Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

DATE: Thursday 21st – Sunday 24th January 2021
CLOSING DATE: Thursday 7th January (TWO WEEKS BEFORE)
FIELD: 132 Players
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Miguel Vidaor (mvidaor@europeantour.com)

ELIGIBILITY:
a) Players ranked within the top 60 of the Official World Golf Rankings as of Monday 28th December 2020.
b) 2 amateur invitations (one to be allocated to a UAE national)
c) The winner of the 2021 Professional qualifying tournament*
d) The leading 3 players not otherwise exempt from within the Top 60 Ranked European Tour or European Challenge Tour Members (and those Affiliate Members finishing within these positions) on the Final 2020 Race to Dubai Rankings.
e) 1 professional tournament invitation
f) The balance of the field will be filled in accordance with the 2021 European Tour Exemption Category list, excluding Categories 6,7 and 8.

Eligibility Notes:
(i) Eligibility (d) above has been created by reducing the number of professional invitations from 2 to 1, removing one amateur spot and having no top 10 spots from previous week.
(ii) Eligible amateur means an amateur with a handicap of scratch or better
(iii) * In the event that this qualifying tournament does not take place, this spot in c) will be allocated to e) above

FORMAT:
72 holes stroke play with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 65 professionals and ties.

VENUE:
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
PO Box 51234
Khalifa City A
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 2 885 3555
Location: 30 mins from the city centre of Abu Dhabi
Nearest Airport: Abu Dhabi International (15 mins)
Golf Course Website: www.adgolfclub.com
Tournament Website: www.abudhabigolfchampionship.com

PROMOTERS:
Abu Dhabi Sports Council
PO Box 127722
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Contact: Nouf Abdulreda Ali - Championship Committee
Tel: +971 2 408 8631
Email: nali@adsc.gov.abudhabi
Contact: Mohamed Husain Al Shateri
Tel: +971 2 408 9646
Email: mhalshateri@adsc.gov.ae
Contact: Mohamed Ahmed Al Remeithi
Tel: +971 2 408 8675
Email: malremeithi@adsc.gov.ae

European Tour (Dubai Branch)
PO Box 394550
Dubai
UAE
Contact: Freddie Schmeisser
Mob: +971 5 5371 6633
Email: fschmeisser@europeantour.com

Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

Venue

Abu Dhabi GC