Commercial Bank Qatar Masters 2025: Field, betting, tee times, and how to watch

The Qatar Masters is the final stop in the Middle East on the DP World Tour's 'International Swing.'

Everything you need to know about the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters on the DP World Tour.

The 2025 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters marks the fourth event of the DP World Tour’s ‘International Swing’, stopping for a final time in the Middle East before returning in November for the DP World Tour playoffs.

The tournament boasts an impressive list of former champions including Sergio Garcia, Paul Lawrie, Adam Scott, Retief Goosen, Henrik Stenson, and Ernie Els. Last year Japan’s Rikuyo Hoshinoa added his name to that esteemed list with a one-shot victory for his first DPWT title.

Former Qatar Masters champions Eddie Pepperell, Ewen Ferguson, Jorge Campillo, and Antoine Rozner all line up for another shot at the title this year, along with recent DPWT winners Elvis Smylie, Laurie Canter, Dan Bradbury, Daniel Gavins, Marcel Siem, and Angel Hidalgo.

The full list of DP World Tour pros teeing it up can be found here.

Qatar Masters: Key details

Venue: Doha Golf Club, Qatar (Par 71 – 7,475 yards).

Format: 72-hole strokeplay with 36-hole cut.

Purse: $2.5 million with the winner receiving $425,000.

Points: Race to Dubai – 3,500 | Ryder Cup – 1,000

Defending champion: Rikuyo Hoshino (JPN), -14

Most wins: Adam Scott, Paul Lawrie, Branden Grace (2)

• Golf World Top 100 Courses in the Middle East and North Africa

How to watch the Qatar Masters

UK viewers can catch all the action on Sky Sports Golf.

All times GMT

Thursday, February 06: Sky Sports Golf, 09.00

Friday, February 07: Sky Sports Golf, 09.00

Saturday, February 08: Sky Sports Golf, 09.00

Sunday, February 09: Sky Sports Golf, 08.30

US viewers can catch all the action on Golf Channel.

All times EST

Thursday, February 06: The Golf Channel, 04.00

Friday, February 07: The Golf Channel, 04.00

Saturday, February 08: The Golf Channel, 04.30

Sunday, February 09: The Golf Channel, 03.30

Qatar Masters 2025: Tee Times

Tee times and groupings can be found here once available.

Qatar Masters Betting Tips

Our resident betting expert Tom Jacobs has picked out three names to watch in Qatar…

The Banker: Antoine Rozner

45/1 (Paddy Power 7 Places)

Antoine Rozner was flying high at the end of 2024, playing incredible golf on the DP World Tour and securing PGA Tour playing rights for 2025. It’s been a slow start for him in the US so far, but now back in familiar territory, the Frenchman should be able to pick up where he left off.

Rozner has won the Qatar Masters before, albeit at a different course, Education City, but he’s played well here as well, finishing 27th and 6th the past two years. He hasn’t been able to put four rounds together here just yet, but he does everything I want from a golf here in Doha and he’s rightfully at the top of the market.

While this isn’t a links course, it requires some of the same attributes from a golfer, and the honours list is filled with some of the best links exponents over the years. Open champions have a great record here, and while Rozner is some way from lifting a Claret Jug, he does have a top 20 in the major. Add to that 4th and 10th-place finishes at the Dunhill Links, and you do have a player who is comfortable in those sorts of conditions.

Form at the Earth Course is worthy of consideration as well, and Rozner has posted 3rd and 11th place finishes in strong fields there.

Rozner has already won twice in the Middle East and he can make it a hat-trick here in a field that lacks quality at the top.

The Outsider: Ivan Cantero

70/1 (Paddy Power 7 Places)

Ivan Cantero didn’t make my initial shortlist, but that’s because I was utterly convinced he would be an unbackable price. Instead, he’s opened up at 70/1 and now has to be backed on a course that could play into his hands.

Yes, history shows Cantero has played here twice and missed the cut both times, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. For starts, Cantero rocked up here in 2019 and opened up with a round of 69 to sit 10th after round 1. This was his first visit, and came in his debut season, one where he failed to struggled to make cuts full stop. He returned last year and missed the cut again, but it was with rounds of 73 and 72 – hardly disastrous.

Looking at his current form, Cantero has now finished inside the top 6 in three of his last seven cuts, including in back to back starts this past fortnight. Cantero got his year underway with a 31st at the Dubai Desert Classic, and has since finished 5th at the Ras Al Khaimah and 4th last week in Bahrain.

The Spaniard had too much to do over the weekend in Bahrain, after opening with a round of 73, but it’s a sign of a top quality player to bounce back and get in the mix after a slow start to the week. There’s no getting away from the fact that last week was a missed opportunity, after birdie looks at 15 and 16 passed him by, and he bogeyed his 72nd hole to miss the playoff by one, but ultimately it was Thursday’s round that put him on the back foot.

Cantero has led the field in SG: Off the Tee three times in his last seven starts, and has been 2nd and 5th on two other occasions in that category. He’s arguably the best driver of the ball in the field, alongside market leader, Laurie Canter, yet he’s way down the betting board. This looks like an opportunity.

The Long Shot: Pablo Larrazabal

80/1 (Paddy Power 7 Places)

We may have missed the boat on Pablo Larrazabal who was 200/1 last week and lost out to Laurie Canter in a playoff. I am willing to chance that this is not the case though, as the Spaniard is very capable of stringing together results as he has done throughout his career, and this is a course he loves.

Larrazabal has finished inside the top 5 twice here and boasts another four top 25 finishes, including 16th and 24th in his two most recent efforts. When 5th in 2022, he led after rounds 1 and 2 and that added to his 4th-place finish two years prior. Larrazabal has also been the first round leader here when finishing 13th, to suggest a strong affinity with the Doha layout.

For those that are worried about backing up a strong result with another, I will turn your attention to his two wins in 2022 that came a month apart, and two wins again in 2023, that also came within a month.

Sure, this is the following week, but when he won the MyLife Golf Open in 2022, he had finished 3rd at the Ras Al Khaimah the start before, and his ISPS Handa win that came three starts later was after finishing 5th at this very event. He is certainly a player that can back up a strong result with a win while the confidence is flowing.

In a field that is bereft of any depth and lacks a superstar at the top of the market, I think it might be wise to lean on a nine-time DP World Tour winner, who has won four times since March 2022, showing he’s still got what it takes.

Tom Jacobs is a betting expert who works for Oddschecker. He hosts a weekly podcast called Lost Fore Words reviewing and previewing the latest from the world of tour golf.