This Week the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
Held at the Yas Links Abu Dhabi
7425 Yards Par 72
The Defending Champion is Paul Waring
In the TH The Abu Dhabi Champion is MX
First held in 2006, Chris DiMarco was champion . . . and one of only two Americans to win this event (Rickie in 2016). Made part of the Rolex Series in 2019, it is one of eight Premier Events on the European tour. Besides the large purse . . . the hosts are not above paying appearance money so the field will be strong.
So, you think the guy on the right will show up this year?
FUN FACT: Chris DiMarco won 3 events on the PGA Tour . . . interestingly he also finished second in 3 different Majors . . . The 2004 PGA, the 2005 Masters and the 2006 Open Championship . . . He lost the PGA and the Masters in a playoff and the Open by two strokes. What could have been.
Four and an Alt
WENDY !!!!! . . . No Cut This Week
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| Slinger | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Alternate | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taf | Fleetwood -25 | McIlroy -24 | Macintyre -20 | R Højgaard -15 | PENGE -20 | -84 |
| Deb | Fleetwood -25 | McIlroy -24 | Macintyre -20 | Hatton -11 | ABERG -15 | -80 |
| Hedge | Hatton -11 | Lowry -19 | McIlroy -24 | Fleetwood -25 | LINDBERG -11 | -79 |
| Metro | McIlroy -24 | M Fitzpatrick -11 | Lowry -19 | Fleetwood -25 | PENGE -20 | -79 |
| JJ | Hatton -11 | Fleetwood -25 | Lowry -19 | Macintyre -20 | NOREN -17 | -75 |
| Scrums | Fleetwood -25 | Hatton -11 | McIlroy -24 | Aberg -15 | LOWRY - | -75 |
| Phil | Hatton -11 | Fleetwood -25 | McIlroy -24 | M Fitzpatrick -11 | ÅBERG -15 | -71 |
| Wendy | McIlroy -24 | Fleetwood -25 | Hatton -11 | M Fitzpatrick -11 | PENGE -20 | -71 |
| MX2 | Fleetwood -25 | McIlroy -24 | Reed -10 | Hatton -11 | ÅBERG -15 | -70 |
| EMC | M Fitzpatrick -11 | Lowry -19 | A Fitzpatrick -11 | Brown -17 | REED -10 | -58 |
| Max | Reed -10 | McKibbin -3 | Fleetwood -25 | Hatton -11 | MCILROY -24 | -49 |
“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me
He said I was being ridiculous . . . everyone hasn’t met me yet”
~ Rodney Dangerfield