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FEATURE : DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
The four-day tournament has continued to grow and this year ’ s event attracted + 79,000 spectators , the highest in the history of the tournament and + 14 % increase on 2022

Technology takes spectators to new levels at DP World Tour

Over the course of the 2023 competition , DP World Tour , Dubai had 10,000 unique clients connected , generating a total throughput of 14TB of data , with an equivalence of 15.5 years connection time , making it one of the largest BYOD deployments for a sporting event in Dubai .

The DP World Tour Championship , Dubai is the final Rolex Series event of the DP World Tour and marks the culmination of the season . As the main men ’ s professional golf tour of the European Tour group , the DP World Tour boasts a global schedule that featured a minimum of 39 tournaments in 26 different countries across the 2023 season .

This year ’ s DP World Tour Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament and welcomed the top 50 players in the Race to Dubai Rankings in partnership with Rolex , competing on the Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates . Denmark ’ s Nicolai Højgaard won his first Rolex Series title in style with a two-shot victory ahead of Ryder Cup team-mates Tommy Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland , and third round leader Matt Wallace .
The four-day tournament has continued to grow in popularity year on year following the inaugural competition in 2009 . This year ’ s event attracted in excess of 79,000 spectators , the highest in the history
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