They played together in today's opening round in the desert of Dubai.. Kaymer -5 67.... McDowell E, 72.
So a 5 shot advantage to Martin Kaymer over the Irishman with 3 rounds to play in the Race to Dubai playing in ideal conditions, sunny, warm, no wind..
Neither lead the tournament.. That honour goes to the lanky Swede Robert Karlsson -7,65, who suffered an eye problem 2 years ago which sidelined him for 3 months. He hasn't figured prominently since he won in Qatar earlier this year, but says he is feeling great, and he could have shot 63 until he drove the ball against a tree on the 18th, ended up with a bogey 6.
Kaymer lies 3rd, 2 shots behind Karlsson. Remember if it all comes together for him he can win The Race to Dubai, take home €2,000,000 and become the world's #1 player !!! He holed a 7 iron on the 3rd for an eagle 2 for the shot of the day..
McDowell needs to finish in the top 3 here at this Earth Course at the Jumeirah Golf Estates to have any chance of winning The Race to Dubai but he is T25. He has been suffering from a head cold.
I watched the 19 year old Korean kid. NOH, Seung-yul who is 2nd after -6 66 and he is another phenom. He made European Tour history in March when, at the age of 18 years and 281 days, he beat K J Choi to win the Malaysian Open, the youngest pro to do that.
Thailand's Jaidee has been playing well all through the far east swing, he is 4th -4 68, then comes the cavalry charge at -3 69... Westwood, Stenson, Garcia, Poulter, Schwartzel who had an ace on the 6th, and Canizares.
Westwood is the defending champion.
Leaderboard
1 KARLSSON, Robert -7 18 -7 65 - - - 65
2 NOH, Seung-yul -6 18 -6 66 - - - 66
3 KAYMER, Martin -5 18 -5 67 - - - 67
4 JAIDEE, Thongchai -4 18 -4 68 - - - 68
T5 STENSON, Henrik -3 18 -3 69 - - - 69
T5 GARCIA, Sergio -3 18 -3 69 - - - 69
T5 CAÑIZARES, Alejandro -3 18 -3 69 - - - 69
T5 SCHWARTZEL, Charl -3 18 -3 69 - - - 69
T5 POULTER, Ian -3 18 -3 69 - - - 69
T5 WESTWOOD, Lee -3 18 -3 69 - - - 69
T11 AIKEN, Thomas -2 18 -2 70 - - - 70
T11 BOYD, Gary -2 18 -2 70 - - - 70
T11 JACQUELIN, Raphaël -2 18 -2 70 - - - 70
T11 HORSEY, David -2 18 -2 70 - - - 70
T11 CASEY, Paul -2 18 -2 70 - - - 70
T11 JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Angel -2 18 -2 70 - - - 70
Tee times round 2
1 07:30 GOOSEN Retief DONALDSON Jamie
1 07:40 WILLETT Danny HANSON Peter
1 07:50 LAWRIE Peter ROCK Robert
1 08:00 MOLINARI Edoardo DAVIES Rhys
1 08:10 WILSON Oliver ANDERSSON HED Fredrik
1 08:20 BJÖRN Thomas PARRY John
1 08:30 DONALD Luke HARRINGTON Padraig
1 08:40 HANSEN Anders MANASSERO Matteo
1 08:50 MCGRANE Damien HANSEN Søren
1 09:00 ELS Ernie OOSTHUIZEN Louis
1 09:15 KHAN Simon GALLACHER Stephen
1 09:25 FDEZ-CASTAÑO Gonzalo MAYBIN Gareth
1 09:35 RAMSAY Richie GARRIDO Ignacio
1 09:45 EDFORS Johan WOOD Chris
1 09:55 QUIROS Alvaro MCDOWELL Graeme
1 10:05 GREEN Richard HAVRET Grégory
1 10:15 DYSON Simon LUITEN Joost
1 10:25 FRASER Marcus BOURDY Grégory
1 10:35 MCILROY Rory MOLINARI Francesco
1 10:45 CLARKE Darren FISHER Ross
1 11:00 YANG Y. E. RUMFORD Brett
1 11:10 DERKSEN Robert-Jan KJELDSEN Søren
1 11:20 JIMÉNEZ Miguel Angel CASEY Paul
1 11:30 JACQUELIN Raphaël HORSEY David
1 11:40 AIKEN Thomas BOYD Gary
1 11:50 POULTER Ian WESTWOOD Lee
1 12:00 SCHWARTZEL Charl CAÑIZARES Alejandro
1 12:10 GARCIA Sergio STENSON Henrik
1 12:20 JAIDEE Thongchai KAYMER Martin
1 12:30 NOH Seung-yul KARLSSON Robert
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