Hero Dubai Desert Classic 2025: Date, tee times, field and how to follow as McIlroy and Rahm headline Rolex Series event
Reigning Race to Dubai champion Rory McIlroy will get his 2025 DP World Tour season up and running at the prestigious Hero Dubai Desert Classic. 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 strike and collect the $1.5million prize. McIlroy will now be back in Dubai to defend his title but will face tough competition from a star-studded field which includes LIV Golf ace Jon Rahm. Hero 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 7am local time which is 3am 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 Hero 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 can be found here while the groupings and tee times will be confirmed on Tuesday. Fleetwood loves playing in the Middle EastGetty Hero 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 will get his 2025 DP World Tour season up and running at the prestigious Hero Dubai Desert Classic.
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 strike and collect the $1.5million prize.
McIlroy will now be back in Dubai to defend his title but will face tough competition from a star-studded field which includes LIV Golf ace Jon Rahm.
Hero 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 7am local time which is 3am 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.
Hero 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 can be found here while the groupings and tee times will be confirmed on Tuesday.
Hero 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.”
