that the "desires of the European Tour golfers played a part in the decision to bring the season-ending tournament back to Dubai for at least two more years," according to Neil Cameron of THE NATIONAL. The tournament name "will be changed to the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, and the prize fund will increase to US$8 million from $7.5m." The venue will stay at the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates. O'Grady said that the tournament will "continue to have a field of the top 60 European Tour players, although that may change after next year." There has been "speculation that the $7.5m bonus pool, which is divided among the top 15 players in the final Race to Dubai rankings, would be scrapped." However, O’Grady said that it "would remain for next year, although he would not say whether the amount would stay the same." He added that other venues had "expressed interest in hosting the European Tour finale, but there was never a question of Dubai losing the tournament for the foreseeable future" (THE NATIONAL, 12/12).
