Wood recovers in time for Dubai World Championship

​​Chris Wood will tee off in the money-spinning Dubai World Championship this week after recovering from a feak ankle injury.

Wood, currently ranked 71st in the world, will line up on Thursday alongside Dubliner Peter Lawrie, 84 places below him in the world rankings, for the lucrative end of season tournament.

The Nailsea star was forced to pull out of the Spanish Masters last month after slipping while going into the clubhouse at the Club de Campo del Mediterráneo, Castellon.

Doctors diagnosed torn ankle ligaments but Wood has recovered to take his place in the first round in Dubai with a prize fund of almost £750,000 in his sights.

Pick up a copy of Wednesday's Evening Post for a full interview with Wood.

Tee-off times:

First round of the Dubai World Championship at the Earth Course, Dubai, on Thursday (Gbr and Ire unless stated, all times GMT):

0340 Jamie Donaldson, Bradley Dredge

0350 Damien McGrane, Liang Wen-chong (Chi)

0400 Thomas Aiken (Rsa), Gareth Maybin

0410 Danny Willett, Luke Donald

0420 Niclas Fasth (Swe), James Kingston (Rsa)

0430 Graeme Storm, Justin Rose

0440 David Drysdale, Gregory Bourdy (Fra)

0450 Peter Hedblom (Swe), Steve Webster

0500 Chris Wood, Peter Lawrie

0510 Adam Scott (Aus), Anthony Wall

0525 Scott Strange (Aus), Richard Sterne (Rsa)

0535 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa), Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind)

0545 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)

0555 Johan Edfors (Swe), Graeme McDowell

0605 Nick Dougherty, Camilo Villegas (Col)

0615 Ross McGowan, Thomas Levet (Fra)

0625 Robert Rock, Alexander Noren (Swe)

0635 Retief Goosen (Rsa), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa)

0645 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Robert Allenby (Aus)

0655 Anders Hansen (Den), Alvaro Quiros (Spa)

0710 Soren Hansen (Den), Padraig Harrington

0720 Thongchai Jaidee (Thai), Henrik Stenson (Swe)

0730 Peter Hanson (Swe), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa)

0740 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Francesco Molinari (Ita)

0750 Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Ernie Els (Rsa)

0800 Ian Poulter, Simon Dyson

0810 Oliver Wilson, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)

0820 Ross Fisher, Martin Kaymer (Ger)

0830 Lee Westwood, Rory McIlroy