It's official. Rory McIlroy will play in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, scheduled for November 7-10, 2024, at Yas Links. The tournament has a prize pool of $9 million and is the start of the DP World Tour Play-offs in the United Arab Emirates, which will be held next week at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai for the traditional DP World Tour Championship (also with a prize pool of $9 million).
We won’t see the Northern Irishman in action again until the Scottish Open (July 11-14), where he will return to the course for the first time since the Belgian Thomas Pieters won in January 2022, just weeks before he decided to join LIV Golf.
McIlroy's official participation in the last two events of the season also confirms that his goal is to win the first place in this event for the sixth time after 2012, 2014, 2015, 2022 and 2023.
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We remind you that the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, whose champion was none other than the Frenchman Victor Perez, was moved this year from the end of January to the beginning of November.
The tournament will bring together the top 70 players from the Race to Dubai following the conclusion of the ‘Back 9’ tournament, with the top 50 then qualifying for the finals scheduled for November 14 to 17. “It’s no secret, but I love playing golf in the Middle East and having the opportunity to play these two consecutive tournaments will be a great way to end the season,” said the current world number one.
2. I would love to lift the trophy in Abu Dhabi and have the chance to top the Race to Dubai standings again”. Rory uses a cross grip on all his shots. He has worked with several professional golfers since he was a kid, including Darren Clarke, Nick Faldo and Graeme McDowell.
The latter often conducts field tests with Rory on tour. Rory's putting coach is former PGA Tour player and current putting coach Dave Stockton. He originally studied with Englishman Andrew “Chubby” Chandler, who was a European Tour player and founded International Sports Management (ISM).
McIlroy left ISM in 2011 to join Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management. Michael Bannon began working with Rory in October 2012.
