DP World Tour Championship 2024: Opening Round Pairings and Tee Times
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Rory McIlroy tees off last alongside Thriston Lawrence in the opening round of the DP World Tour Championship
The 2024 DP World Tour season draws to a close this weekend at the DP World Tour Championship. The top 50 golfers from the Race to Dubai rankings are teeing it up for the chance to win a share of the $10m purse available this week.
The players are heading out in pairs from day one. The players have been paired based on their Race to Dubai rankings and depending on where they are in the rankings, this has influenced their starting time.
As the No.1 ranked player in the R2D rankings, Rory McIlroy, is teeing off in the final pairing (12:45 local time) alongside South African, Thriston Lawrence, who’s the only golfer in the field who can mathematically prevent the Northern Irishman from claiming his sixth Race to Dubai title.
Of the early starters, it’s likely that LIV Golf stars, Adrian Meronk (09:10 local time) and Joaquin Niemann (10:05 local time) will draw the crowds before the higher-ranked golfers begin their rounds.
Only one previous champion of this event lines up this week and that’s Rory McIlroy. In the group ahead of McIlroy (12:35 local time) is Rasmus Høgaard, not to be mistaken for last year’s winner, his brother Nicolai. He plays alongside Billy Horschel.
Teeing off in front of Horschel and Høgaard is an all-English pairing consisting of LIV golfer and last week’s runner-up, Tyrrell Hatton, and the Abu Dhabi HSBC champion who took home a huge share of the $9m purse, Paul Waring.
| Time (local) | Time (GMT) | Player 1 | Player 2 |
| 08:30 | 04:30 | LAPORTA, Francesco | SYME, Connor |
| 08:40 | 04:40 | RAVETTO, David | COCKERILL, Aaron |
| 08:50 | 04:50 | SULLIVAN, Andy | NAKAJIMA, Keita |
| 09:00 | 05:00 | PAUL, Yannik | VAN DRIEL, Darius |
| 09:10 | 05:10 | LEE, Min Woo | MERONK, Adrian |
| 09:20 | 05:20 | VEERMAN, Johannes | BROWN, Daniel |
| 09:30 | 05:30 | BAIRSTOW, Sam | FITZPATRICK, Alex |
| 09:45 | 05:45 | JORDAN, Matthew | OTAEGUI, Adrian |
| 09:55 | 05:55 | ELVIRA, Nacho | DEAN, Joe |
| 10:05 | 06:05 | NIEMANN, Joaquin | FERGUSON, Ewen |
| 10:15 | 06:15 | COUSSAUD, Ugo | ROSE, Justin |
| 10:25 | 06:25 | LOWRY, Shane | LACROIX, Frederic |
| 10:35 | 06:35 | BRADBURY, Dan | CAMPILLO, Jorge |
| 10:50 | 06:50 | CANTER, Laurie | HIDALGO, Angel |
| 11:00 | 07:00 | ROZNER, Antoine | GUERRIER, Julien |
| 11:10 | 07:10 | LANGASQUE, Romain | MIGLIOZZI, Guido |
| 11:20 | 07:20 | MCKIBBIN, Tom | SMITH, Jordan |
| 11:30 | 07:30 | SCOTT, Adam | SÖDERBERG, Sebastian |
| 11:40 | 07:40 | WALLACE, Matt | HOSHINO, Rikuya |
| 11:55 | 07:55 | OLESEN, Thorbjørn | SVENSSON, Jesper |
| 12:05 | 08:05 | MANASSERO, Matteo | MACINTYRE, Robert |
| 12:15 | 08:15 | NORGAARD, Niklas | FLEETWOOD, Tommy |
| 12:25 | 08:25 | HATTON, Tyrrell | WARING, Paul |
| 12:35 | 08:35 | HORSCHEL, Billy | HØJGAARD, Rasmus |
| 12:45 | 08:45 | LAWRENCE, Thriston | McIlroy, Rory |
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DP World Tour Championship 2024 Tee Times
