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Rory McIlroy said Bryson DeChambeau would bring more eyeballs to the DP World Tour if he joins next season, but that the American seems to have few options after the collapse of LIV Golf. McIlroy made the remarks in Dubai before the DP World Tour Championship, where he chases a record-equalling eighth season-long title and a fifth straight Race to Dubai crown. BBC Sport reported that DeChambeau, a two-time US Open champion, can apply for DP World Tour membership on the basis of his recent major win, which would offer a route to earning back his PGA Tour card for 2028. McIlroy trails Spain's Eugenio Chacarra by 533 points going into the final event. Separately, Tiger Woods said he is feeling better and training quite a bit ahead of the Hero World Challenge, a no-cut, 72-hole event he hosts in the Bahamas that begins Dec. 3. Woods, 50, has not played competitively since the TGL finals in December and has not competed on the PGA Tour since missing the cut at the 2024 Open Championship. ESPN reported that he has not formally committed to the Hero World Challenge, though he is expected to play a TGL match on Dec. 27 barring a setback, and might play the PNC Championship with his son Charlie.