European Tour Power Rankings: Omega Dubai Desert Classic
By Matt Coles
One of the five winners on the European Tour this season, Pablo Larrazabal slots in at 9th on our Omega Dubai Desert Classic Power Rankings.
The Spaniard lifted the title at the first event of the 2020 campaign, winning the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa in December, and held the lead on the Race to Dubai over the following four weeks.
He now sits in 7th on the list following the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship presented by EGA, where he missed the cut in the first Rolex Series event of the season.
That was his first appearance on the Tour since his victory in South Africa in the season-opener, which moved him up 100 places in the Official World Golf Rankings. He now sits just inside the top 175 in the world after the win.
Along with the victory at the Alfred Dunhill Championship, Larrazabal also had four other top ten finishes across the 2019 calendar year.
He came home in T6 at his first showing, last year’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship presented by EGA, before finishing in T8 and T4 at the Betfred British Masters and Made in Denmark presented by FREJA, respectively, in the summer. He also finished inside the top ten at the Porsche European Open in Germany in September.
Larrazabal has finished inside the top 20 on two occasions at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, including in last year’s event, but he has also missed the cut on several occasions. Could this be the Spaniard’s week in Dubai, and could he become the first two-time winner this season?