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Golf’s Man in the Rough I have felt for some time now that


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Sergio Garcia was in danger of becoming a Spanish Colin Montgomerie, in that he promises so much, but is maybe destined to be one of golf’s ‘nearly men’. Therefore, I was delighted to see


that he recently won the Qatar Masters aſter shooting 65 in the last round to force a play-off against Finland’s Miko Ilonen. This win propels Garcia into the


world's top 10 and, more importantly with this being Ryder Cup year, will give an early boost of confidence to both Garcia and Paul McGinley, the captain of the European team. The organisers of the 25th Omega Dubai Desert Classic came up with a great idea when, last month, they held a Tuesday Champions Challenge to which every past winner of the event was invited. There was, sadly, one notable


absentee. The late, great and much missed


Severiano Ballesteros won the Dubai Desert Classic back in 1992 when he beat Ireland’s Ronan Rafferty in a play-off. Taking Seve’s place at the


Champion’s Challenge was his 23 year old son Javier who, appropriately, was partnered by fellow Spaniards Miguel Angel Jiménez and José Maria Olazábal – both very good friends of his father. “It was really emotional, especially


on that 1st tee,” Olazábal later admitted. “When I saw Javier, I saw Seve. He brought back a lot of memories.”


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It was a very emotional moment all


round as the ovation that greeted Javier easily surpassed that which had greeted both Tiger Woods and Rory McIIroy. For the record, the joint winners of the Champions Challenge were Henrik Stenson and Rafa Cabrera- Bello who finished two shots ahead of the rest of the field. Javier Ballesteros returned a very respectable round of 74 to finish eight shots behind Stenson and Cabrera-Bello. As for the Dubai Classic itself, there


is a huge incentive to make the cut at the end of the second round. The 17th tee will be moved forward


so it plays 325 yards and anyone managing to score a hole-in-one will bag an amazing $2.5million (just over £1.5million). I don’t know about you, but this


weather is playing havoc with my Sunday four ball, but at least our course has not been affected as bad as some. For instance, West Malling Golf Course in Kent lost 16 trees during storms earlier in the month causing significant damage along the way. Still, you have to look on the bright


side, and I had to laugh on reading that staff clearing up aſter storms at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in South Wales found a 3 foot fully grown cod weighing in at over 12 lbs. And the headline accompanying


the story? You guessed it – ‘Cod for Tee’!


Happy Hacking!


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