After hovering around even-par during the first two rounds, Phil Mickelson will open the final round of the 2014 Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship just two strokes off the lead. Although he made the cut by just two strokes, Mickelson shot up the leaderboard and into a tie for second place thanks to a 9-under 63 in the third round.
2014 Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship: Tee times, TV schedule for Sunday’s round
Can Phil Mickelson or Rory McIlroy come away with the win in Abu Dhabi? They’ll be in contention in the final round.


He’ll begin the final round at 10-under, two strokes behind leader Craig Lee. Lee and Mickelson will play in the final pairing, joined by Gaganjeet Bhullar. The three are scheduled to tee off at 10 a.m. local time in Abu Dhabi, which means they will hit the course at 1 a.m. ET on Sunday morning. Mickelson isn’t the only notable name in contention. Rory McIlroy shot a 2-under 70 in the third round and will begin the final round tied for fourth place at 9-under. He’ll play in the second-to-last group, teeing off 10 minutes before Mickelson.
Viewers in the United States won’t be able to watch every shot Mickelson and McIlroy hit on Sunday, but they will be able to watch four hours of live golf thanks to an early-morning broadcast from Golf Channel. Television coverage will begin at 4 a.m. and continue until 8 a.m. That will allow viewers to catch at least the last stretch of the final round. Viewers who miss the live broadcast will be able to watch a replay on Golf Channel, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Here is the complete tee sheet for the final round. The round will begin on Saturday night in the Eastern time zone of the United States and continue into Sunday morning.
Tee No. 1
Tee Time (ET) | Players | ||
11:10 p.m. | Branden Grace | Ricardo Santos | Raphaël Jacquelin |
11:20 p.m. | Marcel Siem | Paul Mcginley | Danny Willett |
11:30 p.m. | Romain Wattel | Robert Karlsson | Edoardo Molinari |
11:40 p.m. | Alexander Levy | Thomas Aiken | Andy Sullivan |
11:50 p.m. | Alvaro Quiros | Marc Warren | Ricardo Gonzalez |
12:00 a.m. | Stephen Gallacher | Eddie Pepperell | Tommy Fleetwood |
12:10 a.m. | Tyrrell Hatton | Joost Luiten | George Coetzee |
12:20 a.m. | Martin Kaymer | Hennie Otto | José-Filipe Lima |
12:30 a.m. | Thomas Björn | Peter Hanson | Rafa Cabrera-Bello |
12:40 a.m. | Matthew Baldwin | Michael Hoey | Thongchai Jaidee |
12:50 a.m. | Miguel Angel Jiménez | Rory Mcilroy | Pablo Larrazábal |
1:00 a.m. | Gaganjeet Bhullar | Craig Lee | Phil Mickelson |
Tee No. 10
Tee Time (ET) | Players | ||
11:10 p.m. | Wade Ormsby | Oliver Fisher | Tom Lewis |
11:20 p.m. | Johan Carlsson | Maximilian Kieffer | Luke Donald |
11:30 p.m. | Sergio Garcia | Emiliano Grillo | Matteo Manassero |
11:40 p.m. | Dawie Van Der Walt | Darren Fichardt | Colin Montgomerie |
11:50 p.m. | Darren Clarke | Seve Benson | Brandon Stone |
12:00 a.m. | Alejandro Cañizares | Thorbjørn Olesen | Nacho Elvira |
12:10 a.m. | Eduardo De La Riva | Paul Casey | Jamie Donaldson |
12:20 a.m. | David Howell | Jin Jeong | Chris Wood |
12:30 a.m. | Julien Quesne | Damien Mcgrane | Steve Webster |
12:40 a.m. | José María Olazábal | Peter Whiteford | Jorge Campillo |
12:50 a.m. | Paul Waring | Shiv Kapur | Jeev Milkha Singh |
1:00 a.m. | Richard Bland | Magnus A Carlsson | Gareth Maybin |












