Dubai World Championships

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The golfing year has come to an end for the European Tour and the year end Dubai World Championship gets started at the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai.

Round 1 was a thriller with some fantastic pairs to be watched.  The number one pairing was that of the world number one Luke Donald and world number two  Rory McIlroy. Both players got off to a bad start with Luke Donald dropping a shot on the 1st hole and Rory McIlroy making a double on the 2nd hole. But both players would recover and make the turn at 3 under and even par respectively. The back nine told a very different story with Luke Donald dropping three strokes in succession and having to watch Rory McIlroy find some form with the flat stick and knock in 4 putts over 25ft to come home in 30 and finish at six under par made it that much harder for Luke Donald.

But it was Peter Hanson who would take the glory for Day1 with a low round of 64 to tie the course record held by Lee Westwood. Peter Hanson went out in 34 and then screamed home in just 30 to take the top position on the Leaderboard and give himself a great chance to finaly get in to the top 15 of the European Tour Race to Dubai and get a share of the Bonus Pool after missing out the last three years by just two spots.

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Nedbank Golf Challenge 2011

As always another exciting field at this years 2011 Nedbank Golf Challenge. The battle of this years world number one between Luke Donald ,Lee Westwood, and Martin Kaymer  shows for some great action as well as having The 2011 Open champion Darren Clarke and not to mention,  South Africa's own super star and current European Tour Race to Dubai number 4, Scharl Schwartzel.

Lee Westwood and Scharl Schwartzel set the tone for the week after their opening round of 4 under par 68.Day two saw a low round of the day being shared by Martin Kaymer  and Jason Dufner also with a 4 under par 68 and keeping a nice tight group at the top of the Leaderboard going into the weekend.

However,  it would be Lee Westwood who blows the feild away on Saterday as he cruised round the The Gary Player Country Club in style,  firing a 10 under par 62 and taking a 4 shot lead going into Sunday. With hopeful challenges trying to attack the best was made by that of Swedens Robert Karlsson who, after posting 3 consecutive rounds of 3 under par 69, would shoot the low round of the day, 4 under par 68 and take sole possession of 2nd place on 13 under par leaving  Lee Westwood at the top of the leaderboard, inspite of him shooting 73, with a 2 shot victory.

Well done to all the competitors of the 2011 Nedbank Golf Challenge and an extra special congratulations to  Lee Westwood on his victory.