Rory McIlroy will be bidding to make more history in the UAE this weekend when he tees it up at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club from Thursday. Defending champ McIlroy will become the first player to win the tournament three times in a row if he retains the Dallah Trophy this weekend.

Rory McIlroy is making his 2025 debut in the desert. He will 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.

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A determined Tyrrell Hatton looks good value to topple McIlroy, Rahm and the rest of the Dubai Desert Classic field this week. He scored three and a half points from four matches in the Team Cup in Abu Dhabi, warming up nicely for Dubai.

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The field at this week’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic features an impressive array of runners, including Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Akshay Bhatia, Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland, Min Woo Lee, Robert MacIntyre,

The Majlis Course promises to present a tougher challenge for the 36th edition of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic—a prospect that four-time champion Rory McIlroy is relishing. Few know the Majlis Course as intimately as the Northern Irishman,