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Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship: Preview, betting tips

Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship: Preview, betting tips

After last week’s Hero Cup, it’s a big fixture on the DP World Tour, with the first Rolex Series event of 2023.

Yas Links is the venue for this week, which is a pretty spectacular setting for golf. It hosted the tour for the first time last year, where Thomas Pieters lifted the trophy. 

It will also be home to a field that features plenty of those who played their golf on the LIV Golf circuit last year. Poulter, Westwood and Stenson are among those who’ll be teeing it up, in what is a pretty strong field in the UAE. 

This is the first Rolex Series event of the year, meaning it comes with the added incentive of extra Ryder Cup points, Race to Dubai points and of course, a bigger prize fund. 

Last week’s Hero Cup, where Continental Europe were victorious, whetted the appetite for the upcoming Ryder Cup, and captain Luke Donald will be playing this week, so would-be team members will be looking to impress.

The event has been a fixture on the calendar since 2006 and was first sponsored by HSBC in 2011. 

Here’s what you need to know.

Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship details

Course: Yas Links Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Course stats: 7,425 yards, par 72

Defending champion: Thomas Pieters

Purse: $11,000,000

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