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If Sunday's finale in Abu Dhabi was not enough to convince you of the strength at the top end of the European Tour, one look at the market for the Omega Dubai Desert Classic should do the trick.

Rory McIlroy is favourite, which I suspect he might have been even if Dustin Johnson had stuck around for another week, but on his heels are two weekend winners, three former Dubai champions and four twenty-somethings who may well make up a quarter of Thomas Bjorn's Ryder Cup side come September.