When founded in 1989, it was the first European Tour event to be staged in the
Arabian Peninsula. It is now one of six. The tournament is part of a wider strategy, via a government program called "Dubai Golf", to develop both professional and casual golf tourism in Dubai. It has historically had one of the strongest fields on the European Tour due to "promotional" money paid to top golfers. The 1995 edition is notable as the first live event broadcast on the
Golf Channel, an American pay-television network. In September 2021, it was announced that the event would gain a new title sponsor, Slync.io, in 2022. The event was also added to the
Rolex Series, with an increased prize fund of . The deal was terminated in September 2022. In January 2023, it was confirmed that
Hero MotoCorp would become the event's new title sponsor beginning in 2023. ==Winners==