
It's a huge week on the DP World Tour as Emirates GC returns to our screens with the Hero Dubai Desert Classic.
Rory McIlroy defeated LIV Golf's Patrick Reed in a playoff last year to win the championship for the third time in his career.
McIlroy won his maiden European Tour title here in 2009 and is a course specialist, and he's favorite to retain his title this week in a strong field. He's 10/3 with bookmakers to lift the famous trophy for the fourth time, with Tyrrell Hatton coming in as second-favorite at 10/1, just ahead of last week's winner Tommy Fleetwood at 11/1.
Adrian Meronk, who earned his PGA Tour card via the DP World Tour for 2024, is fourth-favorite alongside 2024 Open winner Brian Harman and his fellow American Cameron Young.
Dubai Desert Classic odds:
- Rory McIlroy - 10/3
 - Tyrrell Hatton - 10/1
 - Tommy Fleetwood - 11/1
 - Adrian Meronk - 22/1
 - Brian Harman - 22/1
 - Cameron Young - 22/1
 - Nicolai Hojgaard - 25/1
 - Adam Scott - 25/1
 - Joaquin Niemann - 25/1
 - Rasmus Hojgaard - 28/1
 - Thorbjorn Olesen - 33/1
 - Ryan Fox - 33/1
 - Jordan Smith - 35/1
 - Thriston Lawrence - 40/1
 - Laurie Canter - 50/1
 - Yannik Paul - 50/1
 - Zander Lombard - 70/1
 - Ewen Feguson - 80/1
 - Rikuya Hoshino - 80/1
 - Antoine Rozner - 80/1
 - Romain Langasque - 80/1
 - Alex Fitzpatrick - 100/1
 - Grant Forrest - 100/1
 - Sebastian Soderberg - 100/1
 - Julien Guerrier - 100/1
 - Richard Mansell - 100/1
 - Hennie du Plessis - 100/1
 - Dan Bradbury - 100/1
 - Joost Luiten - 110/1
 - Bernd Wiesberger - 110/1
 - Francesco Molinari - 110/1
 - Alejandro Del Rey - 125/1
 - Sean Crocker - 125/1
 - Jorge Campillo - 125/1
 - Jeff Winther - 125/1
 - Adrian Otaegui - 125/1
 - Jayden Schaper - 125/1
 - Michael Thorbjornsen - 125/1
 - Tom McKibbin - 125/1
 - Marcel Siem - 150/1
 - Kalle Samooja - 150/1
 - Guido Migliozzi - 150/1
 - Nathan Kimsey - 150/1
 - Daniel Hillier - 150/1
 - Padraig Harrington - 150/1
 - Hao Tong Li - 160/1
 - Gavin Green - 175/1
 - Louis De Jager - 175/1
 - Marcus Helligkilde - 175/1
 - Niklas Norgaard Miller - 175/1
 - Julien Brun - 175/1
 - Fabrizio Zanotti - 200/1
 - Paul Waring - 200/1
 - Margo Penge - 200/1
 - Andy Sullivan - 200/1
 - Adri Arnaus - 200/1
 - Daniel Brown - 200/1
 - Calum Hill - 200/1
 - Conor Syme - 200/1
 - Jason Scrivener - 200/1
 - Eddie Pepperell - 200/1
 - Richie Ramsay - 200/1
 - Pablo Larrazabal - 200/1
 - David Law - 250/1
 - Marcus Kinhult - 250/1
 - Kevin Tway - 250/1
 - Scott Jamieson - 250/1
 - Ross Fisher - 250/1
 - Jesper Svensson - 250/1
 - Rafael Cabrera Bello - 250/1
 - Matthew Jordan - 250/1
 - Callum Shinkwin - 300/1
 - Adrien Saddier - 300/1
 - Marcus Armitage - 300/1
 - Shubhankar Sharma - 300/1
 - Matteo Manassero - 300/1
 - Luke Donald - 300/1
 - Edoardo Molinari - 300/1
 - Johannes Veerman - 300/1
 - Marcel Schneider - 300/1
 - Matthias Schwab - 300/1
 - Matthew Southgate - 300/1
 - Nick Bachem - 300/1
 - Maximilian Kieffer - 300/1
 - Masahiro Kawamura - 350/1
 - Dylan Frittelli - 350/1
 - Aaron Cockerill - 350/1
 - Casey Jarvis - 350/1
 - Nacho Elvira - 400/1
 - Matthew Baldwin - 400/1
 - Kevin Chappell - 400/1
 - Ashun Wu - 400/1
 - Lukas Nemecz - 500/1
 - Daan Huizing - 500/1
 - Alexander Knappe - 500/1
 - Tom Vaillant - 500/1
 - Jeong Weon Ko - 500/1
 - Ugo Coussaud - 500/1
 - Frederik Kjettrup - 500/1
 - Andrea Pavan - 500/1
 - Jamie Donaldson - 500/1
 - Manuel Elvira - 500/1
 - Simon Forsstrom - 500/1
 - Todd Clements - 500/1
 - Mike Lorenzo Vera - 500/1
 - Clement Sordet - 750/1
 - Jens Dantorp - 750/1
 - Santiago Tarrio - 750/1
 - Hurly Long - 750/1
 - Ricardo Gouveia - 1000/1
 - James Morrison - 1000/1
 - Chase Hanna - 1000/1
 - Angel Hidalgo - 1000/1
 - Lorenzo Scalise - 1000/1
 - Joshua Grenville-Wood - 1000/1
 - Adam Blomme - 1250/1
 - Oliver Wilson - 2000/1
 - Sebastian Garcia - 2000/1
 - Espen Kofstad - 2000/1
 - Dale Whitnell - 2000/1
 - Ockie Strydom - 2000/1
 - Daniel Gavins - 2000/1
 - Thomas Bjorn - 2000/1
 - Stephen Gallacher - 2000/1
 - Soren Kjeldsen - 2000/1
 - Gunner Wiebe - 2500/1
 
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