BREAKING: The teams have been announced for the 26th edition of the Dubai Golf Trophy.

The Dubai Golf Trophy will once again see the UAE’s top male and female Professionals take on the best male and female Amateurs in a Ryder Cup-style showdown over two competitive days across the 11th and 12th May 2025.

To earn a spot, the top 12 Professionals have had to qualify through the Emirates PGA’s Dubai Golf Trophy Order of Merit, based on their best six finishes across the season. The Amateurs followed a similar process, with the top 12 coming from the EGF’s Gross Order of Merit.

The remaining four spots on each team are Captain’s Picks—selected at the discretion of Professional Captain Graham Forbes and Amateur Captain Dan Byrne. However, there’s a catch: Pros must have played at least five Emirates PGA events, while Amateurs need a minimum of five UAE Open appearances.

The event also features a Ladies Challenge Match, with the top two Professional Ladies facing off against the top two Amateur Ladies, based on their respective Order of Merit standings.

Dubai Golf Trophy 2024 Champs. Image supplied by Emirates PGA

Amateur Team – Dubai Golf Trophy 2024 Champions – Image supplied by Emirates PGA

Despite the Professionals best efforts, the Amateurs have dominated in recent years, winning nine of the last ten editions. Last year, the Professionals came agonisingly close, but Emirates Golf Club’s Viktor Kofod-Olsen secured a crucial draw on the final hole against Matt Rice from Golf Kraft, resulting in a 16-16 tie and ensuring the Amateurs retained the trophy.

See below the 2025 Dubai Golf Trophy Players

Professional Team:

Automatic Qualifiers:

  • Jackson Bell

  • Joaquin Estevez

  • Louis Gaughan

  • David Gray

  • Jan Hejna

  • Michael Major

  • Thomas Ogilvie

  • Garrick Porteous

  • Matt Rice

  • Damien Scott

  • Stuart Smith

  • Sujjan Singh

Captains Picks:

  • Matt Brookes

  • Graham Forbes (c)

  • Jordan Gallagher

  • Stephen Wilson

Amateur Team:

Automatic Qualifiers:

  • Dan Byrne (c)

  • Mo Craig

  • Aayan Dadabhoy

  • Simon Dunn

  • Emmanuel Gallepini

  • Alistair Hess

  • Adrian Larsson

  • Victor Larsson

  • Jay Mullane

  • Mikhail Pinto

  • Jonathan Selvaraj

  • Ahmad Skaik

Captains Picks:

  • Luke Challis

  • Oscar Craig

  • Barry Pavic

  • Tom Stephenson

Ladies Challenge Match

Professionals:

  • Olivia Jackson

  • Lea Pouillard

Amateurs:

  • Aoife Kelly

  • Sana Tufail

Kieren Pratt, Managing Director of the Emirates PGA, commented ahead of one of the UAE’s longest-standing tournaments, “The Dubai Golf Trophy WhatsApp group for the professionals is absolutely ‘going off’ at the moment, everyone is incredibly excited about the event.

“We have already had our first team meeting and social event at Five Iron Dubai in preparation for the Dubai Golf Trophy.”

Originally established by Dubai Golf, the event rotates across five world-class courses: Emirates Golf Club’s Faldo and Majlis courses, Jumeirah Golf Estates’ Earth and Fire courses, and the Championship Course at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club.

This year see’s day one at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club, with the final day being held on the Majlis Course at Emirates Golf Club.

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