Phil Mickelson is making his 2016 debut at the CareerBuilder Challenge this week, which is nice. However, the real show will be taking place a 19-hour plane ride away from Palm Desert, California, in Abu Dhabi.

Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy are grouped together for the first round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. That would golfers ranked No. 6, No. 1 and No. 3 in the world, respectively. They will play at 10:40 p.m. on Wednesday and 3:05 a.m. on Friday with action able to be viewed on Golf Channel.

Spieth knows McIlroy is gunning for him in 2016.

Spieth told The Telegraph quote- “I'm sure there are very few players who have been working harder than he is to make this season his best season yet – and that is scary. Hopefully I can prevent that to an extent.”

Throw Fowler in the mix with these two, and we should get some terrific golf throughout the week. Fowler certainly seems to agree.

“It would be fun to kind of get the three of us going and see if we can push each other and all have a good week,” Fowler told Golfweek. "I want to see those guys play well, because I feel it brings out the best in me, and I feel like I can push and motivate them as well.”