The DP World Tour Thread

rooney30

Yeah, he has one of those aesthetically pleasing swings that make up sit up and take notice . That iron into the par 5 of the finishing playoff hole was seriously impressive

Deeper Blue

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

What a way for the 18 year old Rasmus Hojgaard to win his first professional event. Eagle on the third playoff hole for the 18year old.

Has a twin brother who is just as good as him who just missed out at Q school but did earn 250k when he finished second to Sergio at the KLM open.

Both were part of Danish team to win the amateur world team championship which took place at carton house. Massive future awaits for both

I remember his brother at the KLM but I assumed it was the same person, that's mad.

Not many teenage winners on the Euro tour, hopefully they'll end up being more McIlroy than Manassero.

prawnsambo

Thomas Pieters starting the year as he means to go on

dball

Banner2theend

57 players within 5 shots off the lead as I post this in the 3rd round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship!!

Lead only 9 under. 53rd place is 4 under.

Mantis Toboggan

Westwoods longevity is impressive, seems to have been around for ever.

Has now won in 4 different decades!

LuckyGent88

Fitzpatrick chipping cross handed?? Interesting

rickis tache

Happy for westwood. He held them off

Mantis Toboggan

Big win for westwood in a rolex event. Puts him in decent shape for the Ryder cup.

JBan1984

Westwood up to 29th in the world now. Great to see him win, can see that it meant a lot to him and he knows that he is in the final stretch of his career.

The_Kew_Tour

I remember following him around going into Irish open in 97 1 shot clear to Monty but Monty was too good on that Sunday.

Always had soft spot for Westwood. Would like to have seen him win major . Might do Darren Clarke in it.

slave1

After this surely he gets to win The Open

Mantis Toboggan

slave1 wrote: »

After this surely he gets to win The Open

No reason why he can't, he's still good enough, would be some Fairytale.

eagle eye

Mantis Toboggan wrote:

No reason why he can't, he's still good enough, would be some Fairytale.

He might go well in it but as soon as he sees the finish line he'll fall apart as per usual and probably blame his caddy when he hits an awful.hook.

RikkFlair

Well this is one way to address the slow play issue, make them all jog between shots :pac:

https://twitter.com/EuropeanTour/status/1221353770912710660

GreeBo

GMAC given a bad time after doing an on course interview with sky while walking to his ball.

Seems like an own goal by the powers that be.

abff

GreeBo wrote: »

GMAC given a bad time after doing an on course interview with sky while walking to his ball.

Seems like an own goal by the powers that be.

That’s ludicrous! If they want the money that comes with TV coverage, they have to be prepared to allow for delays caused by the TV company.

HighLine

Just watching the final round... the lack of spectators is embarrassing.

Remind me

Great back to back birdies for GMac

rickis tache

Good stuff gmac.

GreeBo

God he is super slow and never shuts up... A penalty for slow play would do him no harm.

rickis tache

GreeBo wrote: »

God he is super slow and never shuts up... A penalty for slow play would do him no harm.

Wins by 2 so even your penalty wouldn't stop him.

Mantis Toboggan

Wonder does Grame feel guilty now for going to Saudi? Like fcuk he does. Great win for him.

rickis tache

Really happy he won. The politics of the host country shouldn't be discussed here, maybe in a different forum,

coylemj

Good man GMAC.

Pity how golf (non) coverage on the BBC has reached a new low. As of 19:15 on Sunday, the headline way down the BBC Sport home page proclaims: 'McDowell a shot clear of Dubuisson after 54 holes in Saudi Arabia'. And his victory got ne'er a mention in the sports slot on the early evening BBC news.

BigChap1759

God the place looks like a building site, and no fans, weird event

Pdoghue

coylemj wrote: »

Good man GMAC.

Pity how golf (non) coverage on the BBC has reached a new low. As of 19:15 on Sunday, the headline way down the BBC Sport home page proclaims: 'McDowell a shot clear of Dubuisson after 54 holes in Saudi Arabia'. And his victory got ne'er a mention in the sports slot on the early evening BBC news.

I've noticed this too over the last few years. They are always a day or two late with updates. The Guardian is the same. Disappointing really.

brick tamland

Weird event(politics aside). I thought I was an interesting course compared to many on tour and was a decent challenge but the lack of anyone there made it a strange watch.

Happy for GMAC, he looked a bit shaken at the end during the interview. He played well and deserved it over a strong of a field as you’ll find on the European tour all season. I enjoy listening to the conversations between himself and his caddie too.

First Up

brick tamland wrote:

Weird event(politics aside). I thought I was an interesting course compared to many on tour and was a decent challenge but the lack of anyone there made it a strange watch.

I wouldn't read too much into that. Sunday is a working day in Saudi so it was never going to have big crowds.

Golf is in its infancy in the region - few courses and fewer players.. This is just part of a wider campaign to present Saudi as a modern country. They are even trying to attract tourists now. That was unheard of before.

Remind me

First Up wrote: »

I wouldn't read too much into that. Sunday is a working day in Saudi so it was never going to have big crowds.

Golf is in its infancy in the region - few courses and fewer players.. This is just part of a wider campaign to present Saudi as a modern country. They are even trying to attract tourists now. That was unheard of before.

There was no one there on Thursday - Saturday either