The Grand Finale of the 2024 DP World Tour season will get underway at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship this week.
Rory McIlroy won the first Rolex Series event of the campaign at the Dubai Desert Classic back in January and he will now headline the field for the penultimate tournament of the year at Yas Links.
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McIlroy has a healthy lead in the Race to Dubai standings and is closing in on his sixth title.
That would draw him level with Seve Ballesteros’ tally and two behind Colin Montgomerie, who has the most titles ever with eight.
France’s Victor Perez won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship last season, holding off Min Woo Lee and Sebastian Soderberg.
And another glittering field will take on the Yas Links Course this week and battle it out for the $9million prize fund.
Abu Dhabi Championship 2024: Date and how to follow
This tournament is being held from Thursday, November 7 to Sunday, November10.
It is being held at Yas Links in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The course will play to a par 72 and a maximum yardage of 7,425.
Play will begin at 3:17am for UK fans each day with Abu Dhabi four hours ahead.
talkSPORT will provide updates from the UAE throughout the week.
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Sky Sports Golf will also have full coverage of the action and you can find out more here.
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Abu Dhabi Championship 2024: Field and leaderboard
This tournament has a reduced field of just 70 players.
McIlroy headlines the action but will face tough competition from the likes of Shane Lowry, Min Woo Lee, Robert MacIntyre, Justin Rose and Adam Scott.
Tommy Fleetwood has won this event twice and will be eyeing his third victory.
A number of LIV Golf stars are expected to tee it up too with Tyrrell Hatton, Adrian Meronk and Joaquin Niemann among those set to feature.
The full field, tee times and groupings can be found here while the latest leaderboard from Abu Dhabi can be found here.
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Abu Dhabi Championship 2024: What has been said?
McIlroy will get his tournament underway at 5:23am on Thursday UK time alongside Thristan Lawrence and Rasmus Hojgaard.
McIlroy said: “It’s no secret that I love playing golf in the Middle East and having the opportunity to play in these two events back-to-back will be a great way to end the season.
“I’d love to lift the trophy in Abu Dhabi and have the chance to top the Race to Dubai Rankings again.”
Fleetwood is in a marquee group with Lowry and MacIntyre and will get going at 7:50am UK time on Thursday.
He added: “I’m very proud to be a two-time winner of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
“It’s an iconic trophy and an iconic tournament in this part of the world.
“It’s really exciting that we now have these two events back-to-back at the end of the season, and it’ll be nice to finish the season so close to home now that I’m based in the UAE.”
