Dubai Desert Classic Tips
Most Popular Tip
Rory McIlroy
Win Tournament
| Selection | Win Tips | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • | Rory McIlroy | 7 / 10 | 70% |
| • | Tommy Fleetwood | 1 / 10 | 10% |
| • | Daniel Hillier | 1 / 10 | 10% |
| • | Other | 1 / 10 | 10% |
Best Tipster’s Tip
Rory McIlroy
Win Tournament
Won on Rory McIlroy @9.50 on Sunday
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The field is stacked (Hatton, Fleetwood, Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, etc.), but Rory’s Dubai comfort level plus winning pedigree here is hard to fade. If it turns into a birdie-fest, I trust him most to go low on the par 5s and close.
- Annual Profit
- 47
- Annual Strike Rate
- 37 %
- 30 Days Profit
- 67
- 7 Days Profit
- 67
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Win Tournament
Hide SelectionsRory McIlroy
7 / 10 Win Tips70%2 commentsWon on Rory McIlroy @9.50 on Sunday
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The field is stacked (Hatton, Fleetwood, Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, etc.), but Rory’s Dubai comfort level plus winning pedigree here is hard to fade. If it turns into a birdie-fest, I trust him most to go low on the par 5s and close.
- Annual Profit
- 47
- Annual Strike Rate
- 37 %
- 30 Days Profit
- 67
- 7 Days Profit
- 67
Tommy Fleetwood
1 / 10 Win Tips10%Tyrrell Hatton
0 / 10 Win Tips0%David Puig
0 / 10 Win Tips0%1 comment+230 profit on Golf in the last week
EW @
Puig came a solid T3 last week on a course that didn't really play to his strengths. Although he has never played this tournament before, this course should be right up his street. It's not the most challenging of courses, with wind probably the defence. Long drivers like Puig should thrive here. Combined with his solid putting and good current form, he should be challenging for the places at least.
- Annual Profit
- -234
- Annual Strike Rate
- 10 %
- 30 Days Profit
- 230
- 7 Days Profit
- 230
Viktor Hovland
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Shane Lowry
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Rasmus Neergaard Petersen
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Jayden Schaper
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Angel Ayora
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Joaquin Niemann
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Thorbjorn Olesen
0 / 10 Win Tips0%1 comment100% strike rate on Golf in the last 6 months
EW @
Had a good round last week in the Desert and shot a bogey-free round on Saturday (finished tied 7th overall). I think he can go well again for a top-5 placing or better. Although he is not the longest hitter, being accurate here is key, and the slopes on the greens??'he knows where to put them. No forlorn hope is ThunderBear this week.
- Annual Profit
- 14
- Annual Strike Rate
- 66 %
- 30 Days Profit
- 17
- 7 Days Profit
- 17
Daniel Hillier
1 / 10 Win Tips10%1 comment+898 profit on Golf in the last 3 months
WIN @
Daniel Hillier started off this year in good style with a second-place finish. He finished off 2025 with two fifths and a sixth-place finish. He could be the dark horse here.
- Annual Profit
- 5
- Annual Strike Rate
- 3 %
- 30 Days Profit
- -40
- 7 Days Profit
- -20
Nicolai Hojgaard
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Tom McKibbin
0 / 10 Win Tips0%1 commentEW @
The Northern Irishman was 38th last week in the Dubai Invitational, and I do think he will be better this week. He won the Hong Kong Open at the end of last year, and early last year he was sixth in this tournament. I do think Tom McKibbin is a good bet in this Classic.
- Annual Profit
- -335
- Annual Strike Rate
- 13 %
- 30 Days Profit
- -158
- 7 Days Profit
- -137
Ryan Fox
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Thomas Detry
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Patrick Reed
1 / 10 Win Tips10%1 commentEW @
2nd here, back in 2023, just one shot off heavy favourite Rory McIlroy when finishing eighteen under par. 10th in this last year after a gap, to take nine under. 3rd in the BMW back in September for his last good performance.
- Annual Profit
- -1577
- Annual Strike Rate
- 9 %
- 30 Days Profit
- -
- 7 Days Profit
- -
Laurie Canter
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Thriston Lawrence
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Antoine Rozner
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Eugenio Lopez Chacarra
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Victor Perez
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Wenyi Ding
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Niklas Norgaard
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Oliver Lindell
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Dustin Johnson
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Ewen Ferguson
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Joost Luiten
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Marcus Armitage
0 / 10 Win Tips0%1 comment+898 profit on Golf in the last 3 months
EW @
Marcus Armitage had a great start to the year, finishing in seventh place in Dubai. If he can carry that form forward, he could make the top five.
- Annual Profit
- 5
- Annual Strike Rate
- 3 %
- 30 Days Profit
- -40
- 7 Days Profit
- -20
Grant Forrest
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Julien Guerrier
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Elvis Smylie
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Nacho Elvira
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Alejandro Del Rey
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Andy Sullivan
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Bernd Wiesberger
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Brandon Stone
0 / 10 Win Tips0%1 commentEW @
Finished off last season pretty strong and I'm hoping he can start his year strong here. I don't see him quite beating McIlroy, but I'm hopeful for a placing.
- Annual Profit
- -78
- Annual Strike Rate
- 16 %
- 30 Days Profit
- -78
- 7 Days Profit
- -78
Casey Jarvis
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Christiaan Maas
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Dan Bradbury
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Jacob Skov Olesen
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Joakim Lagergren
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Mikael Lindberg
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Adrian Meronk
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Alex Fitzpatrick
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Calum Hill
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Francesco Laporta
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Hennie du Plessis
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Jorge Campillo
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Martin Couvra
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Tom Vaillant
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Marcel Schneider
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Matthew Jordan
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Dylan Frittelli
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Francesco Molinari
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Frederic Lacroix
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Guido Migliozzi
0 / 10 Win Tips0%J C Ritchie
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Jacques Kruyswijk
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Shaun Norris
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Ugo Coussaud
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Zander Lombard
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Andrew Johnston
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Ben Schmidt
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Brandon Robinson Thompson
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Connor Syme
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Kazuma Kobori
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Manuel Elvira
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Marcel Siem
0 / 10 Win Tips0%1 commentEW @
Big price here. Came 13th last week, so the man who hasn't had a title since 2024??'I'm hoping for a place from him.
- Annual Profit
- -78
- Annual Strike Rate
- 16 %
- 30 Days Profit
- -78
- 7 Days Profit
- -78
Matteo Manassero
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Rikuya Hoshino
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Romain Langasque
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Sam Bairstow
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Todd Clements
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Adrian Otaegui
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Andrea Pavan
0 / 10 Win Tips0%David Law
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Ethan Fang
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Jeff Winther
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Jeremy Paul
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Joel Girrbach
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Johannes Veerman
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Junghwan Lee
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Maximilian Steinlechner
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Michael Hollick
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Rafa Cabrera Bello
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Richard Sterne
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Scott Jamieson
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Kiradech Aphibarnrat
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Ricardo Gouveia
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Angel Hidalgo
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Danny Willett
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Eddie Pepperell
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Freddy Schott
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Jason Scrivener
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Nicolai von Dellingshausen
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Pablo Larrazabal
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Padraig Harrington
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Paul Waring
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Richie Ramsay
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Sean Crocker
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Sebastian Soderberg
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Yuto Katsuragawa
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Yuvraj Sandhu
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Ashun Wu
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Darius van Driel
0 / 10 Win Tips0%David Micheluzzi
0 / 10 Win Tips0%David Ravetto
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Ivan Cantero
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Jack Senior
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Jordan Gumberg
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Marcus Kinhult
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Niklas Lemke
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Renato Paratore
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Darren Fichardt
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Jens Dantorp
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Joe Dean
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Shubhankar Sharma
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Jeong Weon Ko
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Luke Donald
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Ross Fisher
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Ryggs Johnston
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Ahmad Skaik
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Daniel Gavins
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Dylan Naidoo
0 / 10 Win Tips0%Ockie Strydom
0 / 10 Win Tips0%
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Profits calculated to a 10 point stake.