The DP World Tour has announced the tee times for the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Bernd Wiesberger and Joel Girrbach will tee off together to start the tournament.
The Hero Dubai Desert Classic on the DP World Tour will take place for the second time in 2026. Austrian Bernd Wiesberger and Swiss Joel Girrbach will start the tournament together in a flight at 7:05 AM local time. Marcel Schneider will start simultaneously on the back nine and is one of several Germans participating in the event. Rory McIlroy will begin his round with Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton.
Wiesberger, Girrbach and Schneider start; Steinlechner finishes
First among the Germans, Marcel Schneider will tee off at 7:05 AM local time together with Kazuma Kobori and Ethan Fang on the back nine. Their second round will begin at 11:25 AM.
At the same time, Austrian Bernd Wiesberger and Swiss Joel Girrbach will start with Ricardo Gouveia on the front nine. Their second round also starts at 11:25 AM.
Freddy Schott will start his round at 8:25 AM with Jack Senior and Andrea Pavan, with the second round beginning at 12:45 PM the following day.
Jeremy Paul will tee off at 8:45 AM alongside Renato Paratore and Christian Maas, starting his second round at 1:05 PM on Friday.
Nicolai Von Dellingshausen will start at 11:35 AM with Ewen Ferguson and Matthew Jordan, with his second round commencing at 7:15 AM.
After finishing T14 at the Dubai Invitational, Marcel Siem will begin his tournament at 12:05 PM with Niklas Lemke and Brandon Robinson-Thompson. Their next rounds begin at 7:45 AM.
The day will be concluded by Austria’s Maximilian Steinlechner, who tees off at 12:55 PM with Francesco Laporta and Antoine Rozner. Their second round starts at 8:35 AM.
Rory McIlroy with Fleetwood and Hatton
The highlight flight of the tournament features Rory McIlroy teaming up with Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton. The stars will tee off at 8:05 AM local time, with their second round starting at 12:25 PM.