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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 ...

Just 12 months after Rory McIlroy signed a reputed $225m deal with sports equipment giant Nike and the 24-year old Northern Irishman has designed his own polo shirt. The Lightweight Innovation Color Polo is following Nike’s new apparel slogan ‘Built To Move.’ McIlroy had a lot of input on the shirt, said Merritt Richardson, Vice President/Global Category Business Director Apparel, Footwear and Accessories for Nike Golf. The shoulder seams – although the shirt is seamless because Nike wanted ...

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 ...

Double Major winning John Daly has put himself in position to end a decade long winless drought at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha. Daly, who turns 48 in April, posted a bogey free 69 in ideal scoring conditions and end his second round at eight under par and just three shots from the lead. South African George Coetzee remained atop of the Qatar leader board despite a second hole double bogey in also shooting a 69 to be in the clubhouse on 11-under par. England’s Steve Webster (69) and ...

South Africa’s talented Brandon Stone has grabbed the first ace of 2014 after holing out early in his round on the second day of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. Stone holed out at the par three, 13th hole he was playing as his third with the 20-year old Springbok golfer holing out from 212 yards using a 5-iron. Unfortunately, the current 595th World Ranked Stone misses out on a brand new BMW that is on offer for a hole-in-one at the par three, 17th. After a prolific winning amateur career ...