The DP World Tour’s first full-field occasion of 2025 kicks off with a star-studded lineup on the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional. Right here’s some need-to-know data:
When and the place is the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional?
Jan. 16-19 at Emirates Golf Membership (par 72) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Find out how to watch the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional
(All occasions EST; stream hyperlinks added when obtainable)
Jan. 16
- 2:30-8:30AM: Golf Channel/NBC Sports activities app
Jan. 17
- 2:30-8:30AM: Golf Channel/NBC Sports activities app
Jan. 18
- 2-8AM: Golf Channel/NBC Sports activities app
Jan. 19
- 2-8AM: Golf Channel/NBC Sports activities app
Who’s within the discipline on the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional?
Rory McIlroy is making his 2025 debut within the desert. He shall be joined by Jon Rahm, Akshay Bhatia, Tommy Fleetwood, Patrick Reed, Robert MacIntyre, Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton, Adam Scott and European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald.
Click on right here for the complete, up to date participant record.
LIV gamers are eligible to compete on the DP World Tour?
Sure, if they’ve paid tour-imposed fines or, within the case of Rahm and Hatton, are within the technique of interesting the sanctions. Gamers should nonetheless be DP World Tour-eligible, in accordance with the exemption classes, or obtain a sponsor invitation. LIV gamers who weren’t DP World Tour members on the time they joined the Saudi-backed league didn’t face fines.
What’s the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional purse and prize cash?
The purse is $9 million. McIlroy took residence $1,530,000 together with his victory final yr.
Who received the 2024 Hero Dubai Desert Traditional?
McIlroy surpassed 54-hole chief Cameron Younger after which held off Adrian Meronk to complete one away from the sector. It was McIlroy’s fourth victory within the occasion, which, at that time, was probably the most occasions he had received a match in his profession. The Northern Irishman later received the PGA Tour’s Wells Fargo Championship in Might, additionally the fourth time he’s captured that title.
Along with his 4 Desert Traditional triumphs, McIlroy has received the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on three events, together with in November.
