The first 36 holes of 2026 are in the books on the DP World Tour, and it's Shane Lowry and Nacho Elvira who lead the way after Rory McIlroy had a day to forget in round two at the Dubai Invitational.
First played in 2024 and won by Tommy Fleetwood, the limited-field event gives 60 players the chance to tee it up competitively a week prior to the $9 million Dubai Desert Classic.
Northern Irishman McIlroy - who will be hunting a fifth Dubai Desert Classic next week - took the first-round lead after posting a five-under 66 at Dubai Creek Golf Club thanks to seven birdies and a couple of bogeys on his opening nine.
McIlroy then incredibly hit the water four times on a blustery second day to drop to a tie for fifth, with playing partner Shane Lowry handling conditions far better to shoot 68 and grab a share of the lead.
So McIlroy will go out a few groups earlier than Lowry, at 9.56am local time, with the leading pair teeing off at 10.29 in the final group.
Matt Wallace is off in the penultimate group at the first tee alongside David Puig, who had a remarkable round on Friday containing two triple bogeys.
Jayden Schaper tees off at 9.12am at level par, hoping to make some early in-roads as he chases a slice of history.
As Schaper is looking to secure a third straight DP World Tour title, which would put him alongside Sir Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros as the only players in the circuit's history to do so.
Check out the third round tee times below.
Dubai Invitational Round Three Tee Times
1st Hole
- 7.55am/10:55pm: Martin Couvra, Calum Hill
- 8.06am/11.06pm: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Danny Willett
- 8.17am/11.17pm: Julien Guerrier, Ryan Fox
- 8.28am/11.28pm: Eugenio Chacarra, Paul Waring
- 8.39am/11.39pm: Thorbjorn Olesen, Jacques Kruyswijk
- 8.50am/11.50pm: Patrick Reed, Shaun Norris
- 9.01am/12.01am: Joost Luiten, Ryggs Johnston
- 9.12am/12.12am: Ewen Ferguson, Jayden Schaper
- 9.23am/12.23am: Grant Forret, Marcel Siem
- 9.34am/12.34am: Daniel Hillier, Dylan Frittelli
- 9.45am/12.45am: Matt Wallace, Connor Syme
- 9.56am/12.56am: Rory McIlroy, Thriston Lawrence
- 10.07am/1.07am: Antoine Rozner, Angel Ayora
- 10.18am/1.18am: Marcus Armitage, David Puig
- 10.29am/1.29am: Nacho Elvira, Shane Lowry
10th Hole
- 8.00am/11.00pm: Frederic Lacroix, Dan Bradbury
- 8.11am/11.11pm: Joakim Lagergren, Junghwan Lee
- 8.22am/11.22pm: Daniel Gavins, Yuto Katsuragawa
- 8.33am/11.33am: Guido Migliozzi, Oliver Lindell
- 8.44/11.44am: Adrian Otaegui, Francesco Molinari
- 8.55/11.55am: Tommy Fleetwood, Tom McKibbin
- 9.06am/12.06am: Andy Sullivan, Padraig Harrington
- 9.17am/12.17am: Jacob Skov Olesen, Darius Van Driel
- 9.28am/12.28am: Angel Hidalgo, Matteo Manassero
- 9.39am/12.39am: Pablo Larrazabal, Rikuya Hoshino
- 9.50/12.50am: Alejandro Del Rey, Nicolai Hojgaard
- 10.01am/1.01am: Nicolai Von Dellingshausen, Niklas Norgaard
- 10.12am/1.12am: Ockie Strydom, Dyland Naidoo
- 10.23am/1.23am: Johannes Veerman, David Ravetto
