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		<title>Stephen Gallacher finds form after changes to join Højgaard in lead in Oman</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>RASMUS Højgaard and Stephen Gallacher both proved that age is just a number as they shared a one-shot lead heading into the weekend at the Oman Open. The duo may be 27 years apart in age, but there was nothing to separate them at Al Mouj Golf. They both reached nine-under after 36 holes, one [&#8230;]</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_7676" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Hjogaard-Oman.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-7676" src="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Hjogaard-Oman-1024x682.jpg" alt="Denmark’s Rasmus Hjøgaard in the second round of the 2020 Oman Open at Al Mouj Golf" width="1024" height="682" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Rasmus Højgaard – who won his first European Tour event in Mauritius in December – is tied for the lead with Stephen Gallagher in Oman. Picture by GETTY IMAGES</p></div>
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<p><strong>RASMUS Højgaard and Stephen Gallacher both proved that age is just a number as they shared a one-shot lead heading into the weekend at the Oman Open.</strong></p>
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<p>The duo may be 27 years apart in age, but there was nothing to separate them at Al Mouj Golf.</p>
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<p>They both reached nine-under after 36 holes, one shot ahead of Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts and Finland’s Kalle Samooja.</p>
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<p>Danish 18-year-old Højgaard became the third youngest winner in European Tour history when he won his debut event at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open before Christmas.</p>
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<p>And the teenager carded a 68 with an eagle, five birdies and three bogeys to move to the top of the leaderboard in the Middle East.</p>
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<p>Gallacher – whose son and caddie Jack was born nine days before Højgaard – has four European Tour wins in his 45 years.</p>
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<p>And the Ryder Cup winner, from Linlithgow, went one better with a bogey free 67 – his first blemish free round since the 2018 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.</p>
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<p>Gallacher, who was part of Paul McGinley’s winning European team at Gleneagles, in 2014, said: “I’m delighted because it was tough from the get-go this morning.</p>
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<p>“It was windy and it never really dropped so it was a tough morning with the first four holes straight into the wind.</p>
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<p>“This is a great golf course and one of the best we play all year, but it’s very demanding and you’ve got to play good golf.</p>
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<p>“If you don’t, you’ll get found out and fortunately I’m playing pretty well at the moment.</p>
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<p><strong>“</strong>We were all feeding off each other, certainly Kalle was on fire. He posted seven-under with a bogey and a triple.</p>
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<p>“And Richard McEvoy is a good friend of mine. So we had a good laugh together and just enjoyed the round.</p>
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<p>“I had been struggling a bit recently, so I changed some things up and I’ve worked hard on my game.</p>
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<p>“Things started to turn around at the Saudi International where I started to hit some good shots and it’s amazing how it can snowball after that,” added Stephen Gallacher.</p>
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<p>“You start to chip and putt a bit better and start to compete, and hopefully by Sunday you just want to be in with a chance coming down the stretch to win.</p>
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<p>“It’s a good spot to be in but there’s still a lot of golf to be played over the weekend,” said the Scotsman, who helps support junior golf in the Lothians and Border regions through his Stephen Gallacher Foundation.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.golfsouth.co.uk/gallacher-survives-snowman-to-become-indian-open-hero/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gallacher’s last win came in last year’s Hero Indian Open </a>when he survived making a snowman to clinch his first win in first years on the European Tour.</p>
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<p>Dutchman Joost Luiten – the 2018 champion – Essex’s McEvoy and fellow Englishman Robert Rock, Italy&#8217;s Guido Migliozzi and South African Brandon Stone were three shots off the lead.</p>
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<p>Højgaard is looking to repeat the successs of last year’s Oman winner Kurt Katiyama, who claimed the second win of his rookie season at Al Mouj – while Migliozzi also recorded two wins in 2019.</p>
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<p>Rasmus said: “You can’t avoid bogeys out here, so I knew at some point I would drop a shot because in this wind it’s tricky to keep the ball on the greens and fairways. But I managed to bounce back with a few birdies.</p>
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<p>“I’m putting well at the moment and I holed some long putts today which always helps.</p>
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<p>“It’s always a bit of a bonus when you make a few of them. And that’s been the key so far.</p>
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<p>“I don’t do much away from the course, I hang out with my fellow Danes, do some gym work. Otherwise I watch some stuff online – anything on Netflix.”</p>
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<h2>Gagli beats Coronavirus scare to chase Gallacher and Højgaard</h2>
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<p><strong>LORENZO Gagli overcame his coronavirus scare to move into contention at five-under after the 34-year-old Italian followed an opening round of 69 with a second round of 70.</strong></p>
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<p>The Italian had only been cleared to tee it up on Thursday morning after his test results for coronavirus (COVID-19) came back negative.</p>
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<p>The Omani Ministry of Health subsequently cleared both players to leave self-isolation and participate in the tournament at 12.15pm after the negative result.</p>
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<p>Due to the exceptional circumstances, they were reinstated as an addition to the field in Muscat and teed off as a two-ball at 1.30pm.</p>
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<p>Gagli posted four birdies in his opening round and bogeyed the 17th hole before fading light stopped play.</p>
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<p>He resumed with a closing par on Friday morning for a round of 69 and then carded five birdies and two bogeys in second round of 70 to move to five-under par, four shots adrift of the lead.</p>
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<p>Gagli said: “It was a strange situation but I would like to thank all the European Tour staff, including Keith Pelley, tournament director Miguel Vidaor and my friend Paolo de le Feld from player relations, as well as the Ministry of Health in Oman, who have done an unbelievable job because I’m playing the tournament now.</p>
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<p>“It was a strange situation but I’m really happy to be out on the course and playing golf.</p>
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<p>“After the test came back negative and I found out I could play, when I was on the course I felt really relaxed, which helped me a lot.</p>
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<p>“Playing with Edoardo helped too because we are really good friends. Our game is very similar, so it has been easier to play over the last two days.”</p>
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<p>Molinari also made the cut after adding a 72 to his first round 70.</p>
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<p>Germany&#8217;s Martin Kaymer recorded the first hole-in-one in tournament history and the fifth of the 2020 Race to Dubai season when he holed a pitching wedge from 162 yards at the 13th.</p>
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<p><strong>•Follow the progress of Stephen Gallacher and Rasmus Højgaard in the third round through live scoring by clicking <a href="https://www.europeantour.com/european-tour/oman-open-2020/leaderboard?round=3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</strong></p>
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		<title>Guido Migliozzi goes bogey- free to lead by one from Hjøggard in Oman Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>GUIDO Migliozzi fired a flawless round of 66 to rediscover his form and take the first round lead at the 2020 Oman Open. The Italian has two European Tour wins from his stunning rookie year on the Race to Dubai last season. But Migliozzi missed his first three cuts of the 2020 campaign and arrived [&#8230;]</p>
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<div id="attachment_7663" style="width: 693px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Migliozzi-Oman.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-7663" src="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Migliozzi-Oman-683x1024.jpg" alt="GUIDO MIGLIOZZI the first round leader in the 2020 Oman Open on the European Tour" width="683" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Two-time European Tour winner Guido Migliozzi recorded his first bogey-free round since the Turkish Airlines Open, in November, to lead the Oman Open after the first round.<br />Picture by GETTY IMAGES</p></div>
<p><strong>GUIDO Migliozzi fired a flawless round of 66 to rediscover his form and take the first round lead at the 2020 Oman Open.</strong></p>
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<p>The Italian has two European Tour wins from his stunning rookie year on the Race to Dubai last season.</p>
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<p>But Migliozzi missed his first three cuts of the 2020 campaign and arrived at Al Mouj Golf without a bogey-free round since the Turkish Airlines Open in November.</p>
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<p>The 23-year-old showed his class that week in Antalya as he achieved his first top 10 in a Rolex Series event.</p>
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<p>And during round one in the desert he once again showed why he is a major rising star on the European Tour.</p>
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<p>A delighted Migliozzi said: “It’s very good to start the tournament with a 66 and a bogey free round.</p>
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<p>“It’s a good feeling to work my way into this beautiful course and tournament.</p>
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<p>“Obviously, I will try to give my best over the week and for the rest of the year,” added the winner of the Magical Kenya Open <a href="http://www.golfsouth.co.uk/migliozzi-matches-kitayama-as-second-q-school-graduate-to-win-twice-in-2019-season/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">and the Belgian Knockout.</a></p>
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<p>“I think the whole course is good. It’s tricky because the greens are tough and tight and there are a lot of things which need your attention – like the wind and the release of the ball.</p>
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<p>“You can play each hole in a few different styles and it’s really cool and all the players are really happy to play here,” added Guido Migliozzi.</p>
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<p>&#8220;It’s a good feeling to be a European Tour winner already. I like to win, and I hope one day will come when I win again.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Migliozzi’s six birdies moved him to six-under, one shot ahead of 18-year-old Dane Rasmus Højgaard, South Korean Taehee Lee and South Africa&#8217;s Brandon Stone.</p>
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<p>Rasmus Højgaard – who won on his European Tour debut as a pro in his first start in Mauritius in December – said: “The conditions when I started out were a bit tricky.</p>
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<p>“The wind was up a little bit so it was a bit of a battle but I got through it.</p>
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<p>“This course is quite wide from the tee box, which is very nice, and I’m putting well.</p>
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<p>“You have to have good speed on the greens out here because you’re going to be faced with some long putts. That was the key today.</p>
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<p>“It might have come as a little surprise that I won so early on the European Tour, but I was playing well in my last year as an amateur – and I carried that confidence into the professional game.</p>
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<p>“My goal this year is to be the Rookie of the Year and have multiple wins, so that’s what I’m chasing.”</p>
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<p>Of course, last year’s winner in Oman was Kurt Kitayama who recorded his second win in his rookie season at Al Mouj – a feat matched last summer by Migliozzi.</p>
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<p>Will that be a good portent for young Dane, whose twin brother Nicolai – another very promising prospect – is in the field in Oman?</p>
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<p>Stone, who won his first Rolex Series event at the 2018 Scottish Open, said: “I’m always going to have a soft spot for this golf course.</p>
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<p>“This is where I earned my playing rights from the Challenge Tour, so I have some history here and I played nicely here last year too.</p>
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<p>“I love the course – it’s in my top five in the world, if I’m being honest, and every year coming back is an absolute pleasure.</p>
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<p>“Last year was a fantastic year for me – even though the results weren’t there – because we put a lot of structure in place, physically and mentally.</p>
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<p>“We did it to transform me as a person as well as a golfer, and I feel like the base work is there at the moment. My game feels fantastic and I’m feeling physically the best I ever have.</p>
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<p>There is a group of eight players at four-under including former Ryder Cup players Victor Dubuisson, Ross Fisher, Stephen Gallacher and Andy Sullivan.</p>
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<p>Joost Luiten – the 2018 champion – is in a group of 10 players at three -under, with five players returning to complete their finals holes on Friday morning due to darkness<strong>.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>•For live scoring in the second round click </strong><a href="https://www.europeantour.com/european-tour/oman-open-2020/leaderboard?round=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2019 18:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>EUROPEAN Tour Rookie of the Year Robert MacIntyre has added his name to a world-class Omega Dubai Desert Classic field in January. The Scotsman, who claimed the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Trophy in November, will be joined by Italy’s Guido Migliozzi and South Africans Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Erik van Rooyen, who all [&#8230;]</p>
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<div id="attachment_7047" style="width: 692px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Macintyre.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-7047" src="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Macintyre-682x1024.jpg" alt="2019 European Tour Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year winner Robert MacIntyre" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">European Tour Rookie of the Year Robert MacIntyre is one of young pretenders challenging for the 2020 Omega Dubai Desert Classic cro</p></div>
<p><strong>EUROPEAN Tour Rookie of the Year Robert MacIntyre has added his name to a world-class Omega Dubai Desert Classic field in January.</strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.golfsouth.co.uk/robert-macintyre-wins-euorpean-tours-sir-henry-cotton-rookie-of-the-year-award/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Scotsman, who claimed the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Trophy in November,</a> will be joined by Italy’s Guido Migliozzi and South Africans Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Erik van Rooyen, who all claimed maiden European Tour titles in 2019.</p>
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<p>The crop of rising stars will be joined at Emirates Golf Club by Spaniard Adri Arnaus and Austrian Matthias Schwab, who themselves have both come close to a first victory this season, en route to finishing 41st and 17th on the 2019 Race to Dubai, respectively.</p>
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<p>All six will arrive at Emirates Golf Club looking to emulate the success of defending champion Bryson DeChambeau.</p>
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<p>The American, who has spent the last few months bulking up his physique, will return to Dubai.</p>
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<p>The “Scientist” will be joined by past winners Rafa Cabrera Bello, Sergio Garcia, Haotong Li, Henrik Stenson and Danny Willett.</p>
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<p>In addition, England’s Ryder Cup players Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood – along with Hertfordshire’s Matt Wallace – are all set to inject their own star quality into the 31<sup>st</sup> edition of the event from January 23-26.</p>
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<p>Following a stellar amateur career, MacIntyre has impressed since earning his card through the Challenge Tour rankings in 2018.</p>
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<p>The left-hander came close to a maiden victory on several occasions – including runner-up finishes at both the British Masters and Made in Denmark.</p>
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<p>McIntyre, who was beaten in the 2016 Amateur Championship final by Hampshire’s Scott Gregory, will be looking to rubber-stamp his rookie season with a first title early in 2020 – and the OMEGA Dubai Desert Classic will be one of his first opportunities to do so in the New Year.</p>
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<p>“This year really couldn’t have gone much better,” said the 23-year old MacIntyre, who finished in a tie for sixth on his first Major appearance at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush, in July.</p>
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<p>“I’ve come close to winning on a few occasions, which has been a great experience,” said McIntyre, who hails from Oban.</p>
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<p>“I learned a lot each time and feel it is just a matter of time until I put it all together and win,” said the 11th Scot to win the Rookie of the Year award since 1960.</p>
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<p>“If that were to be in Dubai, it would be amazing. The Scots have a pretty good record there, so I’d love to follow on from Stephen Gallacher and Colin Montgomerie by putting my name on the trophy too.”</p>
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<p>Much like MacIntyre in 2019, Van Rooyen had spent much of the previous 18 months knocking on the door of a first European Tour title.</p>
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<div id="attachment_7050" style="width: 708px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Van-Rooyen.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-7050" src="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Van-Rooyen-698x1024.jpg" alt="2019 Scandinavian Invitataion winner Erik van Rooyen" width="698" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Erik Van Rooyen recorded his first win on the European Tour at the Scandinavian Invitataion.</p></div>
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<p>That maiden win subsequently came earlier this year at the Scandinavian Invitation.</p>
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<p>As one of the Tour’s brightest young stars, the 29-year old backed that up with three runner-up finishes and seven more top-10s, resulting in a career-best 10<sup>th</sup> place finish on the Race to Dubai.</p>
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<p>“This has been a great year, but I hope it’s just the beginning,” said Van Rooyen, who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2017.</p>
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<p>“To win in Sweden was an amazing moment in my career, but I have been just as pleased with the consistency I have shown this year.</p>
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<p>“I want to build on this in 2020 and a win in Dubai, following in the footsteps of Ernie Els, would be amazing.</p>
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<p>“I grew up watching him win all over the world and it would be great to achieve even a fraction of that myself,” said van Rooyen.</p>
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<p>Migliozzi, fresh from a highly impressive first European Tour campaign, burst onto the scene in 2019.</p>
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<div id="attachment_7049" style="width: 692px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Migliozzi.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-7049" src="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Migliozzi-682x1024.jpg" alt="Guido Migliozzi" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Guido Migliozzi is the latest talent to emerge from Italy with two European Tour wins in 2019</p></div>
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<p>Claiming two victories in almost as many months – at the Magical Kenya Open and Belgian Knockout – he finished 40th on the Race to Dubai, having contended with MacIntyre for the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie title.</p>
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<p>The Italian will arrive in the United Arab Emirates looking to kickstart his second season in style by adding another title to his burgeoning résume.</p>
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<p>“I cannot wait to play at Emirates Golf Club,” said 22-year old Migliozzi, who will be bidding to become the first Italian to win the Omega Dubai Desert Classic title.</p>
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<p>“It has been an incredible first season, but I’m not going to stop here.</p>
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<p>“I want this to be the start of a long career and the more I play in tournaments of this stature, the better I will get.</p>
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<p>“I have not played in this event before, but I have heard great things, so I can’t wait to get going in January.”</p>
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<p>It has been a roller-coaster journey for Bezuidenhout to get to this point in his career, including a controversial two-year drugs ban as an amateur, after taking beta-blockers for his anxiety and a serious stutter.</p>
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<p>Victory at the Andalucia Masters in June – five years after his ban at The Amateur Championship was reduced to nine months allowing him to turn pro in 2015 – was a great example of triumph over adversity.</p>
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<p>His victory was no flash in the pan, however, as the South African racked up an additional five top-10 finishes and moved up to 90th in the Official World Golf Ranking.</p>
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<p>Rounding out the crop of emerging talent are Spain’s Adri Arnaus and Austria’s Matthias Schwab.</p>
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<div id="attachment_7048" style="width: 261px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Matthias-Schwab.jpg"><img class="wp-image-7048" src="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Matthias-Schwab-150x150.jpg" alt="Austria’s Matthias Schwab" width="251" height="213" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Austria’s Matthias Schwab</p></div>
<div id="attachment_7045" style="width: 252px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Adri-Arnaus-.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-7045" src="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Adri-Arnaus--150x150.jpg" alt="Spain’s Adri Arnaus" width="242" height="211" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Spain’s Adri Arnaus</p></div>
<p>Arnaus posted six top-10 finishes in 2019, including runner-up finishes in Kenya and the Czech Republic, while Schwab narrowly lost out in a six-man play-off in Turkey – one of 10 top-10 results in just his second full season on the European Tour.</p>
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<p>With Dubai’s four-day event set to be bigger and better than ever, offering an enhanced hospitality experience, contemporary food and beverage offers and a rejuvenated kids’ zone, in addition to a truly world-class field, you can book daily, season or terrace hospitality tickets with prices starting from AED75.</p>
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<p>The inaugural Omega Dubai Desert Classic was played in 1989 and won by England’s Mark James, who went on to captain Europe in the Ryder Cup Battle of Brooline, in 1999.</p>
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<p>Since then, the roll of honour has boasted some of the biggest names in golf over the past 30 years, including the likes of Seve Ballesteros, Fred Couples, Rory McIlroy, Colin Montgomerie and Tiger Woods.</p>
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		<title>Oosthuizen follows hospital treatment for kidney stones with super 63 at Nedbank</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>LOUIS Oosthuizen carded a stunning bogey-free round of 63 to lead the Nedbank the Golf Challenge – just hours after seeking hospital treatment for kidney stones that forced him to miss the pro-am on Wednesday. Oosthuizen was not even sure he would be able to play at all just hours before his tee time at [&#8230;]</p>
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<p><strong>LOUIS Oosthuizen carded a stunning bogey-free round of 63 to lead the Nedbank the Golf Challenge – just hours after seeking hospital treatment for kidney stones that forced him to miss the pro-am on Wednesday. </strong></p>
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<p>Oosthuizen was not even sure he would be able to play at all just hours before his tee time at Sun City.</p>
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<p>The 2010 Open Championship winner opened up a three-shot lead after shooting nine-under par in his first round, in the seventh Rolex Series event on the 2019 Race to Dubai.</p>
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<p>Oosthuizen said: “Considering that at 3am this morning, I didn&#8217;t think I was doing going to tee it up, I&#8217;m very chuffed with that round.</p>
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<p>“I woke yesterday with kidney stones and this morning was very uncomfortable.</p>
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<p>“But it sort of eased at 6, 7am. You could see me walking slower and just going at everything a little slower out there.</p>
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<p>“But I know I played good at the WGC-HSBC Champions two weeks ago and I know the swing is there – the putting&#8217;s there. I just need to be healthy to play.</p>
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<p>“I just love this golf course. One of my first wins on the Sunshine Tour was here, the Dimension Data, and every time I play here, it brings back a lot of good memories.”</p>
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<p>The South African has claimed five of his nine European Tour wins on home soil – but has yet to lift the trophy at the event they call “Africa&#8217;s Major”</p>
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<p>Oosthuizen does have three top tens in his last four appearances at the Gary Player Country Club – South Africa’s most famous play is hosting the Nedbank again.</p>
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<p>Oousthuizen’s victory earlier this season at Johannesburg’s South African Open fulfilled a long-held ambition to win his national championship.</p>
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<p>And he now has the perfect platform to launch a challenge for a first Rolex Series win.</p>
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<p>Belgian Thomas Detry is Oosthuizen&#8217;s nearest challenger at six-under, one shot ahead of Italy&#8217;s Guido Migliozzi, who is in contention for the Rookie of the Year crown after recording two wins in his debut season.</p>
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<p>Detry, who is still looking for a maiden solo win on the European Tour, said: “I had it going pretty quickly. I have got good vibes out here.</p>
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<p>“I played pretty well here last year. Not quite as good as Louis today, but pretty happy,” said Detry, who won the ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf with former University of Illinois team-mate Thomas Pieters, last year.</p>
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<p>“I&#8217;ve been playing really, really well recently. You know, again last week, I was 11-under after two rounds and didn&#8217;t play quite as good on the weekend,” added Detry.</p>
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<p>“But I&#8217;m very comfortable with my game, and if I can keep the putter hot for four days, then something might happen.”</p>
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<p>Migliozzi, who won the Magical Kenya Open back in March, said: “I played solid tee-to-green and really happy about my game.</p>
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<p>“It&#8217;s been a good round. I started very good, six-under par for the front nine,” said the Italian, who also won the Belgian Knockout in June.</p>
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<p>“Rookie of the Year is something I would like to get. The competitors are really good, but let&#8217;s see what this week and the next one will bring, too.”</p>
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<p>Defending champion Lee Westwood has never won a European Tour title back to back, although he has successfully defended three of his 43 titles won around the world – including the Nebank eight years ago when it was a limited field event.</p>
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<p>Westwood, who is now 46, said: “You can&#8217;t win this tournament on the first day. Anything under 70 always feels like a great start to this tournament.</p>
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<p>“I played well. Controlled the ball flight. Could have hit a few more fairways. Would have made it a little easier. I was in the rough too ofte –, but no bogeys and 68 was a great start.”</p>
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<p>Three-time winner Ernie Els and another home favourite in Zander Lombard joined Westwood on four-under.</p>
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<p>Meanwhile 2017 Race to Dubai winner Tommy Fleetwood and South African pair George Coetzee and Richard Sterne are among a group of 10 players at three-under.</p>
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		<title>MacIntyre accelerates into lead at Porsche European Open after a scorching 65</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>ROBERT MacIntyre stormed into the Porsche European Open lead, firing a flawless seven-under par 65 to take a four-stroke advantage into the weekend after the second round in Hamburg. The 23-year-old, who started the day two strokes behind 18-hole leader Paul Casey, carded the low round of the week so far at Green Eagle Golf [&#8230;]</p>
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<div id="attachment_6070" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Robert-MacIntyre.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-6070" src="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Robert-MacIntyre-1024x682.jpg" alt="Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre is looking for his first European Tour win" width="1024" height="682" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Robert MacIntyre raced into a four-shot lead at the halfway mark in the Porsche European Open after a superb 65 at Green Eagle Golf Courses, in Hamburg. Picture by GETTY IMAGES</p></div>
<p><strong>ROBERT MacIntyre stormed into the Porsche European Open lead, firing a flawless seven-under par 65 to take a four-stroke advantage into the weekend after the second round in Hamburg.</strong></p>
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<p>The 23-year-old, who started the day two strokes behind 18-hole leader Paul Casey, carded the low round of the week so far at Green Eagle Golf Courses.</p>
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<p>The Scotsman recorded three birdies on the front nine, which he matched as he came in, capping his round with his seventh gain of the day on the 18<sup>th</sup> hole.</p>
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<p>MacIntyre, who played for Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup at Los Angeles Country Club two years ago, said: “I just stuck to my game plan – it’s probably the best I’ve driven the ball this year.</p>
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<p>“It’s not just going straight, it’s going miles. I don’t know what I’m doing but it’s working, and I’ll try and continue to do it,” added the Scot, who hails from Oban.</p>
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<p>“I’ve changed quite a few things over the season to improve. Dave, my coach, is on the bag this week, he’s doing a great job off the course when I’m at home and doing the right things. It’s great to see the reward.</p>
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<p>“It’s going to be tough, especially when it’s the first time that I’ve got such a lead – whether on the Challenge Tour or here on the European Tour – I’ll have to learn from this experience.</p>
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<p>“I’m doing the right things on the course and the right things off the course, I’m nice and relaxed,” added MacIntyre, who was beaten in the final of the 2016 Amateur Championship by Hampshire’s Scott Gregory, who made a rare cut this week after a season of struggle for the Corhampton player, who was also a Walker Cup team-mate of the tournament leader in LA, in 2017.</p>
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<p>“Everything at home has been brilliant, so I’m in the right mindset for going out this weekend.”</p>
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<p>A runner-up on two occasions in his rookie season – at the Betfred British Masters and Made in Denmark in back-to-back weeks in May – this is the first time MacIntyre has held an overnight lead on the European Tour.</p>
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<p>Leading the chasing park is Germany’s Bernd Ritthammer, who delighted the home crowds with a six-under par round of 66 to get to seven-under after 36 holes.</p>
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<p>Ritthammer said: “I’ve had a slow season so far, it’s been tough. I’ve been working hard and not really getting any results.</p>
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<p>“Friday for me normally has something to do with fighting the cut – I was very pleased with how I played yesterday, only one-under, but conditions were pretty brutal in the morning. That was as good as today.</p>
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<p>“I got off to a good start and felt like I was flushing the ball, felt like it was going where I wanted to go,” added the player looking for his maiden European Tour victory.</p>
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<p>“The putter really warmed up and I made some incredible par saves and really good birdie putts. I didn’t expect it to be that easy today, I just played really well.”</p>
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<p>Ritthammer is two strokes ahead of the trio of Casey, Italian Guido Migliozzi and Austrian Matthias Schwab.</p>
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<p>Bernd Wiesberger and Alexander Björk share sixth place on four-under, while German Dominic Foos is one of six players a stroke further back in eighth.</p>
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		<title>Alps graduate Migliozzi scales another mountain in Kenya</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>GUIDO Migliozzi held his nerve to claim a maiden European Tour title after carding a closing round of 69 to win the Magical Kenya Open. The Italian, who became a European Tour member for the first time in November after progressing through Qualifying School, started the day in a tie for the lead with fellow [&#8230;]</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_4525" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Guido-Migliozzi-.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-4525" src="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Guido-Migliozzi--1024x683.jpg" alt="Guido Migliozzi who was crowned the first winner of the Magical Kenya Open at Karen Country Club. Picture by GETTY IMAGES" width="1024" height="683" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Guido Migliozzi who was crowned the first winner of the Magical Kenya Open at Karen Country Club. Picture by GETTY IMAGES</p></div>
<p><strong>GUIDO Migliozzi held his nerve to claim a maiden European Tour title after carding a closing round of 69 to win the Magical Kenya Open.</strong></p>
<p>The Italian, who became a European Tour member for the first time in November after progressing through Qualifying School, started the day in a tie for the lead with fellow rookie Adri Arnaus.</p>
<p>And the pair exchanged blows throughout an enthralling final day in Nairobi until Migliozzi closed out in style hitting the pin with his approach shot on the 18th in front a large crowd at Kenya’s inaugural European Tour event.</p>
<p>Migliozzi, who claimed three victories in 2017 and 2018 playing on the Alps Tour – where Hertfordshire’s Matt Wallace proved his winning pedigree with six wins in 2016 – was beaming after his win.<strong><br />
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<p>The former Italian Amateur Strokeplay and Matchplay champion, who was the first player to sign for One Direction’s Nial Horan’s Modest Golf management group, said: “I like the pressure, it&#8217;s like a drug. I love pressure, I love playing with a lot of people looking at me and a lot of cameras.</p>
<p>“Obviously I played with Adri Arnaus and we had a beautiful match together yesterday, it was like match play and today was a great battle.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yesterday I went to the left at the 18th with a two iron, today a four iron to be sure to not go left, and I had the perfect distance for an eight iron, it was really nice. Easy two putts to win.</p>
<p>&#8220;I enjoyed the last two days very much. The pressure was a lot and I&#8217;m happy about how I&#8217;m playing under pressure, also with my putting game that I worked a lot on.</p>
<p>&#8220;I would like to thank every part of my team,&#8221; added the 2016 Portuguese International Amateur Champion.</p>
<p>It was the 22-year-old who would prevail though delivering when it mattered most by hitting the pin with his approach to the 18<sup>th</sup> to set up a two-putt par which saw him triumph by one shot.</p>
<p>Finishing one behind Migliozzi was Arnaus and South Africans Louis de Jager and Justin Harding.</p>
<p>Following his Qatar Masters victory last week, Harding was firmly in contention right down to the wire in the Kenyan capital, thanks to a five-under final round of 66.</p>
<p>Harding, who needs to break into the World top 50 to earn a debut in the Masters at Augusta, next month, said:<strong> “</strong>I think I&#8217;m probably still going to have to have a decent result come the Match Play but I&#8217;ve at least given myself a decent shot at Augusta.</p>
<p>“I thought I played quite nicely. Didn&#8217;t get everything out of the front nine, couple of bad chips on six and seven which were naughty, but gave myself a chance coming down the stretch.</p>
<p>“It was another good week, pretty pleased. I battled, probably from hole one, with club selection and the wind swirling around so to have come out and posted 15-under, I&#8217;m pleased.</p>
<p>“I had a good week last week and another one this week so I&#8217;m sitting quite nicely first season on the European Tour.”</p>
<p>Having gone back-to-back with wins on the Sunshine Tour and Asian Tour last year, many were thinking he could complete a remarkable treble after making an eagle on the 12th, but ultimately the bogey on 13 ended his dream of another win so soon.</p>
<p>Setting a new course record at Karen Country Club was Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre, who ended a nine-week stretch away from his native Scotland with a scintillating eight under par round of 63.</p>
<p>MacIntyre, who lost in the 2016 Amateur Championship final to Hampshire’s Scott Gregory, said:<strong> “</strong>I&#8217;m absolutely delighted. I didn&#8217;t really expect that after the way I&#8217;ve been playing but I just went out with complete freedom and managed to get it round in eight under.</p>
<p>“I just can&#8217;t wait to get home and see the family, the two foster kids Dan and Tom, it&#8217;s just so relaxing back in Oban, everything about it.</p>
<p>“It just wasn&#8217;t feeling natural and today I went out there and made myself feel free and it just worked.</p>
<p>“I&#8217;ve got the game to go and shoot these numbers as I showed, it&#8217;s just playing with freedom and that&#8217;s what I did. That&#8217;s the way I&#8217;ve got to try and get my mindset for the rest of the year.”</p>
<div id="attachment_4526" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/J-S-Brar-2.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-4526" src="http://www.golfnorth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/J-S-Brar-2-1024x683.jpg" alt="Hampshire rookie Jack Singh-Brar, who finished 12th to move up to 86th place on the Race to Dubai. Picture by ANDREW GRIFFIN / AMG PICTURES" width="1024" height="683" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Hampshire rookie Jack Singh-Brar, who finished 12th to move up to 86th place on the Race to Dubai. Picture by ANDREW GRIFFIN / AMG PICTURES</p></div>
<p>Hampshire rookie Jack Singh Brar, who started Sunday with a chance of his maiden European win, but a two-over 73 saw him drop from sixth to 12th leaving the winner of last year’s Cordon Golf Open on the Challenge Tour with a cheque for €17,208, pushing him up to 86th place on the Race to Dubai.</p>
<p>Singh Brar, who played in the same Great Britian and Ireland Walker Cup team as former Hampshire junior team-mates Harry Ellis and Scott Gregory, also signed for Horan’s Modest Group after turning pro after the defeat against the USA at Los Angeles Country Club.</p>
<p>He was one of 15 players to earn a full tour card on the Challenge Tour in 2018.</p>
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