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		<title>Ladies European Tour: Swiss sister act as Metraux rolls into town at Italian Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2022 19:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="p1"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>By Matt Smith</strong></span><br />
Swiss sisters Kim and Morgane Metraux kept it in the family at the Ladies European Tour Italian Open on Thursday as they took a share of the lead with Sweden’s Sofie Bringner on five-under.</p>
<p class="p1">Morgane, who is two years younger than Kim, closed with four birdies in a row to set the early target at Golf Club Margara in Fubine Monferrato, before she was tied by her sister two groups later.</p>
<p class="p1">Bringner joined them late in the afternoon after a career-low round of on the LET, which included an eagle on the par-5 fifth.</p>
<p class="p1">The 24-year-old from Gothenburg said: “I hit a good drive to the middle of the fairway and then a 6-iron to the green, three metres from the pin and made the putt. It’s my first Italian Open so I’m enjoying it.”</p>
<p class="p1">Bringner won the Swedish Matchplay Championship on the LET Access Series last July and finished fifth on the Order of Merit to earn her LET card for 2022. She added: “It was a very solid round. I have been waiting for some good scores for a long time now so it feels good to have made some putts and hit some good shots. It’s a very nice golf course with good views, so I’m enjoying being here.”</p>
<p class="p1">Morgane added: “We’ve played together in the same group three times as amateurs, but not as professionals, because they never pair us together,” said Morgane, who graduated from the Epson Tour to become a rookie on the LPGA Tour this season.</p>
<p class="p1">“In college and in amateur tournaments, we always played together. Since graduating and turning pro, we haven’t played on the same tour, so it’s fun to have a few times where you can be together and share dinners and so on.</p>
<p class="p1">“We push each other to do better and at the same time we don’t want to be beaten by the other. It’s good, healthy competition.</p>
<p class="p1">“It’s fun. We always have that kind of inside competition. When I saw that she was one shot ahead on the last, I thought, I’ve got to tie it, so it was a bit of extra motivation to make that on the last.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s a three-way tie at the top in Italy, with Kim Metraux, Morgane Metraux and Sofie Bringner all shooting 67 (-5) to lead the way after the first 18 holes ??<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RaiseOurGame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RaiseOurGame</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LadiesItalianOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LadiesItalianOpen</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/LETgolf/status/1532417191659937794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p class="p1">When Morgane chose to forego last year’s Olympic Games in order to earn her LPGA card via the Epson Tour, Kim went to represent Switzerland in Tokyo.</p>
<p class="p1">“I was playing in America on the Epson Tour and I won the qualifying event for Evian (the 2021 Island Resort Championship),” Morgane explained. “Evian and the Olympics were back-to-back and if I had played in both I would have missed four tournaments in a row in America and I may not have finished in the top 10 and lost the opportunity to get my LPGA card. Evian was my dream growing up, but it was a hard decision. I definitely do not want to miss the next Olympic Games in 2024.”</p>
<p class="p1">The sisters are in a rich vein of form. Morgane tied for third place in the Mithra Belgian Ladies Open on Sunday, while Kim finished second in the recent Joburg Ladies Open and feels that her game is trending in the right direction, so there is a real possibility of them featuring in a play-off together in the final round on Saturday.</p>
<p class="p1">However, there are three multiple LET champions lurking just two strokes behind with two rounds to play: this year’s Investec SA Women’s Open champion Lee-Anne Pace from South Africa, the recent Australian Women’s Classic – Bonville winner Meghan MacLaren from England and Nuria Iturrioz of Spain. Alongside them are Italian amateur Carolina Melgrati, 19, from Monza, Lombardia and Tereza Melecka from the Czech Republic.</p>
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		<title>Ladies European Tour: Laura Davies dusts off clubs for Mithra Belgian Ladies Open</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 10:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #999999;"><em>Maja Stark. LET</em></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">By Matt Smith</span><br />
</strong></span>While the DP World Tour boys are teeing it up in the Dutch Open at Bernardus Golf, the Ladies European Tour is taking place almost directly due south over the Netherlands border<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in Belgium from Friday to Sunday.</p>
<p class="p1">Following Tiia Koivisto’s triumph over Whitney Hillier at the Jabra Ladies Open in France last week, the carnival heads on to Belgium for the Mithra Ladies Open.</p>
<p class="p1">A strong field of 126 players representing 28 nations will be competing at Naxhelet Golf Club, near Liege.</p>
<p class="p1">The first event in Belgium since 1995 will be a familiar homecoming of sorts for one of the veterans of the game as Laura Davies — the winner of the first Belgian Open -back in 1985 — will dust off the clubs to compete.</p>
<p class="p1">The legend will be in good company alongside fellow English veteran Trish Johnson and a host of recent winners on the LET, including Lee-Anne Pace (SA Women’s Open), Maja Stark (Women’s NSW Open), Meghan MacLaren (Australian Women’s Classic), Linn Grant (Joburg Ladies Open) and Manon De Roey (Aramco Team Series – Bangkok).</p>
<p class="p1">De Roey leads the home charge of nine Belgian players and is joined by Charlotte De Corte, Lien Willems, Ellen Smets and Laura Gonzalez Escallon alongside amateurs Sophie Bert, Elise Bishop, Louise Cuyvers and Savannah De Bock.</p>
<p class="p1">Race to Costa del Sol leader Stark and Argentina’s Magdalena Simmermacher will also fancy their chances of adding to their trophy haul.</p>
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		<title>Fassi, Karlsson co-lead as Dubai Moonlight Classic set for cliffhanger conclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Maria Fassi launches her tee shot on the 18th  </em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>By Kent Gray</strong></span><br />
Maria Fassi is glad she still has a “target on her back” but isn’t half as relieved as Jessica Karlsson who is starting to believe she won’t have to rush back to school teaching anytime soon.</p>
<p class="p1">The Mexican LPGA Tour player and the sometimes math and science teacher from Sweden will begin the final round of the 15th Dubai Moonlight Classic presented by EGA in joint pole-position on Friday, albeit with their noses just ahead of a tightly bunched grid all plotting early overtaking manoeuvres.</p>
<p class="p1">Thailand’s highly decorated Jutanugarn sisters Ariya and Moriya and Spaniard Nuria Iturrioz, the 2018 champion here, are among 11 players within four shots heading into the final round of the 260,000 Ladies European Tour event on The Faldo.</p>
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<p class="p1">After a course-record equalling 63 in Wednesday’s opening round, Fassi emerged from a frustrating Thursday just one stroke better to par, a 71 getting her to -10. Karlsson, meanwhile, added a 68 to her opening 66 to surprisingly find herself co-leader.</p>
<p class="p1">“I didn’t know I was tied for the lead! The photographer told me when I was walking in from the last hole. That’s good news,” Karlsson said.</p>
<div id="attachment_50356" style="width: 330px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-50356" class=" wp-image-50356" src="https://golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Jessica-Karlsson-2-tjlet.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="480" srcset="https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Jessica-Karlsson-2-tjlet.jpg 740w, https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Jessica-Karlsson-2-tjlet-200x300.jpg 200w, https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Jessica-Karlsson-2-tjlet-683x1024.jpg 683w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" /><p id="caption-attachment-50356" class="wp-caption-text">Jessica Karlsson<br />(Photo Tristan Jones)</p></div>
<p class="p1">So too is Karlsson’s welcome return to form after her return to the game via the COVID-19 didn’t quite go to plan.</p>
<p class="p1">“It was a little bit tough at the start of the year. I played some really bad golf because it had been one-and-a-half years since I had played tournament golf. I was a maths and science teacher last autumn, which was really good.</p>
<p class="p1">“It was hard to readjust. I have had a lot of time with my mental coach, and he has really helped me with that part of my game and my readjustment.</p>
<p class="p1">“I’m just going to enjoy it and have fun. I have my brother on the bag, so I’m just going to have a lot of fun!”</p>
<p class="p1">Afyer the fireworks of Wednesday, Fassi just simply pleased to get it into the clubhouse without any damaged done.<span class="Apple-converted-space">   </span></p>
<p class="p1">“It was a bit of a struggle out there today; I couldn’t get anything going and had to save pars every three or four holes so it was hard to build momentum that I had yesterday.</p>
<p class="p1">“[But] I went out with a target on my back today and I still have it at the end of the day so that’s good, and hopefully some more putts drop tomorrow.</p>
<p class="p1">“I hit it splendid yesterday and it was average today, and I couldn’t get the few opportunities I had for birdie to go in, so if I clean up with the irons and get a couple more putts to drop, I’ll be in good shape tomorrow.”</p>
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		<title>With an opening 63, Mexican Maria Fassi is a joint owner of the Faldo course record and out alone at the Dubai Moonlight Classic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 04:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Maria Fassi’s first circuit of the Faldo produced a scorecard that will be hung up in the clubhouse at Emirates Golf Club for prosperity. Now to the job of defending her first round lead.</p>
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<p class="p1"><strong><em>Maria Fassi’s first circuit of the Faldo produced a scorecard that will be hung up in the clubhouse at Emirates Golf Club for prosperity. Now to the job of defending her first round lead.</em></strong></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>By Kent Gray<br />
</strong></span>With 10 missed cuts in her first 11 starts on the LPGA Tour this season, you wouldn’t have been alone in giving Maria Fassi’s name little more than a cursory glance when surveying the field for potential winners of this week’s Dubai Moonlight Classic.</p>
<p class="p1">The 23-year-old Mexican’s relative anonymity lasted precisely 18 holes on Wednesday as she roared to the first-round lead of the €260,000 Ladies European Tour event at Emirates Golf Club.</p>
<p class="p1">With nine birdies and a chip-in eagle on her last hole of the night, the 16th, Fassi signed for an eight-under 63, matching the Faldo course record established by Kylie Henry in the final round of last year’s tournament. She leads by a stroke from South African Lee-Anne Pace with JA the Resort-attached Olivia Cowan alone in third place after a 65 heading into Thursday’s penultimate round.</p>
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<p class="p1">Cowan had hinted at the Faldo’s receptiveness with a stunning round of 60 in Tuesday’s Pro-Am and 31 of the 56 starters were in red numbers after the first round, including former world No.1 Ariya Jutanugarn who carded a four-under 68 to stay in touch with the leaders.</p>
<p class="p1">But the night belonged to Fassi who, astonishingly, could have lead by more but for blotting her card with two bogeys. Not that anyone was grumbling. It was sensational and surprising golf from a player whose only previous LET rounds – scores of 73-74 – saw her miss the cut at last year’s Australian Ladies Classic Bonville.</p>
<p class="p1">Wednesday’s round is even more impressive when you learn Fassi needed knee surgery in April.</p>
<p class="p1">“It is, of course, always good to be under par but it was pretty flawless out there today,” she said. “It is my first time playing in the dark but it was awesome. I was talking with the girls in my group today [and saying] that it’s a pretty cool experience.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">“It’s something that I wanted to experience [night golf] at least once in my lifetime. It is a lot of fun and it gives a more relaxed vibe to the tournament which helps my mindset and my game.”</p>
<p class="p1">Staying chill for the final 36 holes is the trick from here. It seems Fassi has a plan for that too.</p>
<p class="p1">“You always look back to a round like today and hope to do the same the next day and so on. It’s very important for me to just walk in tomorrow and have a clean slate and focus on the same things I was focusing on – we have a great game plan for the golf course, and it definitely paid off today, but I just need to keep doing what I have been doing and I should be in good shape after that.”</p>
<div id="attachment_50269" style="width: 750px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-50269" class="size-full wp-image-50269" src="https://golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Olivia-Cowan-2-tjlet.jpg" alt="" width="740" height="493" srcset="https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Olivia-Cowan-2-tjlet.jpg 740w, https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Olivia-Cowan-2-tjlet-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" /><p id="caption-attachment-50269" class="wp-caption-text">Olivia Cowan. Photo by Tristan Jones/LET</p></div>
<p class="p1">While others might have been surprised by the round, Fassi herself wasn’t. She’s been trending nicely since going under the knife with a 5th place finish at last month’s ShopRite LPGA Classic. It’s not like she is an unknown either; Fassi finished runner-up to Jennifer Kupcho at the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur and placed T-12 in her professional debut – impressively at the U.S. Open &#8211; later in 2019.</p>
<p class="p1">“I think it was a matter of time for me to be able to put a round like todays together. I have been working very hard to see something like this happen so it’s very motivating to see a round like today and have all that hard work pay off.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">“I think it is a good game plan. We are playing pretty aggressive especially on the back nine, there’s a few holes where my length really plays a big role so it’s using that and hoping that the putts keep dropping.”</p>
<p class="p1">For much of the opening round Pace was the aptly-named pace-setter. The South African didn’t put a, ahem, foot wrong, starting with a birdie on the 4th, her first hole, before adding six more and an eagle on the 10th to sign for a 64.</p>
<p class="p1">“To shoot bogey-free is always very nice, I nearly birdied the last hole as well. I played very solid and made all the fairways which makes it a lot easier into the greens,” said Pace, a 10-time LET winner. “It’s not a terribly long golf course so you can attack the pins and the greens are holding as well.”</p>
<p class="p1">Pace played in the same three-ball as Cowan, the 25-year-old German who is still searching for her LET breakthrough.</p>
<p class="p1">“We both played solid today and had a good day… it was really enjoyable,” Cowan said. “I love coming to Dubai – it feels like a second home with my sponsors JA the Resort here and I always play well here because of that. Great weather, great course, I can’t complain.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">That’s a good thing for Cowan’s bag-carrying partner.</p>
<p class="p1">“My boyfriend is caddying for me this week. We weren’t quite sure how it was going to be because it was the first time – it could make or break the relationship. It’s going well so far though so he can keep the job.”</p>
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		<title>Georgia Hall confirmed for $1 million Saudi International</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Major champion and Solheim Cup star Georgia Hall is the first marque name unveiled for ground-breaking Saudi Ladies International.</p>
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Georgia Hall in action at the 2019 Buick LPGA Shanghai in China.</em></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>By Kent Gray</strong></span><br />
Major champion and Solheim Cup star Georgia Hall is the first marque name unveiled for ground-breaking Saudi Ladies International.</p>
<p class="p1">The 23-year-old Englishwoman, a two-time European No.1, will be joined by another member of last year’s triumphant Solheim Cup team at Gleneagles, Spaniard Azahara Muñoz, at the $1 million event at Royal Greens Golf &amp; Country Club from March 19-22.</p>
<p class="p1">Fellow former Ladies European Tour (LET) No.1 Beth Allen (USA), decorated South African Lee-Anne Pace, Wales’ Amy Boulden, Swede Camilla Lennarth and rising Thai star Atthaya Thitikul are other familiar names confirmed for the inaugural championship in King Abdullah Economic City near Jeddah.</p>
<p class="p1">Hall became the first Englishwoman in 14 years to capture the Women&#8217;s British Open in 2018 and won four out of four points in Europe’s 14½-13½ upset at Gleneagles – the first time Team USA had been beaten in six years.</p>
<p class="p1">The Bournemouth-born player cannot wait to be part of history in what will be the first female professional event in the Kingdom.</p>
<p class="p1">“It’s incredibly exciting to be part of the first Saudi Ladies International and make golfing history in the country,” said Hall who captured the LET Order of Merit and ‘Player of the Year’ honours in both 2017 and 2018. <span class="Apple-converted-space">   </span></p>
<p class="p1">“From what I’ve seen of the golf course it looks a stunning set-up on the Red Sea and a pretty challenging test – it’s a brilliant chance for us to showcase our game to newcomers to golf.”</p>
<p class="p1">Muñoz contributed 2.5 of a possible five points to the European cause at the last Solheim Cup. Together with Thitikul, a two-time winner on the LET at just 17 years of age, and the experienced Pace, who has 12 worldwide victories to her name, the 32-year-old Spaniard is sure to be among those to push Hall hardest at KAEC.</p>
<p class="p1">The Saudi Ladies Championship is part of Golf Saudi and the Saudi Golf Federation’s inclusion and equality remit and under the Kingdom’s ‘Vision 2030’ socio-economic revitalisation project. It comes after Royal Greens hosted the second Saudi International earlier this month where former major champion Graeme McDowell captured his first European Tour title since 2014 and pushed his world ranking from 104 to 47.</p>
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<p class="p1">“Hosting another prestigious championship in Saudi Arabia adds to an exciting golf calendar for fans in the region and with top female golfers from around the world coming to compete it is sure to excite in what is the first time we are seeing elite female golfers compete in the country,” said His Excellency Yasir bin Othman Al-Rumayyan, Chairman of Golf Saudi and the Saudi Golf Federation, looking ahead to next month’s first-ever tournament.</p>
<p class="p1">“The championship is open for everybody to attend throughout the four days and I’d encourage everybody to go along, watch world-class sport and enjoy the sport and entertainment on offer.”</p>
<p class="p1">For more information on the <a href="http://www.golfsaudi.com/en-us/ladies-international/"><span style="color: #3366ff;">Saudi Ladies International, click here</span>.</a></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>They Said it…<br />
</strong></span><strong>Amy Boulden<br />
</strong>“Our game continues to break new ground and coming to new places like Saudi Arabia for the first time shows the ambition of Golf Saudi and the Tour.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>I want to play well in a big event that can give me some momentum for the season.”</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Camilla Lennarth</strong><br />
“Playing golf in front of new fans is the best way to grow the game and hopefully we inspire more girls to pick up a golf club and get involved in our great sport so I hope to see many people at the Championship next month.”</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>By Christopher Powers</strong></span><br />
After making a quadruple-bogey 9 on Magna Golf Club’s 14th hole on Thursday at the LPGA Tour’s CP Women’s Open, Lee-Anne Pace withdrew from the event, citing a back injury that’s been plaguing her throughout the season. This is news that would have gone completely unnoticed if not for one peculiar wrinkle involving the inaugural Aon Risk Reward Challenge.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Pace, who is 132nd on the LPGA’s money list with just $43,433 in earnings this year, was leading the season-long competition entering the week, with an average of -0.818 (in relation to par) on the year. Players take their best two scores on the designated Aon Risk Reward hole each week, and at the end of the season the player with the best average wins $1 million. It just so happened that this week’s hole was the par-5 14th, where Pace made a 9 and withdrew.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Her WD negates her score for the week, meaning it won’t count in the Aon Risk Reward Challenge, so she keeps her lead. Pace is well aware of how it looks, but insisted afterwards that the injury is very real. Golf Channel’s Randall Mell caught up with Pace following the round, and she defended her decision to withdraw.<br />
</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">“I know what it looks like, but I can guarantee that’s not the case,” Pace told Mell. “It’s all legitimate. It just happened to happen there, on that hole. I understand what people are going to think. They’re going to think what they think, but I feel, under the circumstances, I did the right thing, to not keep playing with a bad back.”</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Pace said she made the injury worse during her 14th-hole debacle, specifically on her second shot, which found a bunker and left her with an awkward stance for her third.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">“I took a swing, and the left side of my back just got stuck,” she told GolfChannel.com.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">She was able to finish the hole, then hit a tee shot into the rough on the 15th hole, where she realized her tournament was over.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">“I said, ‘I’m sorry I can’t play,’ and then I went to a rules official and explained the situation,” Pace said. “From there, I went off the course and immediately to the Canadian Open doctor on site.”</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Pace’s injury is so painful that it’s caused the 38-year-old South African to consider retirement.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">“I just think it’s about getting older, and wear and tear,” Pace said. “Hopefully, I can get my body sorted out.”</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">According to Mell’s report, Pace is scheduled to play in next week’s Cambia Portland Classic, the Indy Women in Tech Championship in September and the Volunteers of America Classic in October. In order to be eligible for the Aon Risk Reward Challenge’s $1 million prize, Pace needs to play 40 rounds. She’s played 39 rounds on the LPGA Tour this season, but only 35 that have counted toward the Challenge.</span></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Take advantage of the tour quality conditions at Gary Player's beautiful beach-front creation on Saadiyat Island.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Aditi Ashok stood alone as the champion of the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open but spoke on behalf of her peers in lavishing praise on Saadiyat Beach Golf Club in her acceptance speech.</span></p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11559" src="http://golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Aditi-with-Ed.jpg" alt="" width="740" height="462" srcset="https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Aditi-with-Ed.jpg 740w, https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Aditi-with-Ed-300x187.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" /></p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11560" src="http://golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Agronomy-3.jpg" alt="" width="740" height="462" srcset="https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Agronomy-3.jpg 740w, https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Agronomy-3-300x187.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" /></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Ashok was a popular winner of the $550,000 event which drew repeated praise throughout the week as one of the Ladies European Tour’s favourite stops of the year courtesy of the Troon club’s family-friendly organisation and the condition of Gary Player’s beautiful beachfront creation.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s1">While the Indian teen and her colleagues have departed for the business end of the LET campaign, the championship course remains in pristine shape for UAE visitors as the weather cools and Middle East golf season heats up.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The 19-year-old laid down a serious marker for amateurs &#8211; male and female &#8211; looking to test their games, her winning 18-under-par total made up of four sub 70 circuits that illuminated her undoubted talent but also the presentation of the 7806 yard, par 72 layout.</span></p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11562" src="http://golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saadiyat-18th-2011.jpg" alt="" width="740" height="462" srcset="https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saadiyat-18th-2011.jpg 740w, https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saadiyat-18th-2011-300x187.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" /></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">There was an inexplicable four-putt on the penultimate hole which nearly cost Ashok her third LET title but even she admitted that scary blip had nothing to do with the greens which are putting as pure as anything in the region. Indeed, the scoring was exceptional all week &#8211; thanks in no small measure to Saadiyat Bech Golf Club’s agronomy team. First South African Lee-Anne Pace opened with a 66 before the 23-year-old Spaniard eclipsed the previous course record of 64 with a eight-under 62 in the second round.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">While other courses in the region ramp up their preparations for upcoming European Tour events, there has never been a better time to experience the “Island Life”. Saadiyat Beach has never been in better condition. </span></p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11561" src="http://golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saadiyat-17th-2004.jpg" alt="" width="740" height="462" srcset="https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saadiyat-17th-2004.jpg 740w, https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saadiyat-17th-2004-300x187.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" /></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Book online today at <a href="http://www.sbgolfclub.ae/"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span class="s3">www.sbgolfclub.ae</span></span></a> </span><span class="s1">to experience the pristine conditio</span><span class="s2">n and f</span><span class="s1">or the best daily rates to play ‘the home of the FBMLO”. Saadiyat Beach Golf Club also welcome membership enquiries &#8211; enquire via email at <a href="mailto:membership@sbgolfclub.ae"><span class="s3" style="color: #ff6600;">membership@sbgolfclub.ae</span></a>. As Ashok will attest, the Abu Dhabi gem is a welcoming oasis in the desert all year round.</span></p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Aditi Ashok takes a two shot lead over Cheyenne Woods into the final round at Saadiyat Beach G.C.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>By Kent Gray<br />
</strong></span><span class="s1">Aditi Ashok gave the Abu Dhabi galleries a glimpse of her rare talent when she book-ended a T-46 finish at the inaugural Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open last November with a pair of 69s. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">What the Saadiyat Beach faithful probably didn’t see coming next was back-to-back victories, by a shot in front of her home fans at the Hero Women’s Indian Open and then by three at the Qatar Ladies Open to sew up Rookie-of-the-Year honours and second spot in the overall order-of-merit.</span></p>
<p>Fast-forward 12 months and nobody will be surprised if Ashok goes on to collect a third Ladies European Tour title at Saadiyat on Saturday. The girl from Bangalore added a 68 Friday to her earlier loops of 67-66 to move to -15 and establish a two-shot buffer over Cheyenne Woods.</p>
<p>England’s Ellie Givens fired a flawless eight-under 64 to soar up to a share of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>third place with Lee-Anne Pace after the South African, who led through the first 36 holes, went backwards with an even par 72.</p>
<p>Ashok plays golf beyond her years but even the seemingly nerveless teen will be very aware of the name nearest to her on the leaderboard. Being stalked by Cheyenne Woods isn’t quite the same as when uncle Tiger is on the prowl, but its scary enough.</p>
<p>“It’s good that I have a two-stroke lead,” Ashok told Ladies European Tour. “But there are several players within two or three shots and a low round is very possible on this course so I’ll need to play well tomorrow.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">After a 3rd round 68 (-4) <a href="https://twitter.com/aditigolf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@aditigolf</a> takes a 2 shot lead on -15 going into the final day <a href="https://twitter.com/FBMLadiesOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBMLadiesOpen</a> <a href="https://t.co/DPJUmIOGkn">pic.twitter.com/DPJUmIOGkn</a></p>
<p>— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/LETgolf/status/926448718018240513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>She’ll be hoping for more consistency than Friday when she mixed seven birdies with three bogeys.</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">“I was hitting it well on the range and I had a feeling that I could have a few birdie chances. I was five-under on the front nine but there were a couple of mistakes on the back which could have been avoided. Four-under is still good.”</span></p>
<p>A day after her first pro hole-in-one, Woods played shots like this en-route to five birdies:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Cheyenne_Woods?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Cheyenne_Woods</a> going close to another hole-in-one on the 12th <a href="https://twitter.com/FBMLadiesOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBMLadiesOpen</a> <a href="https://t.co/Dimfb6CCpD">pic.twitter.com/Dimfb6CCpD</a></p>
<p>— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/LETgolf/status/926408031708913664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>This closing birdie was class too and edged the 27-year-old American closer to a second LET title after her pro breakthrough at the Volvik RACV Ladies Masters in Australia in 2014.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Cheyenne_Woods?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Cheyenne_Woods</a> birdies 18 for a round of 68 (-4) &amp; moves to -13 <a href="https://twitter.com/FBMLadiesOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBMLadiesOpen</a> <a href="https://t.co/c8gLdiK8Bo">pic.twitter.com/c8gLdiK8Bo</a></p>
<p>— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/LETgolf/status/926441407128072192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>“I had a pretty solid round altogether, played well from start to finish and gave myself lots of birdie chances, as I just wanted to be up there with the leaders. I am ready for tomorrow and excited for what it will bring”.</p>
<div id="attachment_11273" style="width: 3532px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11273" class="wp-image-11273 size-full" src="http://golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cheyenne-Posts-Strong-Round-On-Day-3.jpg" alt="" width="3522" height="2385" srcset="https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cheyenne-Posts-Strong-Round-On-Day-3.jpg 3522w, https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cheyenne-Posts-Strong-Round-On-Day-3-300x203.jpg 300w, https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cheyenne-Posts-Strong-Round-On-Day-3-768x520.jpg 768w, https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cheyenne-Posts-Strong-Round-On-Day-3-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cheyenne-Posts-Strong-Round-On-Day-3-800x542.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 3522px) 100vw, 3522px" /><p id="caption-attachment-11273" class="wp-caption-text">Cheyenne Woods.</p></div>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Pace, a nine-time winner on the LET, was left “very frustrated” but is still only three back on a course that is giving up plenty of birdies.</span></p>
<p>“I didn’t think I played that badly but I left myself in some bad positions so decision-making wasn’t the best, especially hitting over the green on 18 and dropping one there,” the 36-year-old said after her 72.</p>
<p>“It wasn’t ideal but a quick start tomorrow and I could get there. I had a lot of downhill putts and short-sided myself. They were not easy putts to make.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">How things stand after day 3 <a href="https://twitter.com/FBMLadiesOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBMLadiesOpen</a>.</p>
<p>All scores: <a href="https://t.co/1jQAQY6Z9r">https://t.co/1jQAQY6Z9r</a> <a href="https://t.co/iU6n0c0VrV">pic.twitter.com/iU6n0c0VrV</a></p>
<p>— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/LETgolf/status/926447408720072704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2017 15:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>When Tiger Woods’ niece holes-in-one for the first time not long after a young Spaniard obliterates the course record, it takes something special to emerge from the inevitable hullabaloo.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="p1"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>By Kent Gray</strong></span><br />
When Tiger Woods’ niece holes-in-one for the first time not long after a young Spaniard obliterates the course record, it takes something special to emerge from the inevitable hullabaloo.</p>
<p class="p1">South African Lee-Anne Pace somehow achieved just that with a second successive 66 at Saadiyat Beach to hold onto her overnight lead at the halfway stage of the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open.</p>
<p class="p1">The 36-year-old is -12 through 36-holes of the Ladies European Tour event, a shot clear of reigning LET Rookie-of-the-Year Aditi Ashok after the Indian teen matched Pace’s 66.</p>
<div id="attachment_11268" style="width: 750px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11268" class="wp-image-11268 size-full" src="http://golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Lee-Ann-Continues-To-Set-Pace-On-Day-2.jpg" alt="" width="740" height="493" srcset="https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Lee-Ann-Continues-To-Set-Pace-On-Day-2.jpg 740w, https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Lee-Ann-Continues-To-Set-Pace-On-Day-2-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" /><p id="caption-attachment-11268" class="wp-caption-text">Lee-Ann Pace</p></div>
<p class="p1">Luna Sobron soared 73 places up the leaderboard with a 62 that eclipsed the old course record by two shots and shares third at -9 with Swede Camilla Lennarth (65) and Cheyenne Woods who holed out with a seven iron from 161 yards on the 6th en-route to a 66. It wasn&#8217;t the only pure shot the American hit in the second round either:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Who said long bunker shots were tough?! <a href="https://twitter.com/Cheyenne_Woods?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Cheyenne_Woods</a> giving a masterclass <a href="https://twitter.com/FBMLadiesOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBMLadiesOpen</a> <a href="https://t.co/DNtaouXHZ3">pic.twitter.com/DNtaouXHZ3</a></p>
<p>— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/LETgolf/status/926079508381184000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p class="p1"><a href="http://golfdigestme.com/luna-sobron-rockets-contention-fbmlo-course-record-62/"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Related:</span> Luna Sobron rockets into contention at FBMLO with course record 62</strong></span></a></p>
<p class="p1">“It feels great,” Pace said of remaining atop the leaderboard.</p>
<p class="p1">“I remembered the course better today but I struck the ball really nicely too. I hit the shots I wanted to hit and I hit it really close to the pin and made the putts.</p>
<p class="p1">“Tomorrow I’d like to start the way I did today, and be a bit patient, as patience helps you to do a lot. I had some chances which I didn’t take but in the end I’m pretty satisfied.”</p>
<div id="attachment_11265" style="width: 750px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11265" class="wp-image-11265 size-full" src="http://golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/A-New-Course-Record-Set-By-Luna-Sobron.jpg" alt="" width="740" height="493" srcset="https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/A-New-Course-Record-Set-By-Luna-Sobron.jpg 740w, https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/A-New-Course-Record-Set-By-Luna-Sobron-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" /><p id="caption-attachment-11265" class="wp-caption-text">Luna Sobron en-route to her course record 62.</p></div>
<p class="p1">Ashok is ominously poised.</p>
<p class="p1">“I feel I’m hitting the ball well enough, though I missed a couple of drives left. But apart from that I struck the ball pretty well. My putting has been pretty good too, so I’m happy,” said the 19-year-old from Bengaluru.</p>
<p class="p1">“I’m still bogey free and everyone is mentioning it. I’m just focusing on hitting the fairways and letting the birdies happen.”</p>
<p class="p1">Georgia Hall shot an impressive 67 to finish at -8 in joint fifth place with fellow Englishwoman Florentyna Parker, Celine Herbin (France) and Swede Linda Wessberg.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/georgiahall96?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@georgiahall96</a> so close to a hole-in-one on the par-3 6th hole <a href="https://twitter.com/FBMLadiesOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBMLadiesOpen</a> <a href="https://t.co/M9Uw23ds6k">pic.twitter.com/M9Uw23ds6k</a></p>
<p>— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/LETgolf/status/926023769008648192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p class="p1">It was a tough day for Marianne Skarpnord as Norway’s rising star dropped to -2<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>while fan favourite Carly Booth shot another 72 to finish even and miss the cut – made at -1 – by one shot.</p>
<p class="p1">Defending champ Beth Allen also has an unwanted weekend off after adding a disappointing 76 to her opening 73 to finisb +5.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Her tweet afterwards summed up the America’s feelings:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">What a world class event here at <a href="https://twitter.com/SaadiyatBeachGC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SaadiyatBeachGC</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/FBMLadiesOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBMLadiesOpen</a>. Gutted to have put up such a terrible defense. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nextyear?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nextyear</a></p>
<p>— Beth Allen (@BethAllenGolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/BethAllenGolf/status/926019060260917248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p class="p1"><a href="http://ladieseuropeantour.com/leaderboard/"><em><span style="color: #999999;">Full scores here</span></em></a></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2017 08:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Luna Sobron has slashed the course record at Saadiyat Beach G.C. by two strokes to go from potential cut victim to genuine title contender at the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #999999;"><em>Photos courtesy Tristan Jones/@TJonesPhoto</em></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>By Kent Gray</strong></span><br />
Luna Sobron has slashed the course record at Saadiyat Beach G.C. by two strokes to go from potential cut victim to genuine title contender at the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open.</p>
<p class="p1">The 23-year-old Spaniard mixed an eagle, nine birdies and a bogey in a 10-under 62 to rocket from a share of 76th place overnight following an opening 73 to a share of third early on the second day of the Ladies European Tour event.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">?NEW COURSE RECORD?<a href="https://twitter.com/Lunasobron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Lunasobron</a> ?<a href="https://twitter.com/SaadiyatBeachGC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SaadiyatBeachGC</a> <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/2705.png" alt="✅" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><br />
1 eagle <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/2705.png" alt="✅" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><br />
9 birdies <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/2705.png" alt="✅" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><br />
7 pars <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/2705.png" alt="✅" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><br />
1 bogey <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/2705.png" alt="✅" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><br />
62 (-10) <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/2705.png" alt="✅" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><br />
?????? <a href="https://t.co/j5CHXQhlvH">pic.twitter.com/j5CHXQhlvH</a></p>
<p>— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/LETgolf/status/925989072748859392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p class="p1">Sobron is -9 for the championship, three shots behind first round leader Lee-Anne Pace (South Africa) who had a second successive 66 to move to -12. Reigning LET Rookie-of-the-Year Aditi Ashok (India) is at -11 after also signing for a second round 66 while Sobron shares third with Swede Camilla Lennarth after a 65.</p>
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<p class="p1">The 62 eclipses the course record of 64 jointly established by defending champion Beth Allen and Brit Georgia Hall at the inaugural FBMLO last year.</p>
<p class="p1">Sobron went out in three under 33 with four birdies and a bogey at the par 3 6th. She came home ina staggering seven under 29 highlighted by an eagle on the par 5 15th and played her last 11 holes nine under par.</p>
<p class="p1">“I didn’t know it was the course record so I am very happy, it must have been all the putts I made, including that eagle on the 15th,” said Sobron who advanced to the final stage of LPGA Tour Q-School after finishing T-5 at the second stage in Florida just before arriving in Abu Dhabi.</p>
<p class="p1">“My back nine was just amazing. On the 18th I made a good chip onto the green and I just prayed my final putt would drop [for par which it duly did].</p>
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<p class="p1">“I am now confident ahead of the rest of the tournament, however it will be difficult to do again, so I just need to enjoy my golf.”</p>
<p class="p1">On Thursday at least, satisfaction was guaranteed for the Rookie-of-the-Year candidate who will be one to watch over the weekend at Saadiyat Beach.</p>
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