ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates one goal (AP) – A new course brought an element of the not-known to Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
Victor Hovland always sent home.
Looking for a third win in the last four races, the Norwegian has achieved an impressive performance by striking over the wave—green Yas Links – a host of the event paid for by first Form – poured 8 shots under 64, but back to a shot from the top of the first round held by Scott Jamieson.
Hovland could be the most fit player in the world, having won from consecutive tournaments-in Mexico and the Bahamas-north of m O last year poured a pipe in 7 all levels of promotion higher.
These events took place on de course and by the sea with paspalum grass on the greens, visit our partner of Yas Links, which organizes the Abu Dhabi Championship instead of the nearby Abu Dhabi golf club.
Pa is that Hovland in prs conditions, partner who when he rolled a putt poured birdie of 37 feet the 3 and another of 30 feet the 15.
“Iii in tender spruce ba site, and of course the greens are very strict,” he said. “I do not know this grass, I really feel putting it on the grass of paspalum, and I li perfectly the greens.
“It’s a day when C putts are coming, and me and punta are enjoying.”
The opposite was true of couled Collin Morikawa, Hovland’s playing partner and other rising golf star.
The British Omnium champion was contesting the first event of his title defense in Race the Dubai when he almost approached the fairway with his first pass on the way to fair un oiselet. C blood one of the UK ‘in lifts his round of 1-more than 73, which left him 10 strokes and is already coming and shaking his head when he was left green by 18 people.
Morikawa, ranked at the 2nd level of promotion is higher, the partners go under a double bogey 5 in 8 people the level of promotion is higher, where he pushed his starting shot in it, punta had to pay the way back to the starting zone by hitting another one.
Under security another lost blow occurred at 17 people, where he noted one of putt on through feet.
Jamieson, a Scot ranked 336 people, had only been playing through and competition for eight weeks and decided not to give a password for a thorough analysis of his game during the extended winter break. Iii settled quickly into the season with a 63 without a bogey that included nine birdies – four votes coming in a five-hole period, but beginning his new back and the last coming from 12 feet in 18 all par-5s.
“This is the first off-season where I’m really clearing my skin and trying to figure out how to improve,” said Jamieson, whose only European Tour victory dates back.
“I rode it a lot better at the last events of the year, so I was almost from where my game was. I just had to hope that it would happen again eight weeks after.”
Thomas Pieters was south of the city in third place after a 65, while the champion for the title Tyrrell Hatton was tied for fifth with fourth place after a 66.
Rory McIlroy played alongside Hatton in c, which was the first event of cast both players but made a poor start, bogeyant seeing two final holes under the order of 72 cast equal.
In groups did not manage to finish the first round and the reason for the light that fell, and will return earlier on Friday to Yas Left, where the winds should reach 35 mph (56 km/h) for parts of the second round.
