How Much Tyrrell Hatton Won At The Dubai Desert Classic
Tyrrell Hatton saw off a bumper field by one stroke and claimed over $1.5 million at the DP World Tour’s first Rolex Series event of 2025

The DP World Tour returned from its early-season break with one of its biggest tournaments of the year - the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. As well as being one of five Rolex Series events, it also had the honor of kickstarting the International Swing section of the Global Swing phase.
There have been a significant number of high-profile winners since the event was introduced in 1989, from Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy to Seve Ballesteros and Bryson DeChambeau, and once again big names were scattered throughout the 2025 field.
In the end, it was another of the world's best players who claimed the title, as LIV Golf's Tyrrell Hatton held off Daniel Hillier by one shot to lift the trophy for the eighth DP World Tour win of his career.
That will have been the perfect preparation ahead of the fourth LIV Golf season, which begins in less than three weeks. While the big-money circuit offers $4m to the winner of each of its regular events, Hatton didn't quite claim that amount for his efforts in Dubai, although he did still bank a handsome €1,486,699.47 (approx. $1,528,000).
While Hillier will have been disappointed to miss out on a second DP World Tour title, the 2023 Betfred British Masters champion still has the sizeable consolation of €961,982.01 (approx. $990,000).
Rory McIlroy finished T4
Before the tournament, much of the anticipation centered around Rory McIlroy, who was looking for his fifth title at the tournament. He battled hard to drag himself into contention in the final round, but eventually had to settle for T4 and prize money of €404,032.44 (approx. $415,000).
Below is what each player won at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic.
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Dubai Desert Classic Prize Money Breakdown
Position | Player | Prize Money |
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1st | Tyrrell Hatton | €1,486,699.47 |
2nd | Daniel Hillier | €961,982.01 |
3rd | Laurie Canter | €550,953.33 |
T4 | Rory McIlroy | €404,032.44 |
T4 | Niklas Norgaard | €404,032.44 |
T6 | Tom McKibbin | €284,221.96 |
T6 | Shaun Norris | €284,221.96 |
T8 | David Micheluzzi | €207,263.40 |
T8 | Guido Migliozzi | €207,263.40 |
T10 | Ryan Fox | €156,759.34 |
T10 | Dylan Frittelli | €156,759.34 |
T10 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | €156,759.34 |
T10 | Patrick Reed | €156,759.34 |
T14 | Ricardo Gouveia | €131,179.36 |
T14 | Rasmus Hojgaard | €131,179.36 |
16th | Ewen Ferguson | €123,308.60 |
T17 | Jordan Gumberg | €111,065.20 |
T17 | Calum Hill | €111,065.20 |
T17 | Min Woo Lee | €111,065.20 |
T17 | Robert MacIntyre | €111,065.20 |
T21 | Tommy Fleetwood | €94,886.41 |
T21 | Julien Guerrier | €94,886.41 |
T21 | Jacques Kruyswijk | €94,886.41 |
T21 | Keita Nakajima | €94,886.41 |
T21 | Jayden Schaper | €94,886.41 |
T21 | Jason Scrivener | €94,886.41 |
T27 | Alexander Bjork | €81,768.47 |
T27 | Matthew Jordan | €81,768.47 |
T27 | Juist Luiten | €81,768.47 |
T27 | Connor Syme | €81,768.47 |
T31 | Marcus Armitage | €68,650.53 |
T31 | Ivan Cantero | €68,650.53 |
T31 | Francesco Laporta | €68,650.53 |
T31 | Mike Lorenzo-Vera | €68,650.53 |
T31 | Thorbjorn Olesen | €68,650.53 |
T31 | Sebastian Soderberg | €68,650.53 |
T37 | Akshay Bhatia | €55,095.33 |
T37 | Todd Clements | €55,095.33 |
T37 | Joel Girrbach | €55,095.33 |
T37 | Casey Jarvis | €55,095.33 |
T37 | Alexander Knappe | €55,095.33 |
T37 | Adam Scott | €55,095.33 |
T37 | Preston Summerhays (AM) | N/A |
T37 | Johannes Veerman | €55,095.33 |
T45 | Maximilian Kieffer | €42,851.93 |
T45 | Romain Langasque | €42,851.93 |
T45 | Richie Ramsay | €42,851.93 |
T45 | David Ravetto | €42,851.93 |
T45 | Matt Wallace | €42,851.93 |
T45 | Bernd Wiesberger | €42,851.93 |
T45 | Robin Williams | €42,851.93 |
T52 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | €31,920.31 |
T52 | Dan Bradbury | €31,920.31 |
T52 | Louis De Jager | €31,920.31 |
T52 | Li Haotong | €31,920.31 |
T52 | Marcel Schneider | €31,920.31 |
T52 | Tom Vaillant | €31,920.31 |
T58 | Nacho Elvira | €25,361.34 |
T58 | Alfredo Garcia-Heredio | €25,361.34 |
T58 | Richard Mansell | €25,361.34 |
T58 | Adrian Otaegui | €25,361.34 |
T58 | Marcel Siem | €25,361.34 |
T58 | Elvis Smylie | €25,361.34 |
T58 | Andy Sullivan | €25,361.34 |
T65 | Jens Dantorp | €20,988.70 |
T65 | Nicolai Hojgaard | €20,988.70 |
T65 | Jordan Smith | €20,988.70 |
T68 | Adam Bresnu (AM) | N/A |
T68 | Joe Dean | €18,365.11 |
T68 | Angel Hidalgo | €18,365.11 |
T68 | Jeong weon Ko | €18,365.11 |
T72 | Nicolas Colsaert | €16,616.05 |
T72 | David Ford (AM) | N/A |
T74 | Ugo Coussaud | €13,114.94 |
T74 | Jannik De Bruyn | €13,114.94 |
T74 | Daniel Gavins | €13,114.94 |
T77 | Sam Bairstow | €13,107.44 |
T77 | Fabrizio Zanotti | €13,107.44 |
79th | Grant Forrest | €13,102.94 |
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