The Dubai Desert Classic returns this week at Emirates Golf Club, where a stacked line-up has been assembled on the DP World Tour.
The field features a number of the European Tour’s top players including four-time Dubai Desert Classic winner Rory McIlroy, World No.3 Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry.
Dustin Johnson
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Dustin Johnson makes his 2026 debut at Emirates GC, having recently signed a three-year extension with LIV Golf.
The two-time Major champion will be making his second DP World Tour start in recent months after also playing in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Patrick Reed
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Reed gave some interesting quotes this week to Golf Digest and the Telegraph, where he said he would consider a PGA Tour returning under the same terms as Brooks Koepka.
He also called the PGA Tour the best tour in the world and confirmed he will continue supporting the DP World Tour despite being fined to do so.
The 2018 Masters champion is an honorary life member of the circuit and plays this event for the third time after losing in a playoff to Rory McIlroy in 2023 and finishing T10th last year.
Tyrrell Hatton
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The defending champion returns and is among the favorites to lift the famous trophy this week.
Hatton has played in the Dubai Desert Classic every year since 2014, barring 2020, and has a win, two third-place finishes and a fourth.
Joaquin Niemann
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Nobody has won more LIV Golf titles than Joaquin Niemann, with the Chilean triumphing five times last season to finish 2nd to Jon Rahm in the individual points list.
Niemann is playing this week on a sponsor’s invite, and he’ll be hoping to…
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