Day and and Rory shares the lead and is already on a double
Day and and Rory shares the lead and is already on a double
In the battle of the giants at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, it was Rory McIlroy who took first blood today and yesterday, not only sharing the lead with a solid -5 par round but also guiding his Pro Am team to a hard-fought victory!
His group – Abdulfattah Sharaf, Azzan Alghurair and Deepak Taywar – won on a count-back, after tying for first at 18 under. Swede Peter Hanson led a team of Patrick Gallagher, Zayed Zayani and James Finucane into second place.
The longest drive was won by Jay Varkey, with a mammoth 360-yard whack, while the nearest-the-pin competitions were won by Shomail Ghalib (Mens – 3’ 11”) and Shelley Mcquattie (17’ 1”).
The winners received their trophies from Simon Cooper, Deputy Chairman and CEO, HSBC Middle East, and Greg Sproule, MD of IMG Middle East, at a special Pro Am Dinner at the Emirates Palace last night. Following the prize-giving, guests mingled with players and took their chances on a range of games, including ‘The Impossible Putt’.
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