Cabrera confirms Dubai place

Masters champion Angel Cabrera will compete in next week’s HSBC Champions event in Shanghai and will therefore be eligible for the Dubai World Championship two weeks later.

After Cabrera missed his tee-off time and was disqualified from the Castello Masters in Spain last week – he had been delayed en route from the Grand Slam in Bermuda the previous day – there was speculation he might not play the minimum 12 events required by the European Tour for entry into the season-ending championship.