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Dubai Desert Classic 2025 LIVE: Tee times, field, leaderboard and how to follow as McIlroy and Rahm headline Rolex Series event
Reigning Race to Dubai champion Rory McIlroy gets his 2025 DP World Tour season up and running at the prestigious Hero Dubai Desert Classic this week. McIlroy won the Rolex Series event at the Emirates Golf Club en route to his sixth Order of Merit victory last year. McIlroy won his fourth Dubai Desert Classic title last yearGetty The Northern Irishman held off Adrian Meronk to win by one stroke and collect the $1.5million prize. McIlroy is now back in Dubai to defend his title but will face tough competition from a star-studded field which includes LIV Golf ace Jon Rahm. Dubai Desert Classic: Date and how to follow This tournament will take place from Thursday, January 16 to Sunday, January 19. Play will begin at 7:05am local time which is 3:05am UK time. It is being held at the Emirates Golf Club in the UAE – the course is a par 72 and will measure 7,428 yards. The event will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Golf with coverage set to begin at 6am each morning in the UK. talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will also keep you up to date with all the latest. LIV star Rahm will be in action at the 2025 Hero Dubai Desert ClassicGetty Dubai Desert Classic: Field and tee times Ryder Cup superstars McIlroy and Rahm will headline the field at the Emirates Golf Club. Also teeing it up will be Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland, Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott. PGA Tour winner Akshay Bhatia will make his debut in the event. Several of Rahm’s fellow LIV stars will be in action too including Patrick Reed, Tyrrell Hatton and Meronk again. The full field, groupings and tee times have been confirmed and can be found here. The latest leaderboard can be found here. Fleetwood loves playing in the Middle EastGetty Upcoming golf tournaments January 26 PGA Tour – Farmers Insurance Open, Torrey Pines, San Diego DP World Tour – Ras Al Khaimah Championship, Al Hamra GC February 2 PGA Tour – AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Signature Event) DP World Tour – Bahrain Championship, Royal GC February 9 PGA Tour – WM Phoenix Open, TPC Scottsdale, Arizona LIV Golf – Riyadh, Riyadh Golf Club February 16 PGA Tour – Genesis Invitational, Riviera, Pacific Palisades (Signature Event) LIV Golf – Adelaide, The Grange Golf Club February 23 PGA Tour – Mexico Open at VidantaWorld DP World Tour – Magical Kenya Open, Muthaiga GC, Nairobi Dubai Desert Classic: What has been said? Rahm has several career wins in the Middle East and is now ready to make his debut in this Rolex Series event. He said: “This is an event that I have heard a lot about and I am looking forward to making my Hero Dubai Desert Classic debut in January. “I have had a lot of success in Dubai in the past so it’s a place that holds a lot of good memories for me, and it will be great to get back there.” Meanwhile, Fleetwood won the Dubai Invitational last January and will now be hoping to draw upon that success and claim another big victory. He said: “I always enjoy starting my season in the Middle East and having played the Hero Dubai Desert Classic every year since I came out on Tour, it’s become a tournament that I love. “I’m looking forward to teeing it up close to home in front of friends and family once again.”
Reigning Race to Dubai champion Rory McIlroy gets his 2025 DP World Tour season up and running at the prestigious Hero Dubai Desert Classic this week.
McIlroy won the Rolex Series event at the Emirates Golf Club en route to his sixth Order of Merit victory last year.
The Northern Irishman held off Adrian Meronk to win by one stroke and collect the $1.5million prize.
McIlroy is now back in Dubai to defend his title but will face tough competition from a star-studded field which includes LIV Golf ace Jon Rahm.
Dubai Desert Classic: Date and how to follow
This tournament will take place from Thursday, January 16 to Sunday, January 19.
Play will begin at 7:05am local time which is 3:05am UK time.
It is being held at the Emirates Golf Club in the UAE – the course is a par 72 and will measure 7,428 yards.
The event will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Golf with coverage set to begin at 6am each morning in the UK.
talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will also keep you up to date with all the latest.
Dubai Desert Classic: Field and tee times
Ryder Cup superstars McIlroy and Rahm will headline the field at the Emirates Golf Club.
Also teeing it up will be Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland, Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott.
PGA Tour winner Akshay Bhatia will make his debut in the event.
Several of Rahm’s fellow LIV stars will be in action too including Patrick Reed, Tyrrell Hatton and Meronk again.
The full field, groupings and tee times have been confirmed and can be found here.
The latest leaderboard can be found here.
Upcoming golf tournaments
January 26
- PGA Tour – Farmers Insurance Open, Torrey Pines, San Diego
- DP World Tour – Ras Al Khaimah Championship, Al Hamra GC
February 2
- PGA Tour – AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Signature Event)
- DP World Tour – Bahrain Championship, Royal GC
February 9
- PGA Tour – WM Phoenix Open, TPC Scottsdale, Arizona
- LIV Golf – Riyadh, Riyadh Golf Club
February 16
- PGA Tour – Genesis Invitational, Riviera, Pacific Palisades (Signature Event)
- LIV Golf – Adelaide, The Grange Golf Club
February 23
- PGA Tour – Mexico Open at VidantaWorld
- DP World Tour – Magical Kenya Open, Muthaiga GC, Nairobi
Dubai Desert Classic: What has been said?
Rahm has several career wins in the Middle East and is now ready to make his debut in this Rolex Series event.
He said: “This is an event that I have heard a lot about and I am looking forward to making my Hero Dubai Desert Classic debut in January.
“I have had a lot of success in Dubai in the past so it’s a place that holds a lot of good memories for me, and it will be great to get back there.”
Meanwhile, Fleetwood won the Dubai Invitational last January and will now be hoping to draw upon that success and claim another big victory.
He said: “I always enjoy starting my season in the Middle East and having played the Hero Dubai Desert Classic every year since I came out on Tour, it’s become a tournament that I love.
“I’m looking forward to teeing it up close to home in front of friends and family once again.”
