DP World Tour Championship: Day one order of play

Rory McIlroy will be partnered by Peter Hanson when he tees off last on the opening day of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

Rory McIlroy speaks to the press ahead of the DP World Tour Championship

England's Richard Finch will get the DP World Tour Championship under way when he tees off first at the Earth course in Dubai.

Finch will tee off solo at 7.52am on Thursday, ahead of the first pairing - Scotland's Scott Jamieson and Spain's Alejandro Caizares

Race to Dubai winner Rory McIlroy will partner Peter Hanson when he tees off last for the opening day of the competition, at 12.40pm.

The full order of play for day one of the DP World Tour Championship is:

1 07:52 Richard Finch (Eng)

2 08:00 Scott Jamieson (Sco), Alejandro Caizares (Esp)

3 08:10 David Drysdale (Sco), Lee Slattery (Eng)

4 08:20 Marc Warren (Sco), Peter Lawrie (Irl)

5 08:30 Romain Wattel (Fra), Michael Hoey (NIr)

6 08:40 Thomas Aiken (RSA), Victor Dubuisson (Fra)

7 08:50 Simon Dyson (Eng), Sergio Garcia (Esp)

8 09:00 Richard Sterne (RSA), Jbe Kruger (RSA)

9 09:10 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Joost Luiten (Ned)

10 09:20 Chris Wood (Eng), Sren Kjeldsen (Den)

11 09:35 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe), Raphal Jacquelin (Fra)

12 09:45 Padraig Harrington (Irl), Anders Hansen (Den)

13 09:55 Pablo Larrazbal (Esp), Stephen Gallacher (Sco)

14 10:05 Robert Rock (Eng), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha)

15 10:15 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Charl Schwartzel (RSA)

16 10:25 Miguel Angel Jiménez (Esp), Martin Kaymer (Ger)

17 10:35 Richie Ramsay (Sco), Gonzalo Fdez-Castao (Esp)

18 10:45 Marcus Fraser (Aus), Shane Lowry (Irl)

19 10:55 Danny Willett (Eng), Alexander Noren (Swe)

20 11:05 George Coetzee (RSA), Jamie Donaldson (Wal)

21 11:20 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (Esp)

22 11:30 David Lynn (Eng), Thorbjrn Olesen (Den)

23 11:40 Marcel Siem (Ger), Matteo Manassero (Ita)

24 11:50 Lee Westwood (Eng), Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel)

25 12:00 Paul Lawrie (Sco), Graeme McDowell (NIr)

26 12:10 Luke Donald (Eng), Francesco Molinari (Ita)

27 12:20 Branden Grace (RSA), Ian Poulter (Eng)

28 12:30 Louis Oosthuizen (RSA), Justin Rose (Eng)

29 12:40 Peter Hanson (Swe), Rory Mcilroy (NIr)

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