DP World Tour : Bahrain Championship Tee Times
The International Swing of the DP World tour moves from the UAE to the Kingdom of Bahrain for this week's full field event on the revamped Royal GC, for the first time in 13 years.
The tournament has a prize fund of $2.5 million, with 500 Race to Dubai ranking points on offer for the winner.
This week’s venue was also the scene of the Tour’s last visit to Bahrain when Paul Casey claimed a one-shot victory over Peter Hanson and Miguel Ángel Jiménez at the Volvo Golf Champions in 2011.
Originally named Riffa Golf Club, which was opened in 1999, Royal Golf Club was renovated by Colin Montgomerie and European Golf Design in 2007 and opened in 2009, before playing host to the 2011 Volvo Champions.
It is Bahrain’s only grass course, and there have been numerous changes made to the course since Paul Casey’s victory, offering a brand new challenge to the handful of players that competed here 13 years ago.
All bunkers have been renovated with new white sand added and edged. This is in stark contrast to 2011, where all bunkers had no edges and blended with the desert, and were played as waste areas.
Fresh from his runner-up finish at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship, Rasmus Højgaard currently lies in fifth place on the International Swing Rankings and will be trying to go one better as he hopes to continue an excellent run of form that includes three top tens and a worst finish of T26 in his last nine Tour starts.
edit** Aaron Cockerill continues his season, this time out early paired with two Scotsmen. He begins the week ranked #210 owgr and at #11 in the Race to Dubai.
720am (2320hrs, Est) 1st Aaron Cockerill, Richie Ramsay, Calum Hill
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Bryan Angus (edit)
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