Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship 2026: Course and current form stats
Andy Swales provides the course and current form stats for this week's Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship and we highlight the players to back...
- McIlroy is a contender after consecutive thirds here
- Fleetwood looks fired up to go one better than last year
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Abu Dhabi Aldar current form picks
Eugenio Chacarra @ 16/117.00
Last week's 22nd place finish was disappointing but it came after a scintillating run of form which saw the Spaniard win in India, finish T2 in Spain and T3 in France.
Adrian Meronk @ 40/141.00
The Polish player was T3 last time out at the DP World Indian Championship, just a fortnight after winning the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Casey Jarvis @ 33/134.00
The South African was T4 in Korea a fortnight ago. That was the second time in October that he'd gone close to winning a tournament after he was T2 at the Alfred Dunhill at the start of the month.
Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship course form picks
Rory McIlroy @ 6/17.00
The double Masters winner is the favourite this week on the Betfair Sportsbook. He was third here last year and the year before.
Tommy Fleetwood @ 15/28.50
The Englishman was second here last year and sixth 12 months before. He's in good recent form with a T5 in India and T4 at the Alfred Dunhill.
Aaron Rai @ 16/117.00
The Englishman is this week's defending champion and he arrives in good form. He was T20 last time out in India but, on his previous outing, finished T2 at the BMW PGA Championship. Between last year's win here and the 2026 edition, he has, of course, won the US PGA Championship.
Stroke Averages
Lowest Eight At Yas Links (2022-25)
Average .... (Rounds)
67.83: Rory McIlroy (12)
68.25: Ugo Coussaud (8)
68.38: Alejandro Del Rey (8)
68.50: Daniel Hillier (8)
68.63: Jayden Trey Schaper (8)
68.69: Tyrrell Hatton (16)
68.81: Tommy Fleetwood (16)
69.11: Thriston Lawrence (9)
Min. No. of Rounds = 6
Only those entered this week are included in table
Note: Form Tables Contain Leading Reserves
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Last 10 Weeks / Yas Links (2022-25)
Position
- 1–5
- 6–15
- 16–25
| Player | W44 | W43 | W42 | W41 | W40 | W39 | W38 | W37 | W36 | W35 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rory McIlroy | 42 | 2 | 41 | 4 | ||||||
| Tommy Fleetwood | 5 | 4 | Wd | MC | 11 | |||||
| Jon Rahm | MC | 23 | ||||||||
| Patrick Reed | 23 | MC | Wd | 2 | 11 | 55 | ||||
| Aaron Rai | 20 | 2 | ||||||||
| Tyrrell Hatton | MC | MC | 27 | MC | 46 | |||||
| Kristoffer Reitan | 3 | 39 | 25 | |||||||
| Eugenio Chacarra | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 36 | 4 | 21 | ||
| Adam Scott | 13 | 2 | 11 | |||||||
| Matt Wallace | 50 | MC | 10 | 14 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| Casey Jarvis | 4 | 32 | 2 | MC | MC | 30 | MC | |||
| Daniel Hillier | 11 | 2 | 26 | 30 | 36 | 46 | 2 | |||
| David Puig | 37 | 51 | 39 | MC | 30 | |||||
| Jacob Skov Olesen | 13 | 20 | 4 | 11 | MC | 7 | 2 | |||
| Jayden Trey Schaper | 15 | MC | MC | 36 | MC | 61 | 15 | |||
| Oliver Lindell | MC | 7 | 42 | MC | 55 | 15 | ||||
| Adrian Meronk | 3 | MC | 1 | 50 | 62 | 14 | 44 | 15 | ||
| Thriston Lawrence | 54 | 13 | MC | 28 | MC | MC | 1 | 30 | ||
| Nacho Elvira | 13 | 15 | 55 | 60 | 44 | MC | 11 | 2 | ||
| Hennie Du Plessis | 26 | 35 | 44 | MC | 55 | MC | MC | |||
| Victor Perez | 2 | 30 | MC | MC | ||||||
| Angel Ayora | MC | MC | 26 | 28 | 51 | MC | 4 | 46 | ||
| Andy Sullivan | Wd | MC | Wd | 10 | 36 | MC | ||||
| Joe Dean | 5 | MC | 11 | 56 | 41 | 1 | ||||
| Shaun Norris | MC | MC | MC | 44 | 46 | 62 | ||||
| Kota Kaneko | 51 | 30 | 41 | 62 | MC | Wd | MC | |||
| Grant Forrest | Wd | 1 | MC | MC | MC | MC | Wd | |||
| Bernd Wiesberger | 34 | 13 | MC | 22 | 4 | 37 | ||||
| Joakim Lagergren | MC | MC | 11 | 30 | 10 | MC | 11 | 9 | ||
| Jeff Winther | 26 | MC | 10 | 15 | 23 | MC | ||||
| Yuto Katsuragawa | 1 | 1 | 60 | MC | 28 | 27 | MC | MC | 26 | |
| JC Ritchie | 5 | 55 | 9 | Wd | 60 | MC | 55 | |||
| Angel Hidalgo Portillo | 34 | 3 | 32 | 2 | MC | 55 | 4 | 21 | ||
| Martin Couvra | 2 | 42 | 11 | 20 | 56 | MC | MC | |||
| Mikael Lindberg | MC | 37 | 17 | MC | MC | MC | MC | |||
| Niklas Norgaard Moller | 20 | 20 | 2 | 70 | 31 | MC | 2 | |||
| Joost Luiten | 5 | 13 | 41 | 6 | Wd | 39 | 37 | |||
| Calum Hill | MC | 17 | MC | Wd | 31 | 30 | MC | |||
| Marcus Armitage | 30 | MC | 30 | MC | 27 | MC | MC | |||
| Ewen Ferguson | 34 | MC | 14 | 56 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| Michael Hollick | MC | MC | 42 | MC | MC | 68 | MC | |||
| Davis Bryant | 49 | MC | 61 | 27 | 46 | 23 | 9 | |||
| Manuel Elvira | MC | 69 | 37 | MC | 2 | MC | 44 | MC | ||
| Dan Bradbury | 22 | 34 | MC | 14 | MC | MC | MC | MC | ||
| Gregorio De Leo | 22 | 5 | MC | 28 | 5 | 61 | 30 | |||
| Richard Sterne | 22 | MC | MC | MC | MC | MC | MC | |||
| Matthew Jordan | 26 | 11 | 51 | MC | 26 | |||||
| Jorge Campillo | 4 | MC | 55 | Wd | MC | MC | MC | 37 | ||
| Daniel Da Costa Rodrigues | 64 | MC | 72 | MC | MC | 11 | MC | 9 | ||
| Alejandro Del Rey | 17 | 26 | MC | 15 | 63 | 44 | 46 | |||
| Stefano Mazzoli | MC | 55 | 13 | MC | MC | 60 | 39 | MC | ||
| Francesco Laporta | 45 | 23 | 32 | 20 | 62 | 23 | 4 | MC | ||
| Guido Migliozzi | 34 | MC | 42 | 7 | 10 | MC | 57 | 37 | ||
| Frederic LaCroix | 2 | 23 | 55 | MC | 44 | Wd | 15 | |||
| Antoine Rozner | 4 | MC | 20 | 20 | MC | MC | 15 | 21 | ||
| Frederik Schott | 34 | MC | 42 | MC | 27 | MC | MC | |||
| Adrian Otaegui | 59 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 39 | MC | MC | |||
| Francesco Molinari | 20 | 55 | 68 | 68 | ||||||
| Filippo Celli | 4 | MC | 68 | MC | 20 | 6 | MC | MC | ||
| Ugo Coussaud | 31 | MC | MC | MC | MC | 11 | 57 | 30 | ||
| Tom Vaillant | 23 | 20 | MC | 3 | MC | 46 | 18 | 21 | ||
| Scott Jamieson | 22 | 15 | 35 | 50 | MC | MC | MC | |||
| Julien Guerrier | MC | MC | 14 | MC | MC | 37 | ||||
| Darius Van Driel | 45 | 74 | 46 | MC | MC | 67 | 53 | 30 | ||
| Nathan Kimsey | 54 | 23 | 46 | MC | 44 | 41 | 57 | |||
| Ding Wen Yi | 34 | 23 | 37 | MC | MC | MC | MC | |||
| Yurav Premlall | 59 | MC | MC | MC | 56 | MC | 49 | 26 | ||
| Ricardo Gouveia | MC | MC | MC | MC | 51 | MC | MC | |||
| Sam Bairstow | 17 | 46 | 17 | 14 | 27 | 36 | MC | 21 | ||
| Jordan Gumberg | MC | 23 | MC | MC | MC | MC | MC | MC | MC | |
| Joel Girrbach | 54 | 13 | 7 | MC | 37 | MC | 23 | 9 | MC | |
| Oihan Guillamoundeguy | 51 | 60 | 69 | Wd | 71 | MC | MC | 37 | ||
| Todd Clements | 32 | MC | 55 | 37 | MC | MC | 18 | MC | ||
| Johannes Veerman | 13 | 42 | MC | 20 | 15 | 31 | MC | |||
| Rafael Cabrera-Bello | MC | MC | MC | MC | 44 | 23 | 23 | MC | ||
| Tom McKibbin | 9 | MC | MC | 5 | 6 |
| Player | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rory McIlroy | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 2 | 6 | 38 | 48 |
| Jon Rahm | ||||
| Patrick Reed | 49 | MC | ||
| Aaron Rai | 1 | |||
| Tyrrell Hatton | 41 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Kristoffer Reitan | 22 | |||
| Eugenio Chacarra | 39 | |||
| Adam Scott | 46 | 10 | ||
| Matt Wallace | 3 | 20 | 68 | |
| Casey Jarvis | 56 | |||
| Daniel Hillier | 5 | 46 | ||
| David Puig | ||||
| Jacob Skov Olesen | 23 | |||
| Jayden Trey Schaper | 23 | 37 | ||
| Oliver Lindell | 41 | |||
| Adrian Meronk | 37 | 10 | Wd | |
| Thriston Lawrence | 62 | 6 | Ret | |
| Nacho Elvira | 7 | 56 | 67 | 42 |
| Hennie Du Plessis | MC | |||
| Victor Perez | 1 | 58 | ||
| Angel Ayora | 9 | |||
| Andy Sullivan | 7 | 27 | 17 | MC |
| Joe Dean | 49 | 59 | ||
| Shaun Norris | 61 | |||
| Kota Kaneko | ||||
| Grant Forrest | 38 | 59 | 10 | MC |
| Bernd Wiesberger | 59 | 50 | 12 | |
| Joakim Lagergren | 62 | MC | MC | |
| Jeff Winther | 37 | 17 | 6 | |
| Yuto Katsuragawa | ||||
| JC Ritchie | MC | |||
| Angel Hidalgo Portillo | 52 | MC | ||
| Martin Couvra | 23 | |||
| Mikael Lindberg | 41 | MC | ||
| Niklas Norgaard Moller | 10 | MC | ||
| Joost Luiten | 41 | 37 | 28 | MC |
| Calum Hill | 17 | 67 | MC | |
| Marcus Armitage | 23 | 67 | MC | |
| Ewen Ferguson | 49 | 23 | 64 | 39 |
| Michael Hollick | ||||
| Davis Bryant | ||||
| Manuel Elvira | 49 | |||
| Dan Bradbury | 46 | 60 | ||
| Gregorio De Leo | ||||
| Richard Sterne | 12 | MC | ||
| Matthew Jordan | 15 | 10 | 34 | 62 |
| Jorge Campillo | 56 | 32 | MC | 48 |
| Daniel Da Costa Rodrigues | ||||
| Alejandro Del Rey | 17 | 37 | ||
| Stefano Mazzoli | ||||
| Francesco Laporta | 32 | 13 | MC | |
| Guido Migliozzi | 52 | 20 | MC | |
| Frederic LaCroix | 46 | MC | ||
| Antoine Rozner | 6 | 50 | MC | |
| Frederik Schott | MC | |||
| Adrian Otaegui | 52 | 28 | MC | |
| Francesco Molinari | 5 | |||
| Filippo Celli | ||||
| Ugo Coussaud | 49 | 6 | ||
| Tom Vaillant | ||||
| Scott Jamieson | 46 | 10 | ||
| Julien Guerrier | 52 | MC | ||
| Darius Van Driel | 60 | 69 | 56 | |
| Nathan Kimsey | 34 | |||
| Ding Wen Yi | ||||
| Yurav Premlall | ||||
| Ricardo Gouveia | 53 | |||
| Sam Bairstow | 59 | |||
| Jordan Gumberg | ||||
| Joel Girrbach | 39 | |||
| Oihan Guillamoundeguy | ||||
| Todd Clements | 67 | |||
| Johannes Veerman | 49 | 27 | MC | |
| Rafael Cabrera-Bello | 62 | 10 | 2 | |
| Tom McKibbin | 66 | 10 | MC |
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