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Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Preview 2025

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The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship has reached its 20th edition and is the first leg of the DP World Tour Playoffs

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The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship is in its 20th edition in 2025, having first been held in 2006 and won by American Chris DiMarco.

DiMarco is only one of two Americans to win the event, along with Rickie Fowler in 2016. Since then, Martin Kaymer has won it three times, and Tommy Fleetwood and Paul Casey have both won it twice.

It was held at Abu Dhabi Golf Resort until 2021, the year Tyrrell Hatton won this Rolex Series tournament for the first time. This is the fourth Rolex Series event of the calendar, with the fifth and final one being the DP World Tour Championship the week after.

The Hero Dubai Desert Classic was the first back in January, which Hatton won. Chris Gotterup won the Genesis Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club, then Alex Noren won the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship is the second-to-last event of the year and is the first leg of the DP World Tour Playoffs. Below are more details about the event and some answers to some questions in our Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Preview 2025.

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Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Preview

  • Dates: November 6-9, 2025
  • Course: Yas Links, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Par: 72
  • Length: 7,425 yards
  • Prize purse: $9 million
  • Defending champion: Paul Waring (-24)

Where is the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship?

The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship is being held at Yas Links this year. This has been the case since 2022. Before that, it was held at Abu Dhabi Golf Resort.

Who is playing in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship?

A whole host of top European stars are playing this week. Masters champion and Race to Dubai leader Rory McIlroy is playing, and so is three-time winner this season Marco Penge. Ryder Cup stars Tyrrell Hatton, Robert MacIntyre, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry, Ludvig Aberg and Rasmus Hojgaard are also in the field.

Patrick Reed, Tom McKibbin, Alex Noren, Dan Brown, Alex Fitzpatrick, Nicolai Hojgaard, Aaron Rai and Rafa Cabrera Bello are among the other big names playing.

Who won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 2024?

Paul Waring won this event in 2024. He shot a course record 61 in the second round, and eventually held off the likes of Tyrrell Hatton, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry to win his second DP World Tour title at the age of 39, and his first in over six years.

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How to qualify for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

This event is the first leg of the DP World Tour playoffs. There are two events in the playoffs, and this one comes first and features the top 70 available players in the Race to Dubai rankings at the conclusion of the Back 9 Events in the DP World Tour schedule. The last event of this part of the schedule is the Genesis Championship, which concludes on October 26.

In the field at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship are Rory McIlroy, Bob MacIntyre, Tyrrell Hatton and Matt Fitzpatrick.

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Matt Chivers
Matt Chivers

Matt has been playing golf since the age of 13 and was largely inspired to take up the game by countless family members who played golf during his childhood.

Matt is a member at Royal Cinque Ports in Deal playing off a 5 handicap, just a pitching wedge away from his hometown of Dover where he went to school and grew up. He has previously been a member at Etchinghill and Walmer and Kingsdown in Kent.

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