Race to Dubai 2013 Standings: Updated Outlook After Turkish Airlines Open

After a competitive finish at the Turkish Airlines Open, the 60-man field is now set for the year-end DP World Tour Championships in Dubai. 

Victor Dubuisson won the latest event by shooting 24 strokes under par, holding off an impressive leaderboard that included Tiger Woods, Justin Rose, Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson. While this is the French star's first European Tour win of the year, it greatly affected the Race to Dubai Standings.

The victory puts Dubuisson into ninth place entering the final tournament of the season, up 40 spots from where he was last week.

Meanwhile, the action of the top remains extremely close after Rose was able to narrow the gap on current leader Stenson, according to Kelly Tilghman of Golf Channel:

Stenson heads into the final event with a 213,467-point lead, but the battle for the top spot is still very much alive. Here is a look at the top 10 entering the Dubai World Championships:

Rank	Golfer	Country	Points
1	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	2,379,194
2	Justin Rose	England	2,165,727
3	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	2,057,395
4	Ian Poulter	England	2,035,288
5	Jamie Donaldson	Wales	1,787,159
6	Gonzalo Fdez-Castano	Spain	1,559,462
7	Thongchai Jaidee	Thailand	1,464,747
8	Richard Sterne	South Africa	1,457,145
9	Victor Dubuisson	France	1,444,069
10	Thomas Bjorn	Denmark	1,407,779

It is hard to quantify just how good Stenson has been in the past few months. After earning a top-three finish at both the Open Championship and the PGA Championship, the Swedish player earned the FedEx Cup title with a victory at the Tour Championship in September.

If this monster payday was not enough, he is now seeking another big bonus in Dubai as the leader of the European Tour.

Of course, Rose has also put together an excellent year, including a victory at the U.S. Open. Based on his third-place finish in Turkey, he is prepared to challenge for another huge win.

Additionally, experienced golfers like Poulter and Graeme McDowell will present quite a challenge at this loaded event. With Dubuisson and Jamie Donaldson also looking to build off momentum from recent success, anyone can truly win.

Still, the Race to Dubai is more than just the names at the top. Instead, it is simply an honor to qualify for the year-end tournament based on points as only 60 men will get an invitation to the prestigious event.

This proved to be quite a challenge, even for some of the biggest names on tour. Looking outside of the top 40, you will see a number of stars like Louis Oosthuizen (42nd), Rory McIlroy (47th) and Luke Donald (59th).

McIlroy might be the most disappointing name on this list after winning this event a year ago. He simply has not seemed like himself and struggled throughout the season, although he still had enough points to qualify for Dubai.

Former major winners Paul Lawrie (63rd) and Padraig Harrington (68th) were not as fortunate and find themselves on the outside looking in.

As a result, fans are left to see only the 60 best players from 2013 competing on a big stage. Here is a look at the remaining qualified competitors from the Race to Dubai standings, courtesy of EuropeanTour.com:

Rank	Name
11	Matteo Manassero
12	Peter Uihlein
13	Sergio Garcia
14	Francesco Molinari
15	Brett Rumford
16	Branden Grace
17	Ernie Els
18	Stephen Gallacher
19	Joost Luiten
20	David Howell
21	Lee Westwood
22	Charl Schwartzel
23	Miguel Angel Jimenez
24	Mikko Ilonen
25	Martin Kaymer
26	Tommy Fleetwood
27	Bernd Wiesberger
28	Paul Casey
29	Gregory Bourdy
30	Chris Wood
31	Scott Jamieson
32	Marc Warren
33	Thorbjorn Olesen
34	Pablo Larrazabal
35	Shane Lowry
36	Raphael Jacquelin
37	Nicolas Colsaerts
38	Kiradech Aphibarnrat
39	Julien Quesne
40	Thomas Aiken
41	Ross Fisher
42	Louis Oosthuizen
43	Felipe Aguilar
44	Marcus Fraser
45	Rafa Cabrera-Bello
46	Rory McIlroy
47	Darren Fichardt
48	David Lynn
49	Marcel Siem
50	George Coetzee
51	Alex Noren
52	Jonas Blixt
53	Simon Khan
54	Alejandro Canizares
55	Peter Hanson
56	Eduardo De La Riva
57	Garth Mulroy
58	Craig Lee
59	Luke Donald
60	David Horsey

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