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Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello opened the door to his rivals when he squandered a two shot lead to end day three tied with England’s Steve Webster on 12-under par in the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. Cabrera-Bello posted a one over par 73 to Webster’s score of 70 on the Doha Golf Club course. The 29-year old Spaniard began the day leading by two on 13-under par and in fact went three shots clear with a birdie at the second hole. However Cabrera-Bello played the next 10 holes in level par before ...

Golf has plenty of legendary figures. In rugby one of the game’s legends is Australia’s George Gregan. The now 30-year old Gregan made more appearances for the Wallabies (Australia’s national rugby team) than any other player in the sport’s history. He played Super 12 for the ACT  Brumbies side from it’s inception of that competition in 1996 through 2007, helping to lead them to overall victories in 2001 and 2004. He is a foundation Brumbies player and one of the few ...

Four-time Major winning Ernie Els fought off a bout of food poisoning to take his place in the third round of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha. Els looked almost certain to miss Thursday’s halfway cut when he bogeyed his closing two holes in a score of 76 and nine shots more than his opening 67 for a one under par total. The current World No. 29 was resigned to sitting out the closing two rounds in the $US 2.5m until Ireland’s Damien McGrane, and competing in the second last group of ...

When five-time Major winner Phil Mickelson speaks the likes of Simon Thornton, Damien McGrane and Peter Lawrie simply listen and soak-up as much information as they can. So much so, the information Thornton gleaned from being in Mickelson’s company last week has put him in good stead to be six under par with two rounds to play in the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha. Thornton birdied two of his closing three holes in a 68 to be trailing seven strokes behind ‘Desert’ specialist Rafa Cabrera-Bello ...

Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello continues to show his fondness for desert courses shooting a second round 65 for a two shot lead in the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. The 29-year old Gran Canaria-born golfer birdied five of his closing seven holes, including three in succession from the 14th hole, to move to 13-under par in superb scoring conditions on the Doha Golf Club course. Three years ago Cabrera-Bello was runner up in Doha while less than a week ago he shared the lead over the first two rounds ...

Rory McIlroy is not the only Irish-born player to have reaped the benefit of pre-season practice in Dubai. Michael Hoey posted six birdies to be just four shots behind South African George Coetzee, who shot an eight under par 64 on the Doha Golf Club course, on day one of the 2014 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. Fellow South African Dawie Van Der Walt and England’s Steve Webster share second on seven under, with Webster claiming the second albatross in three events this year when he started his ...

Four-time Major winner Ernie Els had defended a decision not to compete in the first two European Tour events of 2014 declaring the move has paid immediate dividends in Qatar. Els had been due to contest last fortnight’s Volvo Champions event in Durban and the past week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. He was a surprise late withdrawal from both events citing ‘family reasons’ ahead of commencing what is his 25th anniversary year as a professional in this week’s $US 2.5m Commercial Bank ...