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The Omega Dubai Desert Classic, the oldest tournament of the Persian Gulf, He fell to a classic, Paul Casey, the 43-year-old Englishman who with 15 victories in his career on the European Tour equals two Ryder Cup captains such as Thomas Bjorn and Padraig Harrington, the current one, who finished sixth in the history. Emirates aged 49. The victory, in addition, returns him to the world top 20 and confirms the return to the forefront of an exquisite player, as well as a tough competitor.
There was hardly any emotion on the last day. Casey, who had led a stroke ahead of Scotsman Robert McIntyre, holed it from off the green on hole 4 to seal the second birdie in a row and his greatest rival was in charge of paving the way.
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The young Scotsman linked four consecutive bogeys Between holes 7 and 10, the difference shot up to four and even five strokes, with all the pursuers and Sunday was a pleasant one for the British with the singular wives – the first, a relative of Hugh Hefner, the owner of the mansion of Playboy; the second, a British TV star-, on a course where the irregularity of the greens despaired golfers. With which he has fallen in the world and in the business, the attitude of the players who did not fire their complaints was very responsible.
The difference was so great that not even Casey’s bogey in 15put in jeopardy the polished golfer’s victory at Arizona State, a talent factory that Jon Rahm, Alejandro Caizares, Per Ulrik Johansson, Phil Mickelson, Chez Reavie have passed through … Just like his biggest shot difference in a win.
Sergio Garca (73) finished sixth. Combine bad shots with other highly effective ones. He’s not super at this time of the year and applied intelligence. He grabbed on all par 5s to get results and fought, as he could, in the rest of the sections. His ambition to fight for each position, which is not the same to be fifth as tenth, was very remarkable. It is playing, among other things, a place in the Ryder -which seems guaranteed by its performance in the tournament- and in the Olympic Games, where the fight with Rafa Cabrera Bello (75 on Sunday and 35th) last until June.
Reseable was also the post of Adri Arnaus, ninth, the second consecutive top 10. Catalan is close to getting into the top 100 in the world and starting to think about bigger companies. Where it has always pointed.
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