The DP World Tour has announced the tee times for the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Bernd Wiesberger and Joel Girrbach will start the tournament together. Several Germans are participating.
The Hero Dubai Desert Classic on the DP World Tour will start its 2026 edition for the second time. The opening tee time goes to Austrian Bernd Wiesberger and Swiss Joel Girrbach who will play together in a group at 7:05 AM. German player Marcel Schneider will start simultaneously on the back nine and is one of several Germans taking part in the tournament. Rory McIlroy will begin alongside Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton.
Wiesberger, Girrbach and Schneider Start; Steinlechner Finishes
Marcel Schneider, the first German to tee off, will start at 7:05 AM local time alongside Kazuma Kobori and Ethan Fang on the back nine. Their second round begins at 11:25 AM. Simultaneously, Bernd Wiesberger and Joel Girrbach will tee off together with Ricardo Gouveia on the first nine holes. Their second round also starts at 11:25 AM.
Freddy Schott starts his round at 8:25 AM with Jack Senior and Andrea Pavan, with their next round scheduled for 12:45 PM the following day. Jeremy Paul plays at 8:45 AM alongside Renato Paratore and Christian Maas, with his second round tee time at 1:05 PM on Friday.
Nicolai Von Dellingshausen will begin at 11:35 AM with Ewen Ferguson and Matthew Jordan. His second round starts early at 7:15 AM. Marcel Siem, coming off a T14 finish at the Dubai Invitational, will start at 12:05 PM with Niklas Lemke and Brandon Robinson-Thompson. Their subsequent rounds start at 7:45 AM.
The first day will conclude with Maximilian Steinlechner from Austria, who will tee off at 12:55 PM with Francesco Laporta and Antoine Rozner. Their second round begins at 8:35 AM.
Rory McIlroy with Fleetwood and Hatton
The tournament’s highlight group features Rory McIlroy teeing off with Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton. The megastars will start at 8:05 AM local time, with their second round scheduled for 12:25 PM.