Dubai Invitational Round Three Tee Times 2026

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry at the 2025 Dubai Invitational at DubaI Creek — (Image credit: Getty Images)

The first 36 holes of 2026 are in the books on the DP World Tour, and it's Shane Lowry and Nacho Elvira who lead the way after Rory McIlroy had a day to forget in round two at the Dubai Invitational.

Northern Irishman McIlroy - who will be hunting a fifth Dubai Desert Classic next week - took the first-round lead after posting a five-under 66 at Dubai Creek Golf Club thanks to seven birdies and a couple of bogeys on his opening nine.

McIlroy then incredibly hit the water four times on a blustery second day to drop to a tie for fifth, with playing partner Shane Lowry handling conditions far better to shoot 68 and grab a share of the lead.

Tommy Fleetwood holds the Dubai Invitational trophy — Fleetwood returns to defend his title after claiming a one stroke victory in 2024

So McIlroy will go out a few groups earlier than Lowry, at 9.56am local time, with the leading pair teeing off at 10.29 in the final group.

Matt Wallace is off in the penultimate group at the first tee alongside David Puig, who had a remarkable round on Friday containing two triple bogeys.

Jayden Schaper tees off at 9.12am at level par, hoping to make some early in-roads as he chases a slice of history.

As Schaper is looking to secure a third straight DP World Tour title, which would put him alongside Sir Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros as the only players in the circuit's history to do so.

Check out the third round tee times below.

Dubai Invitational Round Three Tee Times

1st Hole

7.55am/10:55pm: Martin Couvra, Calum Hill
8.06am/11.06pm: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Danny Willett
8.17am/11.17pm: Julien Guerrier, Ryan Fox
8.28am/11.28pm: Eugenio Chacarra, Paul Waring
8.39am/11.39pm: Thorbjorn Olesen, Jacques Kruyswijk
8.50am/11.50pm: Patrick Reed, Shaun Norris
9.01am/12.01am: Joost Luiten, Ryggs Johnston
9.12am/12.12am: Ewen Ferguson, Jayden Schaper
9.23am/12.23am: Grant Forret, Marcel Siem
9.34am/12.34am: Daniel Hillier, Dylan Frittelli
9.45am/12.45am: Matt Wallace, Connor Syme
9.56am/12.56am: Rory McIlroy, Thriston Lawrence
10.07am/1.07am: Antoine Rozner, Angel Ayora
10.18am/1.18am: Marcus Armitage, David Puig
10.29am/1.29am: Nacho Elvira, Shane Lowry

10th Hole

8.00am/11.00pm: Frederic Lacroix, Dan Bradbury
8.11am/11.11pm: Joakim Lagergren, Junghwan Lee
8.22am/11.22pm: Daniel Gavins, Yuto Katsuragawa
8.33am/11.33am: Guido Migliozzi, Oliver Lindell
8.44/11.44am: Adrian Otaegui, Francesco Molinari
8.55/11.55am: Tommy Fleetwood, Tom McKibbin
9.06am/12.06am: Andy Sullivan, Padraig Harrington
9.17am/12.17am: Jacob Skov Olesen, Darius Van Driel
9.28am/12.28am: Angel Hidalgo, Matteo Manassero
9.39am/12.39am: Pablo Larrazabal, Rikuya Hoshino
9.50/12.50am: Alejandro Del Rey, Nicolai Hojgaard
10.01am/1.01am: Nicolai Von Dellingshausen, Niklas Norgaard
10.12am/1.12am: Ockie Strydom, Dyland Naidoo
10.23am/1.23am: Johannes Veerman, David Ravetto

Matt joined Golf Monthly in February 2021 covering weekend news, before also transitioning to equipment and testing. After freelancing for Golf Monthly and The PGA for 18 months, he was offered a full-time position at the company in October 2022 and continues to cover news and social media.

Taking up the game when he was just seven years of age, Matt made it into his county squad just a year later and continues to play the game at a high standard, with a handicap of around 2-4. To date, his best round is a six-under-par 66 having been seven-under through nine.

Matt’s current What’s In The Bag?

Driver: Honma TW747, 8.75°

Fairway Wood: Ping G430 LST 15°, 19°

Irons: TaylorMade P7CB

Wedges: Cleveland 588 RTX 2.0 Tour Satin, 50°, 56°, 60°

Putter: Cleveland TFI 2135 Satin Cero

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

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