Kaymer Blows 10-Shot Lead To Hand Stal Abu Dhabi HSBC C’ship Victory.
Double Major winning Martin Kaymer squandered a 10-shot lead to hand little known Frenchman Gary Stal victory in the 10th anniversary Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Bizarrely, the celebratory catch phrase for the week was ‘Expect the Unexpected’ and that’s what transpired in the UAE capital.
Stal, 22 and ranked 357th in the world came from eight shots adrift of the double Major winning German posting a final round 65 and win by a shot with a 19-under par tally.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy grabbed ...
Paul Lawrie Rules Himself Out Of 2016 European Captaincy Vote.
Paul Lawrie has ruled himself out of any 2016 Ryder Cup captaincy vote and instead will strive to qualify automatically for next year’s Hazeltine team.
The question of a replacement for victorious Gleneagles captain, Paul McGinley is on the agenda for discussion at Tuesday’s Players Championship Committee meeting in Doha, and venue for the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
However the decision to appoint a new captain has been taken out of the hands of the Players Committee, and instead is now ...
Robert Allenby Robbed, Bashed, Kidnapped & Dumped In Park.
Australian-born golfer Robert Allenby says he was kidnapped, bashed and robbed Friday night after missing the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii.
Allenby, 43, said he was at a wine bar in Waikiki when he was abducted at around 11 p.m. local time, placed in a car, driven 6½ miles away and robbed.
“I didn’t think I was going to survive this one,” Allenby told the Australian Associated Press.
“I was separated from my friend (Anthony Puntoriero) in the bar after we had paid the ...
McIlroy, Jimenez & An Rewarded For Abu Dhabi HSBC Ace’s.
Organisers of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship have rewarded the trio of World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez and Korean Byeong-hun An after they holed out for ace at the par three 15th hole.
There was no prize on offer for a hole-in-one at the 15th and with Tom Lewis winning an $US 88,850 Buick ‘Escalade’ for his ace at the 7th hole on the first day.
Jimenez later on day one aced the 15th with McIlroy recorded his first pro career ace at the same hole on day two.
An ...
Kaymer Sets 54-Hole Record Low, As McIlroy Wants To Punch Himself.
Germany’s Martin Kaymer has set a new Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship new 54-hole low in storming shots clear of his rivals with a round to play in the UAE capital.
Kaymer raced to be five under par for his round after eight holes on route to a seven-under par 65 for a 20-under par tally on the National course, and where he has reigned supreme three times in the past.
And the double Major winning German now has the 54-hole record and lowering by a shot Paul Casey’s 19-under par score set ...
Henson Stenson Praises New AGW President Appointment.
Current World No. 2 Henrik Stenson has praised the appointment of fellow Swede Goran Zachrisson as the new President of the Association of Golf Writers.
Goran, who joined the Association in 1987, has become the first non-Brit to be appointed President of the AGW, and also just the second non-Brit in the now 77-year history of the Association to hold an executive position. (The first being your editor and now AGW Secretary).
Henrik is a long-time friend of Goran and he spoke of his delight ...
Yas Island Links Enhancing The Links Golf Experience.
The sun was still 15 minutes away from making its presence felt when Eoin Clarke and myself stood on the opening tee of the Yas Island Links course at Abu Dhabi.
This was in contrast to a few years back when I joined a group of journalists covering the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship to inspect the yet completed layout.
On that occasion we made our way out to the 8th hole, a stunning par three laid out on the Yas Island shoreline, where we were introduced to course designer, Kyle Phillips.
The eighth ...
