• The inaugural Pro-Am will also feature 60 DP World Tour professionals, including Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Tommy Fleetwood, Ryan Fox, and Nicolai Højgaard
  • The event will see a 72-hole strokeplay DP World Tour tournament played concurrently with a three-day team Pro-Am, with Sunday featuring professionals only

Dubai, UAE – NFL legends John Elway and Larry Fitzgerald will be joined by football star Dwight Yorke as part of a 60-strong amateur field teeing off tomorrow at the inaugural Dubai Invitational.

Playing alongside the amateurs will be 60 DP World Tour professionals, including World Number Two Rory McIlroy, European Ryder Cup Captain Luke Donald, World Number 15 Tommy Fleetwood, four-time DP World Tour winner Ryan Fox, and DP World Tour Championship 2023 winner Nicolai Højgaard.

Taking place from January 11-14, 2024 at Dubai Creek Resort, the Dubai Invitational will see a 72-hole strokeplay DP World Tour tournament played concurrently with a three-day team Pro-Am, with Sunday featuring professionals only. Fans can still register for free General Admission tickets here.

Elway is widely regarded as one of the best quarterbacks of all time while Fitzgerald, who spent 17 seasons with the Arizona Cardinals, is one of the greatest wide receivers to ever play the game. Yorke, who enjoyed a 19-year professional football career, won the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League with Manchester United.

Tom Phillips, Head of Middle East for the DP World Tour, said: “We can’t wait to welcome all the professionals, amateurs, and thousands of fans from around the world to Dubai Creek Resort this week. It’s always exciting to launch a new event on the DP World Tour calendar and Dubai, with its stunning courses, superb weather, and passionate golf fans, is the perfect place to do so.”

The Dubai Invitational will not only showcase world-class golf but also offer spectators a range of exciting activities and experiences to enjoy, including golf activations, family entertainment and F&B offerings.

Graham Glynn, Championship Director, Dubai Invitational and DP World Tour, added: “It has been a pleasure to work with all our partners, sponsors and the superb team here at Dubai Creek Resort to deliver a world-class course and venue for the inaugural Dubai Invitational. We’re looking forward to the tournament beginning tomorrow and delivering a historic event for everyone to enjoy.”

The Dubai Invitational will see 3,000 Race to Dubai points on offer to the professional field, with players competing for a $2.5 million prize fund and the winner earning $425,000.

The team Pro-Am competition will be played in teams of one amateur and one professional, with the team score the aggregate of the lower of the two team members score on each hole over three rounds. For the third round, the leading amateur in the team competition will be paired with the leading professional of the individual professional competition and so on.

The first event on the International Swing on the DP World Tour's new 2024 schedule, the Dubai Invitational will be played in 2024, 2026 and 2028. Fans can attend for free by registering for General Admission tickets here.

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About the DP World Tour

The DP World Tour is the main men’s professional golf Tour of the European Tour group.

Our 2024 global schedule features a minimum of 44 tournaments in 24 different countries across three distinct phases of the season: five ‘Global Swings’ from November 2023 to August 2024; the ‘Back 9’ from September 2024 to October 2024; and the ‘DP World Tour Play-Offs’, comprising two consecutive Rolex Series events in November 2024.

Overall, the 2024 season features five Rolex Series events – the premium category of events on the DP World Tour – and four Major Championships, all of which count towards the Race to Dubai Rankings in partnership with Rolex, the Tour’s season-long competition which concludes at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.

DP World, the leading provider of global smart end-to-end supply chain and logistics solutions, has been the title partner of the DP World Tour since the start of the 2022 season, the Tour’s 50th season following its formation in 1972.

About the European Tour group

The European Tour group is the overarching corporate brand which administers: the DP World Tour, the Challenge Tour, the Legends Tour and the G4D Tour and, along with the PGA of America, is the Managing Partner of golf’s greatest team contest, the Ryder Cup.
 
Established in 1972, the European Tour group is committed to ‘Driving Golf Further’ through our guiding principles of being innovative, inclusive and global.

Innovative: We are driving innovation in golf through the creation of award-winning content, pioneering tournament formats and the use of the latest technology and inventive fan engagement. We are committed to attracting new audiences whilst respecting the tradition of our sport.

Inclusive: We are committed to include all who share a love for the game of golf. We are passionate about a closer collaboration with the women’s game, golf for the disabled and promoting the many physical and mental health benefits of playing golf.  

Global: Since 1972, players from 38 different countries have won tournaments on our main Tour, while our live broadcast reaches more than 490 million homes in more than 150 countries every week, generating in excess of 2,200 global broadcast hours for each event. We also enjoy the support of many of the world’s leading business brands with DP World, Rolex, BMW, Emirates, Fortinet and Hilton as Official Partners.

The European Tour group has Strategic Alliances with the PGA TOUR, the Sunshine Tour and Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia. Those Strategic Alliances, combined with partnerships with the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO), the Korea Professional Golfers’ Association (KPGA), and the TATA Steel Professional Golf Tour of India, provide global pathways for players from across the world to compete internationally on the DP World Tour, the main men’s professional golf Tour of the European Tour group.

We ensure we have a positive long-term impact on the courses, countries and the communities we visit through ‘Golf for Good’, the umbrella name for the European Tour group’s commitment to ‘Driving Golf Further’ in an environmentally and socially sustainable way.