Drysdale Feeling Very Comfortable Teeing-Up In Oman

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Scotland’s David Drysdale has returned to Oman for the first time in five-years feeling very comfortable ahead of this week’s inaugural International Series event of the new 2024 Asian Tour season.

The Oman tournament, again taking place on the stunning Al Mouj host course, is the first of six International Series events on the new Asian Tour schedule.

Drysdale is no stranger to the course laid-out along the shoreline of the Oman Gulf and located just to the north of the capital Muscat.

The Greg Norman designed course has a history of hosting international golf, first hosting back-to-back Challenge Tour events in 2013 and ’14 while the Oman Open, and then an event on the European Tour schedule, was hosted by Al Mouj for three years from 2018 to 2020.  The event was scheduled to take place also in 2021 however the Covid epidemic saw it cancelled.

It was only last year the Oman Open returned and for a first time under the auspices of the Asian Tour.

“I teed-up in the 2019 and 2020 Oman Open when it was a European Tour event and really enjoyed it”, said Drysdale.

“It’s a lovely golf course and in a great location laid out along the shoreline. It’s also always good returning to a still relatively new golf course and seeing how it has matured which it has here at Al Mouj.

“Both European Tour events were also held at this time of year, so the good weather is always guaranteed while the sea breeze is great in keeping things cool.

“I recall the 2019 event as I played well that week finishing just outside the top-20.

“I didn’t play here last year because my rookie status didn’t qualify me for the early International Series events, so it’s great to be teeing-up this not only this week but knowing I’m into all the International Series as fully exempt”.

Drysdale arrived in the very close by Oman Airport from Kuala Lumpur but having missed the halfway cut in the Malaysian Open, and the opening event on the 2024 Asian Tour schedule.

However, with that new season rust a thing of the past the Scot is raring to go in the $US 2m event.

And Drysdale’s been afforded a good opening round tee time out in the fourth group on day one in the company of affable Indian S S P Chowrasia, a winner of 18 events in his pro career including four on the DP World Tour, while making-up the three ball is South Korean Kyongjun Moon, a twice winner on the Korean Tour but like Drysdale also played just the two rounds last week.

The trio will tee-off in the fourth group at an early 7.15am local time.

Also in this Oman field is the currently red-hot Chilean and reigning Australian Open champ Joaquin Niemann, who also produced a 59 on route to his recent victory at the LIV Golf Mayakoba at the start of the season.

New LIV star David Puig, and winner last week in Kuala Lumpur, will tee-up so will the major winning South African pair of Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel.

And last but not least, Swede Kris Broberg, who topped the ’24 Asian Tour Q-School, makes his debut as a member of the Asian Tour after being forced out last week’s opener in Malaysia due to his young daughter being sick.

 



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