So far this year the European Tour has played in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Oman and this week they were in Qatar...Hardly countries in that you think of as golfing powers, however such is today's game as it's spreads with unprecedented speed through out the world.
South African, Justin Harding birdied three of his last four holes to claim a first European Tour win at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. He arrived at Doha Golf Club without full playing privileges after finishing third on last season's Asian Tour but now has his breakthrough in his 54th European Tour start
Harding made three early birdies to share the lead but his chance looked to have gone as he made two bogeys and South Korea's Jinho Choi signed for a brilliant 64 to set the clubhouse target at -11.
Birdies on the 10th and 12th put him back in contention and further gains on the 15th, 17th and 18th handed him a two shot lead at -13 after a 66. He faced a nervous wait as the final groups finished up but nobody could catch him, with countrymen Christiaan Bezuidenhout, George Coetzee and Erik van Rooyen, Spaniards Jorge Campillo and Nacho Elvira, Swede Anton Karlsson, Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera, England's Oliver Wilson and Choi in a European Tour record nine way T2.
The victory is a fifth in nine months and four different countries worldwide for the 33-year-old after he claimed back-to-back Sunshine Tour wins in May and repeated the feat on the Asian Tour in July.
Bryan Angus
(europeantour.com)
Birdies on the 10th and 12th put him back in contention and further gains on the 15th, 17th and 18th handed him a two shot lead at -13 after a 66. He faced a nervous wait as the final groups finished up but nobody could catch him, with countrymen Christiaan Bezuidenhout, George Coetzee and Erik van Rooyen, Spaniards Jorge Campillo and Nacho Elvira, Swede Anton Karlsson, Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera, England's Oliver Wilson and Choi in a European Tour record nine way T2.
The victory is a fifth in nine months and four different countries worldwide for the 33-year-old after he claimed back-to-back Sunshine Tour wins in May and repeated the feat on the Asian Tour in July.
Bryan Angus
(europeantour.com)
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