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Hero Dubai Desert Classic | Best of the Green Room
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Hero Dubai Desert Classic | Best of the Green Room

The DP World Tour's Green Room was at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, with a few of golf's biggest stars popping in to say hello at the first Rolex Series event of the season.

Mike Lorenzo-Vera

The ever-popular Frenchman was making his first DP World Tour start in just under six months after recent struggles with anxiety and depression and opened up on his mental health battle and the help he had received from the Tour's medical team.

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        Pádraig Harrington

        The three-time Major champion was the next to sit in the yellow chair and he was quick to stress that, even at the age of 53, he is confident he can still not only compete but win on the DP World Tour.

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              Akshay Bathia

              The PGA TOUR regular was making his debut at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and admitted there were some differences between life in the States and on the DP World Tour.

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                  Daniel Gavins

                  After a difficult 2024 which saw his father pass away off the course and Gavins make just two cuts on it - missing ten and retiring from six events inbetween - the Englishman revealed he is hoping to enjoy his golf again with the help of hypnotherapy.

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                        Tyrrell Hatton

                        And the final word goes to our champion, who revealed he used to pretend to be ill so he could watch coverage of this event on television instead of going to school. Talk about full circle.

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