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Frustrated Reed Stilll The One To Beat In Qatar

A frustrated Patrick Reed remains the player to beat heading to the weekend rounds of CB Qatar Masters. Reed added a second round 67 to his opening 65, moving to 12-under and a shot clear of the field competing on the Doha Golf Club course in the Qatar capital. The past Masters champion arrived having captured the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and it should have been back-to-back wins in losing out in a play-off at last week’s Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship. Reed is making his debut in the ...

Ferguson Fancies Admiring A Second Mother Of Pearl Trophy

Ewen Ferguson superbly boosted hopes of a double Doha victory delight heading to the weekend rounds of the CB Qatar Masters.   Ferguson grabbed eight birdies in a six-under 66 to be sharing fifth place at nine-under, and just three off the pace as the Scot seeks a repeat of his maiden Tour win four years ago.   The Dubai-based Scot was out from the 10th tee picking-up birdies at the 13th and 16th holes ahead of a bogey at 17.   He then birdied the first hole ahead of draining a 12-footer birdie ...

Absent Wood Still Leads MENA Money-List As Spaniard Salama Wins Closing Egypt Series Event

England’s Chris Wood will happy to learn he continues to lead the MENA Tour money-list race after his disappointing opening round at the CB Qatar Masters on the DP World Tour. Instead of teeing-up in Cairo, Wood was again afforded an invitation to contest the Qatar Masters on the back of his maiden DP World Tour win in the 2013 event in Doha. However, a struggling opening round 77 was not what the recent two-time winning MENA Tour champion was expecting. In Wood’s absence in Egypt it ...

Reed Continues His Golfing Desert Storm In Qatar.

Patrick Reed continues his golfing desert storm to be sharing the lead on day one of the Commerial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha. Four days after going to so close to back-to-back DP World Tour victories and Reed posted nine birdies in a seven-under 65 to be tied for the lead with also in-form Kiwi Daniel Hillier. Reed was out in the morning half of the draw, teeing-off from the 10th and quickly highlighting his round with a starting trio of birdies and while he bogeyed the 14th, the Texan bounced back ...

My Maiden CB Qatar Masters – Missing Out On $200 But Proudly Still In Possession Of An Arabian Dhow.

The annual hosting of the CB Qatar Masters always brings back a great story I have from my maiden visit to the tournament in 1999, and the then second hosting of the prestigious DP World Tour event. Though I must say in writing this story, I still don’t what kept me away from being present at the inaugural 1998 Qatar Masters, won by Scotland’s Andrew Coltart. It was a double celebration for the affable Scot who awoke in Doha on the Sunday morning with confirmation from far off Australia ...

Welshman Storms Into Share Eqyptian Lead

Wales’s Owen Edwards posted a scorching seven-under par 63 to join overnight leader Juan Salama at the top of the leaderboard heading into the final round of the Egypt Golf Series Madinaty. Edwards, who started the day seven shots behind Salama, produced the round of the day at Madinaty Golf Club to set up a thrilling conclusion to the Egypt swing finale. The Welshman was steady through his opening stretch before catching fire on his back nine –  the front nine on the scorecard – where ...

Thirty Years, 15 DPWT Wins, 33 Different Countries, Euro 28.5m In Prizemoney & Harrington Becomes 50th Player To Celebrate 500 DPWT Starts.

Padraig Harrington ticks a huge DP World Tour (DPWT) career goal tomorrow in teeing-up in the CB Qatar Masters in Doha. The event will be Harrington’s 500th DPWT event since making his Tour debut in the 1995 European Open at the K. Club in his beloved Ireland. While the then 24-year-old may have missed the cut in that first DPWT event, it was start of a wonderful career for the popular Irishman and capped with three major championship victories and overall, 43 pro career wins in 33 different ...