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Rory back in action, to take on the challenge from Rahm as #1. Probably first time he and club companion McKibbin plays same tour event, he’ll like that. Great field otherwise too, hoping the fellow countrymen doing good this week as last. Second time in 2 ys Seb gets robbed by a crazy shot from the antagonist. Thrilled to see our most promising Åberg play too. Emirates is becoming one of the classics with the watery par 5 as the picturesque finish. First ys in the middle of the desert now downtown.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Hankshank said:

Rory back in action, to take on the challenge from Rahm as #1. Probably first time he and club companion McKibbin plays same tour event, he’ll like that. Great field otherwise too, hoping the fellow countrymen doing good this week as last. Second time in 2 ys Seb gets robbed by a crazy shot from the antagonist. Thrilled to see our most promising Åberg play too. Emirates is becoming one of the classics with the watery par 5 as the picturesque finish. First ys in the middle of the desert now downtown.

 

 

 

Aberg seems like a good kid. Hope he does well.

 

 

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7 hours ago, Hankshank said:

Rory back in action, to take on the challenge from Rahm as #1. Probably first time he and club companion McKibbin plays same tour event, he’ll like that. Great field otherwise too, hoping the fellow countrymen doing good this week as last. Second time in 2 ys Seb gets robbed by a crazy shot from the antagonist. Thrilled to see our most promising Åberg play too. Emirates is becoming one of the classics with the watery par 5 as the picturesque finish. First ys in the middle of the desert now downtown.

 

 

Aberg is #1 in WAGR and #2 Michael Thorbjornsen is also in the field.

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Ah, the Hero Dubai Desert Classic in the UAE.  First European Tour sanctioned event in the Middle East I believe. (1989).  I remember watching this event in '95 as it was the first live broadcast on the Golf Channel.

 

Defending Champion: Viktor Hovland

 

Field Rating - 172.62671

Projected First Place Points - 29.69053

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Not exactly what you expect from a few days in Dubai!

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3 hours ago, grm24 said:

First round play suspended due to a flooded  course from heavy overnight rains. Not something you see often in the desert.

 

 

 

Oh wow. If a few weeks ago someone told you a professional golf tournament would be on hold this week due to weather/heavy rains, you definitely would have guessed the Farmers Insurance Open and not this one! Crazy

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4 hours ago, FifeRiviera said:

Flooding in the desert is mega common. 
 

compacted sand mean water has no where to go. Rains a lot more than you’d think in the Middle East, Oman has beautiful mountainous forests. 

The daft thing is the Sky crew keep on saying that the authorities "seeded" some clouds and caused it to rain.

Now if you are in the desert and only have limited opportunities for such activities then I can understand it to an extent, but if you are in the business of trying to attract visitors to your warmer climate during the cold northern winter then it is a strange way to go about it.

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Since Joaquin Niemann left my beloved PGA Tour, Thomas Pieters is the only reverse C torch carrier on my radar…

 

Here’s to an absolutely badass swing…and [seemingly] very nice guy

 

his tempo, footwork and [PERFECT] positions are spectacular and would fit right in during the mid 1970s…

 

 

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8 hours ago, nichho said:

The daft thing is the Sky crew keep on saying that the authorities "seeded" some clouds and caused it to rain.

Now if you are in the desert and only have limited opportunities for such activities then I can understand it to an extent, but if you are in the business of trying to attract visitors to your warmer climate during the cold northern winter then it is a strange way to go about it.

 

They often seed prior to big events, to try and get moisture out of the air before.  China does/did it a ton before F1 races.  Macau does it prior to the annual Macau GP.  

 

Doesn't mean it won't rain for X days after the seeding event, but it can help when small events are forecasted for the day of.

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1 hour ago, gvogel said:

Dubai gets heavy rains?  Who knew?

 

I was just watching a Andy Carter Golf video he released on YT, playing from Jumeirah.  Mid way down the third hole they played, he shows the rain coming in over the skyline, and mentions that when it does rain, it comes down in buckets.  Towards the end of the video, it is pouring rain, then they pick up after the rain stops.

 

 

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18 minutes ago, the bishop said:

“54” =safer than using the Roman Numerals here (Is there a “word not allowed” Trigger List?… ie some posts with trigger-words go automatically into “hidden mode” purgatory, until reviewed/approved by a mod)

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