Two-time Race to Dubai winner Lee Westwood will be joined by Major champions Martin Kaymer and Danny Willett as a strong international field gathers at the inaugural Golf in Dubai Championship presented by DP World.
\nThe new event, to be played on the Fire Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates on December 2-5, forms part of a double-header with the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, where the latest European No1 will be crowned.
\nWestwood is aiming for more glory in the UAE\u00a0after securing his 25th European Tour title at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship earlier this season.
\nThe Englishman is currently fourth in the Race to Dubai Rankings, and a strong showing around the Fire Course could boost his chances of becoming European\u00a0No1 for a third time, following his triumphs in 2000 and 2009.
\nTwo-time Major winner and 2010 Race to Dubai champion Kaymer is aiming to continue the career renaissance he has enjoyed this season at the Dubai double-header.
\nThe German Ryder Cup star has form in the Emirates, with three wins in Abu Dhabi amongst his 11 European Tour titles.
\nBringing further star power to the Golf in Dubai Championship is 2016 Masters Tournament winner Danny Willett.
\nThe Englishman has previously enjoyed success here, winning the DP World Tour Championship in 2018 and the Dubai Desert Classic in 2016, just two months before he slipped on the Green Jacket at Augusta National.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s always a pleasure to play in Dubai so hats off to everyone involved in adding this new event to the schedule,\u201d said Willett. \u201cI\u2019ve won a couple of times in Dubai so I jumped at the opportunity of playing another tournament there. The facilities are world class and second to none.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re all very familiar with the Earth course as that hosts the DP World Tour Championship but the Fire course will bring a fresh challenge to us players and it\u2019s a challenge I\u2019m really looking forward to.\u201d
\nWestwood and Willett will be joined in the field by fellow Rolex Series winners including Aaron Rai of England, Austrian Bernd Wiesberger and Spain\u2019s Rafa Cabrera Bello, as well as a host of stars who are looking to add to previous wins in Dubai.
\nAustralian Lucas Herbert made his European Tour breakthrough at the Dubai Desert Classic this season and he\u2019ll tee it up at Jumeirah Golf Estates alongside 2018 winner Li Haotong of China and victorious 2018 Ryder Cup Captain Thomas Bj\u00f8rn, who famously beat then world No1 Tiger Woods to the same title in 2001.
\nThe field will also include a number of winners on the 2020 Race to Dubai, including rising Danish star Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard, American John Catlin and young Englishman Sam Horsfield \u2013 all of whom have two titles to their name this season \u2013 Spanish pair Jorge Campillo and Adrian Otaegui, Finland\u2019s Sami V\u00e4lim\u00e4ki, Italian Renato Paratore and 2019 Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the year Robert MacIntyre.
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Two-time Race to Dubai winner Lee Westwood will be joined by Major champions Martin Kaymer and Danny Willett as a strong international field gathers at the inaugural Golf in Dubai Championship presented by DP World.
\nThe new event, to be played on the Fire Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates on December 2-5, forms part of a double-header with the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, where the latest European No1 will be crowned.
\nWestwood is aiming for more glory in the UAE\u00a0after securing his 25th European Tour title at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship earlier this season.
\nThe Englishman is currently fourth in the Race to Dubai Rankings, and a strong showing around the Fire Course could boost his chances of becoming European\u00a0No1 for a third time, following his triumphs in 2000 and 2009.
\nTwo-time Major winner and 2010 Race to Dubai champion Kaymer is aiming to continue the career renaissance he has enjoyed this season at the Dubai double-header.
\nThe German Ryder Cup star has form in the Emirates, with three wins in Abu Dhabi amongst his 11 European Tour titles.
\nBringing further star power to the Golf in Dubai Championship is 2016 Masters Tournament winner Danny Willett.
\nThe Englishman has previously enjoyed success here, winning the DP World Tour Championship in 2018 and the Dubai Desert Classic in 2016, just two months before he slipped on the Green Jacket at Augusta National.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s always a pleasure to play in Dubai so hats off to everyone involved in adding this new event to the schedule,\u201d said Willett. \u201cI\u2019ve won a couple of times in Dubai so I jumped at the opportunity of playing another tournament there. The facilities are world class and second to none.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re all very familiar with the Earth course as that hosts the DP World Tour Championship but the Fire course will bring a fresh challenge to us players and it\u2019s a challenge I\u2019m really looking forward to.\u201d
\nWestwood and Willett will be joined in the field by fellow Rolex Series winners including Aaron Rai of England, Austrian Bernd Wiesberger and Spain\u2019s Rafa Cabrera Bello, as well as a host of stars who are looking to add to previous wins in Dubai.
\nAustralian Lucas Herbert made his European Tour breakthrough at the Dubai Desert Classic this season and he\u2019ll tee it up at Jumeirah Golf Estates alongside 2018 winner Li Haotong of China and victorious 2018 Ryder Cup Captain Thomas Bj\u00f8rn, who famously beat then world No1 Tiger Woods to the same title in 2001.
\nThe field will also include a number of winners on the 2020 Race to Dubai, including rising Danish star Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard, American John Catlin and young Englishman Sam Horsfield \u2013 all of whom have two titles to their name this season \u2013 Spanish pair Jorge Campillo and Adrian Otaegui, Finland\u2019s Sami V\u00e4lim\u00e4ki, Italian Renato Paratore and 2019 Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the year Robert MacIntyre.
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