{"id":392630,"date":"2026-01-05T07:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/392630\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:16:13","slug":"dp-world-tour-2026-middle-east-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/392630\/","title":{"rendered":"DP World Tour 2026 Middle East Swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DP World Tour begins its annual Middle East Swing this month with four consecutive events in the region, starting with the second edition of the Dubai Invitational at Dubai Creek Resort, where headline names of Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy are already confirmed for what is hoped to be another duel around the Creek.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109062\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hero-Dubai-Desert-Classic-Getty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"Hero-Dubai-Desert-Classic---Getty-Images\" width=\"740\" height=\"500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-109062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hero Dubai Desert Classic \u2013 Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>After the opener in Dubai, the Tour makes the short trip down the coast to Emirates Golf Club for the 37th Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Tyrrell Hatton returns as defending champion, while McIlroy will be aiming for a record fifth Dallah Trophy when the Rolex Series event begins on 22 January.<\/p>\n<p>The run continues with the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship on 29 January at Royal Golf Club, before wrapping up with the Qatar Masters at Doha Golf Club starting 5 February.<\/p>\n<p>See below the full schedule of events and prize money<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74188\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Tommy-Fleetwood-2024-Dubai-Invitational-Winner-Getty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Fleetwood - 2024 Dubai Invitational Winner - Getty Images\" width=\"740\" height=\"500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-74188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tommy Fleetwood \u2013 2024 Dubai Invitational Winner \u2013 Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>1) Dubai Invitational<br \/>Dubai Creek Resort | Dubai, UAE<br \/>Jan 15-18<br \/>Prize Fund: USD$2.75 Million<br \/>Past Winner: Tommy Fleetwood<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110279\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Tyrrell-Hatton-Richard-Heathcote-GettyImages-2194719197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-110279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyrrell Hatton \u2013 2025 Hero Dubai Desert Classic Winner \u2013 Richard Heathcote \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>2) Hero Dubai Desert Classic<br \/>Emirates Golf Club | Dubai, UAE<br \/>Jan 22-25<br \/>Prize Fund: USD$9 Million (Rolex Series)<br \/>Past Winner: Tyrrell Hatton<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91755\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Laurie-Canter-2025-Bapco-Energies-Bahrain-Championship-Getty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"Laurie Canter - 2025 Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship - Getty Images\" width=\"740\" height=\"500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-91755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laurie Canter \u2013 2025 Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship Winner \u2013 Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>3) Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship<br \/>Royal Golf Club | Kingdom of Bahrain, Bahrain<br \/>Jan 29 \u2013 Feb 01<br \/>Prize Fund: USD$2.75 Million<br \/>Past Winner: Laurie Canter<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92195\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Haotong-Li-Commercial-Bank-Qatar-Masters-025-KARIM-JAAFAR.jpg\" alt=\"Haotong Li - Commercial Bank Qatar Masters 025 - KARIM JAAFAR\" width=\"740\" height=\"500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-92195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Haotong Li \u2013 2025 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Winner \u2013 KARIM JAAFAR<\/p>\n<p>4) Qatar Masters<br \/>Doha Golf Club | Doha, Qatar<br \/>Feb 05-08<br \/>Prize Fund: USD$2.75 Million<br \/>Past Winner: Haotong Li<\/p>\n<p>Follow Golf Digest Middle East on social media<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/golfdigestme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GolfDigestME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">X<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GolfDigestME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GolfDigestME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main Image: Adobe Stock<\/p>\n<p>\nSubsribe to Golf Digest Middle East Newsletter\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The DP World Tour begins its annual Middle East Swing this month with four consecutive events in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,210043,210044,755,101592,210045,85],"class_list":["post-392630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dp-world-tour-middle-east-swing-2026","tag-european-tour-golf-middle-east-events","tag-golf","tag-golf-digest-middle-east","tag-golf-in-dubai-dp-world-tour","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}