Dubai Invitational preview: Five things to know
Rory McIlroy kicks off his 2024 at the inaugural Dubai Invitational on the DP World Tour. Here are five things to know about the tournament.
The DP World Tour season is well underway but the first event of the calendar year is the inaugural Dubai Invitational.
The tournament will be held over 11-14 January at Dubai Creek Resort.
It is a 72-hole individual strokeplay tournament with a twist.
Over the first three days, professionals will compete with an amateur in a team event.
The final day is reserved for professionals only. There is no cut in the individual strokeplay.
GolfMagic has listed what you need to know about the Dubai Invitational
1. Rory McIlroy makes his first start of 2024
The Northern Irishman has once again decided to start his campaign in Dubai instead of Hawaii.
After the Dubai Invitational McIlroy will turn his attentions to defending the Hero Dubai Desert Classic.
McIlroy will then have a stretch of playing the signature PGA Tour events ahead of the Masters.
He looks set to play in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players.
2. Prize money
The Dubai Invitational has the largest purse of the DP World Tour season so far.
The winner will take home $425,000 from the $2.5m purse.
3. The Dubai Invitational marks the first of seven tournaments in the International Swing
The winner of the International Swing will take home a bonus of $200,000.
Australian Min Woo Lee won the Opening Swing thanks to his consistent displays on home soil.
4. The Dubai Invitational sees an amateur paired with a professional
DP World Tour chief executive Keith Pelley is among those listed in the field.
Jimmy Dunne, the vice-chairman of the PGA Tour's policy board, will also be teeing it up.
Dunne helped broker the 6 June framework agreement by reaching out to LIV Golf supremo Yasir Al-Rumayyan via WhatsApp.
Dr Pawan Manjal, the CEO of Hero MotorCorps is also in the field.
Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke is also involved.
5. Competitors have this tee box awaiting them:
The 6th tee box this week #DubaiInvitational pic.twitter.com/mzZ6nTi0Ii
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) January 8, 2024
What else?
You can view the tee times here.
Dubai Invitational 2024 field:
- Marcus Armitage
- Adri Arnaus
- Nick Bachem
- Matthew Baldwin
- Thomas Bjørn
- Dan Bradbury
- Daniel Brown
- Julien Brun
- Jorge Campillo
- Todd Clements
- Sean Crocker
- Jens Dantorp
- Luke Donald
- Hennie Du Plessis
- Nacho Elvira
- Ewen Ferguson
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Grant Forrest
- Simon Forsström
- Ryan Fox
- Daniel Gavins
- Julien Guerrier
- Marcus Helligkilde
- Calum Hill
- Daniel Hillier
- Nicolai Højgaard
- Rasmus Højgaard
- Maximilian Kieffer
- Nathan Kimsey
- Romain Langasque
- Pablo Larrazábal
- Thriston Lawrence
- Haotong Li
- Zander Lombard
- Hurly Long
- Joost Luiten
- Richard Mansell
- Rory McIlroy
- Tom Mckibbin
- Adrian Meronk
- Guido Migliozzi
- Francesco Molinari
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Adrian Otaegui
- Yannik Paul
- Richie Ramsay
- Antoine Rozner
- Kalle Samooja
- Callum Shinkwin
- Marcel Siem
- Jordan Smith
- Sebastian Söderberg
- Matthew Southgate
- Ockie Strydom
- Connor Syme
- Ken Weyand
- Dale Whitnell
- Oliver Wilson
- Jeff Winther
- Ashun Wu
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