The Published predictor for the 2012 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, and the respective finishing positions of the top 5, are as follows, based on placing £10 EW on each of the top 5 players:
X Factor Betting | Road Tax Bands | Insurance Groups Explained
| Position | Player | GBS Score | Best Odds | Final Position | Return | Profit/Loss |
| 1 | Martin Kaymer | 3027 | 13/2 | MC | £ - | -£ 20.00 |
| 2 | Rory McIlroy | 3003 | 7/1 | 2 | £ 27.50 | £ 7.50 |
| 3 | Charl Schwartzel | 2967 | 28/1 | 17 | £ - | -£ 20.00 |
| 4 | Luke Donald | 2924 | 14/1 | 48 | £ - | -£ 20.00 |
| 5 | Sergio Garcia | 2553 | 25/1 | 12 | £ - | -£ 20.00 |
| 6 | Lee Westwood | 1945 | 14/1 | -£ 72.50 | ||
| 7 | Francesco Molinari | 1877 | 60/1 | |||
| 8 | Graeme McDowell | 1823 | 40/1 | |||
| 9 | Peter Hanson | 1793 | 40/1 | |||
| 10 | Robert Karlsson | 1723 | 55/1 | |||
| 11 | Padraig Harrington | 1526 | 45/1 | |||
| 12 | Anders Hansen | 1480 | 80/1 | |||
| 13 | Alvaro Quiros | 1453 | 33/1 | |||
| 14 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 1386 | 100/1 | |||
| 15 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 1383 | 66/1 | |||
| 16 | George Coetzee | 1192 | 100/1 | |||
| 17 | Jason Day | 1154 | 35/1 | |||
| 18 | Pablo Larrazabal | 1152 | 200/1 | |||
| 19 | Joost Luiten | 1115 | 90/1 | |||
| 20 | Alexander Noren | 1114 | 90/1 | |||
| 21 | Thomas Bjorn | 1072 | 100/1 | |||
| 22 | Rafael Cabrera-Bello | 1065 | 125/1 | |||
| 23 | David Lynn | 1055 | 150/1 | |||
| 24 | Thomas Aiken | 957 | 80/1 | |||
| 25 | Paul Lawrie | 927 | 200/1 |