The first couple of days of the 2025 Hero Dubai Desert Classic saw some shocking events. Fans were hoping to watch Rory McIlroy find his rhythm but he failed to make a major impact. However, one star that did rise on the occasion was Tyrrell Hatton. The Englishman scored 7-under par 65 in the 2nd round to move up to the 3rd spot on the leaderboard. Ewen Ferguson and Daniel Hillier also managed to score 65, raising them to the first and second spots respectively.
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But there were some big names who didn’t make the cut for the weekend rounds. Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, and Adrian Meronk exited the tournament in round 2 as they fell below the cutline. Having said that, let’s find out when will those who qualified tee off.
According to the official website of the European Tour, the 2025 Hero Dubai Desert Classic round 3 will kick off on January 17, 2025; at 10:05 PM (EST). Every group will begin the round at 10 or 15-minute intervals of the previous one.
2025 Hero Dubai Desert Classic round 3 tee times are as follows:
| Time | Tee | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| 10:05 PM | 1 | Jayden Schaper | Daniel Gavins | – |
| 10:15 PM | 1 | Francesco Laporta | Nicolai Hojgaard | – |
| 10:25 PM | 1 | Jordan Smith | Matthew Jordan | Maximilian Kieffer |
| 10:35 PM | 1 | Joe Dean | Adrian Otaegui | Nicolas Colsaerts |
| 10:45 PM | 1 | Fabrizio Zanotti | Tom Vaillant | Sebastian Soderberg |
| 10:55 PM | 1 | David Ravetto | Jens Dantorp | Marcel Schneider |
| 11:05 PM | 1 | Jordan Gumberg | Grant Forest | Romain Langasque |
| 11:15 PM | 1 | Sam Bairstow | Jacques Kruyswijk | Joel Girrbach |
| 11:30 PM | 1 | Marcus Armitage | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | Andy Sullivan |
| 11:40 PM | 1 | Julien Guerrier | Elvis Smylie | Alexander Knappe |
| 11:50 PM | 1 | Adam Bresnu | Akshay Bhatia | Adam Scott |
| 00:00 AM | 1 | Jeong Weon Ko | Matt Wallace | Joost Luiten |
| 00:10 AM | 1 | Angel Hidalgo | Alexander Bjork | Marcel Siem |
| 00:20 AM | 1 | Connor Syme | Rory McIlroy | Calum Hill |
| 00:30 AM | 1 | Haotong Li | Dan Bradbury | Dylan Frittelli |
| 00:45 AM | 1 | Preston Summerhays | Mike Lorenzo-Vera | Kiradech Aphibarnrat |
| 00:55 AM | 1 | Richie Ramsay | Keita Nakajima | Alfredo Garcia-Heredia |
| 01:05 AM | 1 | Nacho Elvira | Ugo Coussaud | Robert MacIntyre |
| 01:15 AM | 1 | Casey Jarvis | Bernd Wiesberger | Ivan Cantero |
| 01:25 AM | 1 | David Ford | Tommy Fleetwood | Tom McKibbin |
| 01:35 AM | 1 | Jannik De Bruyn | Patrick Reed | Louis De Jager |
| 01:45 AM | 1 | Richard Mansell | Niklas Norgaard | Guido Migiliozzi |
| 02:00 AM | 1 | Todd Clements | David Micheluzzi | Ryan Fox |
| 02:10 AM | 1 | Johannes Veerman | Thorbjorn Olesen | Ricardo Gouveia |
| 02:20 AM | 1 | Robin Williams | Rasmus Hojgaard | Min Woo Lee |
| 02:30 AM | 1 | Shaun Norris | Tyrrell Hatton | Laurie Canter |
| 02:40 AM | 1 | Jason Scrivener | Daniel Hillier | Ewen Ferguson |
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Now we know which group will be kicking off when. Let’s take a look at what we can expect to see in the penultimate round of the 2025 Hero Dubai Desert Classic.
Who will gain the upper hand in the 3rd round?
After the -2 in the first round, fans were expecting to see Rory McIlroy bring the heat on a course that is extremely familiar to him. However, the world no. 3 had a day cursed with bogeys that brought his score down miserably. But that was not the case for Tyrrell Hatton. Hatton, who is fighting for a place in the 2025 Ryder Cup team, made a comeback and ended the day at T3. He scored 8 birdies and 1 bogey throughout the day to rise up the table.
However, the biggest surprise came from Ewen Ferguson and Daniel Hillier. Both of them had a bogeyless round in the first half of the day scoring 5 birdies and an 18th-hole eagle. The luck was on the latter’s side as his eagle came after he hit the ball into the signboard and deflected it back to near the hole.
With such nail-biting competition, who do you think will win the 2025 Hero Dubai Desert Classic? Share your views in the comments section.