DP World Tour Championship pairings and tee times (UAE) — Round 1

Defending champion Rory McIlroy will tee off at 12.30pm with Alex Noren. Andrew Redington / Getty Images

The pairings and tee times for Thursday’s first round of the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates. All times UAE.

1. 7.40am: Felipe Aguilar, Raphael Jacquelin

2. 7.50am: Renato Paratore, Mikko Ilonen

3. 8am: Romain Wattel, Jaco Van Zyl

4. 8.10am: Matthew Southgate, Kiradech Aphibarnrat

5. 8.20am: Ricardo Gouveia, Padraig Harrington

6. 8.30am: George Coetzee, Pablo Larrazabal

7. 8.40am: Marcus Fraser, Brandon Stone

8. 8.50am: Victor Dubuisson, David Lipsky

9. 9am: Jorge Campillo, Julien Quesne

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10. 9.10am: Tommy Fleetwood, Nacho Elvira

11. 9.25am: Joakim Lagergren, Soomin Lee

12. 9.35am: Nicolas Colsaerts, Alejandro Canizares

13. 9.45am: Richard Sterne, Byeong Hun An

14. 9.55am: Charl Schwartzel, Gregory Bourdy

15. 10.55am: Rikard Karlberg, Alexander Levy

16. 10.15am: Shane Lowry, David Horsey

17. 10.25am: Bradley Dredge, Matthew Fitzpatrick

18. 10.35am: Richard Bland, Scott Hend

19. 10.45am: Francesco Molinary, Andrew Johnston

20. 10.55am: Thomas Pieters, Soren Kjeldsen

21. 11.10am: Sergio Garcia, Haotong Li

22. 11.20am: Thongchai Jaidee, Ross Fisher

23. 11.30am: Joost Luiten, Jeunghun Wang

24. 11.40am: Martin Kaymer, Andy Sullivan

25. 11.50am: Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger

26. 12pm: Thorbjorn Olesen, Chris Wood

27. 12.10pm: Louis Oosthuizen, Rafa Cabrera Bello

28. 12.20pm: Branden Grace, Tyrrell Hatton

29. 12.30pm: Rory McIlroy, Alex Noren

30. 12.40pm: Danny Willett, Henrik Stenson

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