Set your watch for the first Rolex Series event of the year after the first and second round tee times were announced for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Abu Dhabi is 9 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time, so you’ll have to be up late (or early depending on how you look at it) to catch these guys in action over the first 2 days.
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Groups To Watch
Group 13: Lee Westwood, Rory McIlroy, Tyrell Hatton
Quick quiz question: which of these 3 is yet to win the coveted title in Abu Dhabi? Surprisingly, despite threatening to win on a number of occasions, Rory McIlroy is the odd one out here when it comes to winners.
With Hatton winning this event last year and Westwood winning in 2020, could Rory follow up his playing partners with a win this week?
This group is out for their first round at 22:30 (EST) on Wednesday and their second round at 02:55 (EST) on Friday.
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Group 24: Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood
Another triumvirate packed full of talent, Tommy Fleetwood won this tournament back to back in 2017 and 2018. With Collin Morikawa fresh off his DP World Tour Championship and Race to Dubai in November, and Viktor Hovland winning the World Wide Technology Championship in the same month, any one of these three could contend this week.
Follow this group’s first round from 02:55 (EST) early on Thursday, and their second round from late on Thursday at 22:30 (EST).
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First Round Tee Times (times in EST)
Teeing off on the 1st hole
22:20 — Sean Crocker, Victor Perez, Edoardo Molinari
22:30 — Daniel Gavins, Masahiro Kawamura, Alexander Levy
22:40 — Thorbjørn Olesen, Daniel Van Tonder, Antoine Rozne
22:50 — Matthew Southgate, Connor Syme, Marc Warren
23:00 — Dale Whitnell, Scott Hend, Scott Jamieson
23:10 — Justin Harding, Ashun Wu, Sami Välimäki
23:20 — Shubhankar Sharma, Jack Singh Brar, Wade Ormsby
23:30 — James Morrison, Mikko Korhonen, Thomas Detry
23:40 — Steven Brown, Ricardo Gouveia, Tapio Pulkkanen
23:50 — Chris Wood, Adrian Meronk, Ahmed Al Musharrekh
00:00 — Matthew Jordan, Richard Sterne, Julien Brun
02:45 — Takumi Kanaya, Garrick Higgo, Thomas Pieters
02:55 — Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood
03:05 — Ian Poulter, Shane Lowry, Rasmus Højgaard
03:15 — Henrik Stenson, Danny Willett, Padraig Harrington
03:25 — Erik Van Rooyen, Andy Sullivan, Jeff Winther
03:35 — Colin Montgomerie, Adri Arnaus, Grant Forrest
03:45 — Richie Ramsay, Brandon Stone, Dean Burmester
03:55 — Rikard Karlberg, Jazz Janewattananond, John Catlin
04:05 — Ahmad Skaik, Kalle Samooja, Ross Fisher
04:15 — Jonathan Caldwell, Jorge Campillo, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia
04:25 — Adrian Otaegui, Haotong Li, Oliver Bekker
Teeing off on the 10th hole
22:20 — Rafa Cabrera Bello, Alexander Björk, Richard Bland
22:30 — Lee Westwood, Rory McIlroy, Tyrell Hatton
22:40 — Adam Scott, Bernd Wiesberger, Nicolai Højgaard
22:50 — Guido Migliozzi, Min Woo Lee, Robert MacIntyre
23:00 — Joachim B. Hansen, Matt Wallace, Thristan Lawrence
23:10 — Pablo Larrazabal, Robert Rock, Jamie Donaldson
23:20 — Thomas Bjørn, Charl Scwartzel, Laurie Canter
23:30 — Nicolas Colsaerts, Marcus Helligkilde, Sam Horsfield
23:40 — Callum Shinkwin, Ryan Fox, Søren Kjeldsen
23:50 — Victor Dubuisson, Josh Hill, David Drysdale
00:00 — Justin Walters, Thongchai Jaidee, Chris Paisley
02:45 — David Law, Joost Luiten, Maverick Antcliff
02:55 — Paul Waring, Jason Scrivener, Andrea Pavan
03:05 — Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Romain Langasque, David Horsey
03:15 — Marcus Armitagae, Matthias Schwab, Fabrizio Zanotti
03:25 — Frederic Lacroix, Santiago Tarrio, George Coetzee
03:35 — Wil Besseling, Matti Schmid, Kristoffer Broberg
03:45 — Nino Bertasio, Alejandro Canizares, Darren Fichardt
03:55 — Francesco Laporta, Matthieu Pavon, Maximilian Kieffer
04:05 — Marcus Kinhult, Joakim Lagergren, Julien Guerrier
04:15 — Sebastian Soderberg, Stephen Gallacher, Lukas Nemecz
04:25 — Ewen Ferguson, Nacho Elvira, Jordan Smith
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Second Round Tee Times (times in EST)
Teeing off on the 1st hole
22:20 — David Law, Joost Luiten, Maverick Antcliff
22:30 — Paul Waring, Jason Scrivener, Andrea Pavan
22:40 — Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Romain Langasque, David Horsey
22:50 — Marcus Armitagae, Matthias Schwab, Fabrizio Zanotti
23:00 — Frederic Lacroix, Santiago Tarrio, George Coetzee
23:10 — Wil Besseling, Matti Schmid, Kristoffer Broberg
23:20 — Nino Bertasio, Alejandro Cañizares, Darren Fichardt
23:30 — Francesco Laporta, Matthieu Pavon, Maximilian Kieffer
23:40 — Marcus Kinhult, Joakim Lagergren, Julien Guerrier
23:50 — Sebastian Soderberg, Stephen Gallacher, Lukas Nemecz
00:00 — Ewen Ferguson, Nacho Elvira, Jordan Smith
02:45 — Rafa Cabrera Bello, Alexander Björk, Richard Bland
02:55 — Lee Westwood, Rory McIlroy, Tyrell Hatton
03:05 — Adam Scott, Bernd Wiesberger, Nicolai Højgaard
03:15 — Guido Migliozzi, Min Woo Lee, Robert MacIntyre
03:25 — Joachim B. Hansen, Matt Wallace, Thristan Lawrence
03:35 — Pablo Larrazabal, Robert Rock, Jamie Donaldson
03:45 — Thomas Bjørn, Charl Scwartzel, Laurie Canter
03:55 — Nicolas Colsaerts, Marcus Helligkilde, Sam Horsfield
04:05 — Callum Shinkwin, Ryan Fox, Søren Kjeldsen
04:15 — Victor Dubuisson, Josh Hill, David Drysdale
04:25 — Justin Walters, Thongchai Jaidee, Chris Paisley
Teeing off on the 10th hole
22:20 — Takumi Kanaya, Garrick Higgo, Thomas Pieters
22:30 — Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood
22:40 — Ian Poulter, Shane Lowry, Rasmus Højgaard
22:50 — Henrik Stenson, Danny Willett, Padraig Harrington
23:00 — Erik Van Rooyen, Andy Sullivan, Jeff Winther
23:10 — Colin Montgomerie, Adri Arnaus, Grant Forrest
23:20 — Richie Ramsay, Brandon Stone, Dean Burmester
23:30 — Rikard Karlberg, Jazz Janewattananond, John Catlin
23:40 — Ahmad Skaik, Kalle Samooja, Ross Fisher
23:50 — Jonathan Caldwell, Jorge Campillo, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia
00:00 — Adrian Otaegui, Haotong Li, Oliver Bekker
02:45 — Sean Crocker, Victor Perez, Edoardo Molinari
02:55 — Daniel Gavins, Masahiro Kawamura, Alexander Levy
03:05 — Thorbjørn Olesen, Daniel Van Tonder, Antoine Rozner
03:15 — Matthew Southgate, Connor Syme, Marc Warren
03:25 — Dale Whitnell, Scott Hend, Scott Jamieson
03:35 — Justin Harding, Ashun Wu, Sami Välimäki
03:45 — Shubhankar Sharma, Jack Singh Brar, Wade Ormsby
03:55 — James Morrison, Mikko Korhonen, Thomas Detry
04:05 — Steven Brown, Ricardo Gouveia, Tapio Pulkkanen
04:15 — Chris Wood, Adrian Meronk, Ahmed Al Musharrekh
04:25 — Matthew Jordan, Richard Sterne, Julien Brun
Who do you think takes the win this weekend?
Let us know in the comments!
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