The 2025 Hero Dubai Desert Classic features 126 of the DP World Tour's best taking on Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With online streams from Golf Channel in their apps and websites, you have no excuse to miss a minute of the action.
You can watch the 2025 Hero Dubai Desert Classic online from Thursday through Sunday in the United States, with NBC and Golf Channel coverage and DP World Tour Live online streams for the event in the UAE.
The event will feature 126 players in this Rolex Series event, which is the first full-field tournament of the year on the DP World Tour schedule. Rory McIlroy is the two-time defending champion here.
The field will be cut after 36 holes to the top 65 and ties in this tournament, which features four rounds on what's become an iconic course on the DP World Tour schedule.
At the end of the 72-hole tournament, the player with the lowest combined score against par wins the event. The champion gets $1,530,000 from the tournament purse.
Coverage starts on Thursday and Friday, and TV coverage starts on Golf Channel each night at 2:30 a.m. Eastern.
On the weekend, TV coverage starts on Golf Channel at 2 a.m. Eastern.
Broadcast coverage of the tournament will be on Golf Channel. All streaming coverage from NBC is also available through the NBC Sports app.
2025 Hero Dubai Desert Classic TV, streaming schedule: How to watch
Thursday, January 16
- Live Golf Channel broadcast: 2:30-7:30 a.m.
Friday, January 17
- Live Golf Channel broadcast: 2:30-7:30 a.m.
Saturday, January 18
- Live Golf Channel broadcast: 2-8 a.m.
Sunday, January 19
- Live Golf Channel broadcast: 2-8 a.m.
