After a successful Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship outing, the DP World Tour is now heading to the United Arab Emirates for the 2023 Hero Dubai Desert Classic. The event, scheduled to tee off at Emirates Golf Club in Dubai on Thursday, January 26, will be the eighth of the circuit’s 2023-2023 schedule. Much like the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, the 2023 Hero Dubai Desert Classic will see several of the world’s top golfers tee up. The 132-player field at the Emirates Golf Club will be headlined by World No.1 Rory McIlroy. He will be joined by the likes of Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry, Francesco Molinari, Tyrrell Hatton and Victor Perez, among others.DP World Tour@DPWorldTourThis Place #HeroDDC | #RolexSeries48115This Place 😍 #HeroDDC | #RolexSeries https://t.co/e3nFNC7IdzThe Rolex Series event will see the golfers compete against each other for a massive prize purse of $9 million.2023 Hero Dubai Desert Classic oddsUnsurprisingly, World No.1 Rory McIlroy is the betting favorite for the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. According to Golf News Net, the Irish golfer has a runway lead on the odds table as compared to the rest of the field. He comes into the tournament with 13-3 (+325) betting odds. He was followed by Tyrrell Hatton, who comes in with 12-to-1 odds.DP World Tour@DPWorldTourOn the range in Dubai #HeroDDC | #RolexSeries1243On the range in Dubai 💪#HeroDDC | #RolexSeries https://t.co/vkws6IlPCAIt is pertinent to note that there is a wide gap between the top three on the odds table. Hatton is followed by Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood, both of whom have odds of 18-to-1 each. Francesco Molinari, Robert MacIntyre, Victor Perez, Adrian Meronk and Ryan Fox are the other notable names on the list. It is also noteworthy that the event’s dates clash with PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open. Several golfers, including the likes of Jon Rahm and Tony Finau, will be missing in Dubai due to this.Here is the full list of odds for the 2023 Hero Dubai Desert Classic (as per GNN):Rory McIlroy - 325Tyrrell Hatton - 1200Shane Lowry - 1800Tommy Fleetwood - 1800Min Woo Lee - 2200Francesco Molinari - 2500Robert MacIntyre - 2500Victor Perez - 2500Adrian Meronk - 2800Lucas Herbert - 2800Thomas Pieters - 3300Abraham Ancer - 4000Patrick Reed - 4000Ryan Fox - 4000Jordan Smith - 4500Rasmus Hojgaard - 4500Adrian Otaegui - 6000Antoine Rozner - 6000Nicolai Hojgaard - 6000Padraig Harrington - 6500Lee Westwood - 7000George Coetzee - 7500Guido Migliozzi - 7500Sepp Straka - 7500Thorbjorn Olesen - 7500Adri Arnaus - 8000Henrik Stenson - 8000Jason Scrivener - 8000Sam Horsfield - 8000Thriston Lawrence - 8000Alexander Bjork - 9000Bernd Wiesberger - 9000Matt Wallace - 9000Rafa Cabrera Bello - 9000Richie Ramsay - 9000Scott Jamieson - 9000Andy Sullivan - 10000Callum Shinkwin - 10000Ian Poulter - 10000Joost Luiten - 10000Julien Brun - 10000Richard Bland - 10000Richard Mansell - 10000Sami Valimaki - 10000Sebastian Soderberg - 10000Ashun Wu - 11000Eddie Pepperell - 11000Edoardo Molinari - 11000Justin Harding - 11000Shubhankar Sharma - 11000Jeff Winther - 12500Ludvig Aberg - 12500Maximilian Kieffer - 12500Michael Thorbjornsen - 12500Pablo Larrazabal - 12500Romain Langasque - 12500Yannik Paul - 12500More details on the 2023 Hero Dubai Desert Classic, including tee times and TV schedule, will be updated soon.