European Tour’s finest prepare to tackle Blue Monster · Phil Mickelson. World Number Six Casey, who followed his runner-up finish in Arizona with a fourth place in last week’s

8MARCH2010

Next event on the European Challenge TourThis week on the European Senior Tour

After Ian Poulter’s magnificent victory at the last World Golf Championships event, The European Tour’s finest are primed for another attempt to conquer America at the WGC – CA Championship this week.

Poulter, who rose to Number Five on the Official World Golf Ranking following his win over fellow Englishman Paul Casey at the WGC – Accenture Match Play last month, will be among the favourites to contend the CA Championship over the famous Blue Monster Course at the Doral Golf & Spa Resort in Miami, Florida, and he will be joined by a hugely talented pack of in-form European Tour Members looking to dethrone defending champion Phil Mickelson.

World Number Six Casey, who followed his runner-up finish in Arizona with a fourth place in last week’s PGA Tour event, has momentum on his side, as does the Honda Classic champion Camilo Villegas, a fan of the Blue Monster course having finished

in a tie for fifth place last year. Villegas can also count on ‘home’ backing at Doral, with Miami’s huge Latin American community always offering the Colombian their partisan support.

Joining that in-form trio from the World’s top 20 are Lee Westwood, who also claimed a top ten berth at Palm Beach Gardens on Sunday, Martin Kaymer, Rory McIlroy, Padraig Harrington, Henrik Stenson, Geoff Ogilvy, Sergio Garcia, Robert Allenby, Retief Goosen and Ernie Els, all of whom will be eyeing the season’s second WGC title on American soil.

Only two players from the world’s top 50 will be missing at

Doral: Tiger Woods and Japanese sensation Ryo Ishikawa, who will be graduating from his high school, Suginami Gakuin, in Japan next week.

Other qualification categories in addition to the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking include the top 20 players from the final 2009 Race to Dubai standings, the top 30 from the final 2009 FedExCup standings, the top two from the Order of Merits of the Japan Tour, Asian Tour, Australasian Tour and Sunshine Tour, as well the current top ten in The Race to Dubai. While many players will have a long journey to Miami, The European Tour Members flying

in from the Maybank Malaysian Open will surely be making the longest trips.

The two Sørens – Hansen and Kjeldsen – along with Thongchai Jaidee will circumnavigate the globe after four gruelling rounds in the punishing Malaysian heat.

All three players will be full of confidence after performing well in Kuala Lumpur, with Hansen taking third spot behind the Korean duo of Noh Seung-yul and KJ Choi.

“It is a long trip to Miami from here,” smiled Hansen before embarking on a 14 hour flight to London, where he would have a four-hour stopover before boarding the eight hour flight to Miami.

“But it has been a great week in Malaysia and I am glad I came here because I got into contention and really enjoyed it. I can take a lot of confidence to Doral now and it is a venue that I have played well at in the past.”

This week on The European Tour

Mar 11 - 14, 2010 WGC-CA Championship Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Florida, USA PRIZE FUND: US$8,500,000 DEFENDING CHAMPION: Phil Mickelson (USA)

European Tour’s finest prepare to tackle Blue Monster

Mar 12-14, 2010 Chang Thailand Senior Masters presented by ISPS Royal Gems Golf Club, Thailand PRIZE FUND US$400,000 Defending Champion: New event

Mar 25 - 28, 2010 Kenya Open Muthaiga GC, Nairobi, Kenya PRIZE FUND €190,000 Defending Champion: Gary Boyd (ENG)

1 Ian POULTER (ENG) € 1186295.26

2 Paul CASEY (ENG) € 725490.74

3 Charl SCHWARTZEL (RSA) € 626976.56

4 Camilo VILLEGAS (COL) € 488551.53

5 Martin KAYMER (GER) € 414160.01

6 Sergio GARCIA (ESP) € 396639.56

7 Thongchai JAIDEE (THA) € 383078.90

8 Robert KARLSSON (SWE) € 377252.68

9 Lee WESTWOOD (ENG) € 366366.19

10 Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ (ESP) € 333074.49

11 Alvaro QUIROS (ESP) € 313679.63

12 Oliver WILSON (ENG) € 283974.14

13 Andrew DODT (AUS) € 259309.89

14 Anders HANSEN (DEN) € 258878.95

15 NOH Seung-yul (KOR) € 246290.82

The Top 15 in The 2010 Race to Dubai

1 David VANEGAS (COL) € 25,637 2 Nathan SMITH (USA) € 17,625 3 Vince COVELLO (USA) € 11,216 4 Peter GUSTAFSSON (SWE) € 9,614 5 Robert DINWIDDIE (ENG) € 8,011

2010 European Challenge Tour Rankings

1 Kevin SPURGEON (ENG) € 37,751 2 Sam TORRANCE (SCO) € 26,935 3 Gordon J BRAND (ENG) € 24,123 4 Roger CHAPMAN (ENG) € 22,465 5 Chris WILLIAMS (RSA) € 20,768

2010 European Senior Tour Order of Merit

WGC-CA ChAMPIONShIP

First played: 1999Past winners: 1999: Tiger Woods; 2000: Mike Weir; 2002; Tiger Woods;2003: Tiger Woods; 2004: Ernie Els; 2005: Tiger Woods; 2006: Tiger Woods, 2007: Tiger Woods; 2008: Geoff Ogilvy; 2009: Phil MickelsonConsecutive wins: Tiger Woods, 2002-03 and 2005-07 Youngest winner: Tiger Woods, 23 and 312 days, 1999Oldest winner: Phil Mickelson, 38 and 272 days, 2009Lowest 18 hole score: 62 (-10), Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, 2002Lowest first 18 hole score: 63 (-9), Nick Price, 2000; 63 (-8), Tiger Woods, 2006Lowest first 36 hole score: 127 (-15), Tiger Woods, 2006Lowest first 54 hole score: 194 (-19), Tiger Woods, 2006Lowest 72 hole score: 261 (-23) Tiger Woods, 2006Lowest under par winning score: 263 (-25), Tiger Woods, 2002Lowest final round by a winner: 66 (-6), Tiger Woods, 2002Wire-to-wire-winners: Tiger Woods, 2002, 06, Geoff Ogilvy, 2008, Phil Mickelson, 2009Largest 18 hole lead: 3 shots, Nick Price, 2000; Colin Montgomerie, 2005Largest 36 hole lead: 5 shots, Tiger Woods, 2003, 06Largest 54 hole lead: 6 shots, Tiger Woods, 2002, 06Largest winning margin: 8 shots, Tiger Woods, 2006Biggest final round comeback 2 shots, Tiger Woods, 2005by a winner: Play-offs: Tiger Woods beat Miguel Angel Jiménez, 1999; Tiger Woods beat John Daly, 2005Holes-in-one: Colin Montgomerie, Hole 12, Round 2, 2000 (Valderrama) Angel Cabrera, Hole 6, Round 3, 2000 (Valderrama) Thongchai Jaidee, Hole 11, Round 2, 2004 (Mount Juliet) Richard Green, Hole 11, Round 1, 2005 (Harding Park) Tom Lehman, Hole 11, Round 3, 2005 (Harding Park)

FACTS AND FIGURES CARD OF ThE COURSE hole Yards Metres Par 1 529 484 5 2 418 382 4 3 438 401 4 4 236 216 3 5 394 360 4 6 442 404 4 7 454 415 4 8 560 512 5 9 169 155 3 OUT 3640 3329 36 10 551 504 5 11 402 368 4 12 603 551 5 13 245 224 3 14 460 421 4 15 175 160 3 16 372 340 4 17 419 383 4 18 467 427 4 IN 3694 3378 36 TOTAL 7334 6707 72

• Defending champion Phil Mickelson will attempt to become only the second player to successfully defend the WGC – CA Championship. He would join Tiger Woods (2002-03, 05-07). Mickelson’s one stroke victory over Nick Watney in 2009 was his first victory in a World Golf Championship event in his 27th WGC appearance. He did not have to wait too long for his second WGC triumph, which came at the 2009 WGC – HSBC Champions.

• Following his victory in the WGC – Accenture Match Play, Ian Poulter will attempt to join Tiger Woods as the only players to win consecutive WGC events.

• In 2007 Tiger Woods created European Tour history by becoming the first player to win the same European Tour International Schedule event on six occasions. The winning years were: 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007. He matched this feat later in the 2007 season by winning the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational for a record-equalling sixth time also.

DID YOU KNOW?

Course Record:

61 (-11), Stephen Ames, 2000

Architect:

Dick Wilson and Robert Van Hagge, 1962. Re-design Jim McLean, 2000

Prize Fund:

US$8,500,000

This week’s exchange rate is £/€ = 1.105237

Rory McIlroy Paul Casey

Padraig HarringtonCamilo Villegas

WGC-CA ChAMPIONShIP - ENTRIES

Robert Allenby

Angel Cabrera

Paul Casey

Stewart Cink

Tim Clark

Luke Donald

Jason Dufner

Simon Dyson

Ernie Els

Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño

Ross Fisher

Jim Furyk

Sergio Garcia

Brian Gay

Lucas Glover

Retief Goosen

Anders hansen

Søren hansen

Peter hanson

Padraig harrington

Yuta Ikeda

Thongchai Jaidee

Miguel A. Jiménez

Dustin Johnson

Zach Johnson

Robert Karlsson

Martin Kaymer

Jerry Kelly

Søren Kjeldsen

Matt Kuchar

Marc Leishman

WC Liang

Hunter Mahan

Steve Marino

Graeme McDowell

Ross McGowan

Rory McIlroy

Phil Mickelson

Edoardo Molinari

Francesco Molinari

Kevin Na

Sean O’Hair

Kenny Perry

Ian Poulter

Alistair Presnell

Alvaro Quiros

Charl Schwartzel

Adam Scott

John Senden

Michael Sim

Vijay Singh

Heath Slocum

henrik Stenson

Steve Stricker

David Toms

Scott Verplank

Camilo Villegas

Nick Watney

Mike Weir

Lee Westwood

Oliver Wilson

Y E Yang

62 players in the field

Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida, USA, March 11 - 14, 2010

Defending champion,Phil Mickelson

Lee Westwood, chasing his first WGC title

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Date Event Venue Winner / Score First prize / Prize fund

10 − 13 Alfred Dunhill Championship Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, South Africa Pablo Martin, ESP 68-63-71-69=271 (-17) €158,500 / €1,000,000

17 − 20 South African Open Championship Pearl Valley Golf Estates, Paarl, Western Cape, SA Richie Ramsay, SCO **67-75-68-75=275 (-13) €158,500 / €1,010,640

7 − 10 Africa Open East London GC, East London, Eastern Cape, SA Charl Schwartzel, RSA 67-70-68-67=272 (-20) €158,500 / €993,900

14 − 17 Joburg Open Royal Johannesburg & Kensington GC, South Africa Charl Schwartzel, RSA 63-68-64-66=261 (-23) €206,050 / €1,313,850

21 − 24 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi, UAE Martin Kaymer, GER 67-67-67-66=267 (-21) €250,000 / €1,504,500

28 − 31 Commercialbank Qatar Masters Doha GC, Doha, Qatar Robert Karlsson, SWE 68-70-70-65=273 (-15) €294,585 / €1,760,945

presented by Dolphin Energy

4 - 7 Omega Dubai Desert Classic Emirates GC, Dubai, UAE Miguel A Jiménez, ESP 70-67-68-72=277 (-11) €296,500 / €1,765,105

11 − 14 Avantha Masters DLF G&CC, New Delhi, India Andrew Dodt, AUS 67-68-71-68=274 (-14) €250,000 / €1,488,260

17 − 21 WGC – Accenture Match Play Ritz-Carlton GC, Dove Mountain, Marana, Arizona, USA Ian Poulter, ENG, def Paul Casey ENG 4 and 2 €1,019,635 / €6,190,640

4 − 7 Maybank Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur G&CC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Noh Seung-yul, KOR 69-70-67-68=274 (-14) €246,291 / €1,497,604

11 − 14 WGC – CA Championship Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida, USA $8,500,000

18 − 21 Trophée hassan II Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco €1,375,000

25 − 28 Open de Andalucia de Golf Parador de Málaga Golf, Málaga, Spain €1,000,000

1 - 4 Estoril Open de Portugal Penha Longa Hotel & Spa Golf Resort, Linho Sintra, €1,000,000

Estoril, Portugal

8 - 11 Masters Tournament Augusta National GC, Georgia, USA

8 - 11 Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal Porto Santo Golfe, Madeira, Portugal €700,000

15 - 18 Volvo China Open Suzhou Jinji Lake International GC, Suzhou, China $2,500,000

22 - 25 Ballantine’s Championship Pinx GC, Jeju Island, South Korea €2,200,000

29 − 2May Open de España Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain €2,000,000

6 - 9 BMW Italian Open Royal Park I Roveri, Turin, Italy €1,300,000

13 - 16 Open Cala Millor Mallorca Pula GC, Son Servera, Mallorca, Spain €1,000,000

20 - 23 BMW PGA ChAMPIONShIP Wentworth Club, Surrey, England €4,500,000

27 - 30 Madrid Masters Venue - to be confirmed €1,500,000

3 - 6 The Celtic Manor Wales Open The Celtic Manor Resort, City of Newport, Wales £1,800,000

17 - 20 US OPEN ChAMPIONShIP Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California, USA

17 - 20 SAINT-OMER OPEN

presented by Neuflize OBC Aa Saint Omer GC, Lumbres, France €600,000

24 - 27 BMW International Open Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Germany €2,000,000

1 - 4 Alstom Open de France Le Golf National, Paris, France €3,000,000

8 - 11 The Barclays Scottish Open Loch Lomond GC, Glasgow, Scotland £3,000,000

15 - 18 ThE 139th OPEN ChAMPIONShIP Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

22 - 25 Nordea Scandinavian Masters Bro Hof Slott GC, Stockholm, Sweden €2,000,000

29 - 1Aug 3 Irish Open Killarney Golf & Fishing Club, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland €3,000,000

5 - 8 WGC - Bridgestone Invitational Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio, USA $8,500,000

12 - 15 US PGA ChAMPIONShIP Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wisconsin, USA

19 - 22 Czech Open 2010 Prosper Golf Resort, Celadná, Czech Republic €2,000,000

26 - 29 Johnnie Walker Championship at

Gleneagles The Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland £1,400,000

2 - 5 Omega European Masters Crans-sur-Sierre, Crans Montana, Switzerland €2,000,000

9 - 12 KLM Open Hilversumsche GC, Hilversum, The Netherlands €1,800,000

16 - 19 Austrian Golf Open Fontana GC, Vienna, Austria €1,000,000

23 - 26 The Vivendi Venue - to be confirmed

1 - 3 ThE RYDER CUP The Celtic Manor Resort, City of Newport, Wales

7 - 10 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Old Course, St Andrews, Carnoustie & Kingsbarns, Scotland $5,000,000

14 - 17 Portugal Masters Oceanico Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Portugal €3,000,000

21 - 24 CASTELLÓ MASTERS Costa Azahar Club de Campo del Mediterráneo, Castellón, Spain €2,000,000

28 - 31 Andalucia Masters Club de Golf Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain €3,000,000

4 - 7 WGC - hSBC Champions Sheshan International GC, Shanghai, China $7,000,000

11 - 14 Barclays Singapore Open The Tanjong & The Serapong, Sentosa GC, Singapore

18 - 21 hong Kong Open Hong Kong GC, Fanling, Hong Kong $2,500,000

25 - 28 DUBAI WORLD ChAMPIONShIP Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai, UAE $7,500,000

Date to be confirmed

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MAYBANK MALAYSIAN OPEN

Finca Cortesin, Casares, Spain, Oct 29 - Nov 1, 2009Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club, Malaysia, March 4 - 7, 2010

Pos. Name Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd 4 Total € Prize Money £ Pos. Name Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Total € Prize Money £

1 NOH Seung-yul KOR 69 70 67 68 274 -14 246,290.82 217,238.012 K J CHOI KOR 67 70 69 69 275 -13 164,193.88 144,825.343 Rhys DAVIES WAL 65 69 71 71 276 -12 76,350.92 67,344.46 Kiradech APHIBARNRAT THA 68 69 68 71 276 -12 76,350.92 67,344.46 Søren HANSEN DEN 70 67 69 70 276 -12 76,350.92 67,344.466 Danny WILLETT ENG 72 69 68 68 277 -11 51,721.59 45,620.447 Thongchai JAIDEE THA 66 71 69 72 278 -10 40,638.39 35,844.63 Johan EDFORS SWE 69 69 69 71 278 -10 40,638.39 35,844.639 Jason KNUTZON USA 73 67 72 67 279 -9 33,101.82 29,197.0810 Rahil GANGJEE IND 68 75 66 71 280 -8 26,488.84 23,364.18 Peter LAWRIE IRL 69 72 71 68 280 -8 26,488.84 23,364.18 Angelo QUE PHI 70 67 72 71 280 -8 26,488.84 23,364.18 Mark BROWN NZL 71 71 72 66 280 -8 26,488.84 23,364.1814 Ignacio GARRIDO ESP 65 72 71 73 281 -7 21,723.07 19,160.58 Alejandro CAÑIZARES ESP 67 69 71 74 281 -7 21,723.07 19,160.58 Shingo KATAYAMA JPN 76 69 68 68 281 -7 21,723.07 19,160.5817 Niclas FASTH SWE 69 73 70 70 282 -6 19,506.43 17,205.42 Wei-chih LU TPE 74 70 68 70 282 -6 19,506.43 17,205.4219 Dae-hyun KIM KOR 66 73 70 74 283 -5 16,994.24 14,989.57 Thomas BJÖRN DEN 68 74 72 69 283 -5 16,994.24 14,989.57 Chapchai NIRAT THA 69 70 75 69 283 -5 16,994.24 14,989.57 S S P CHOWRASIA IND 69 72 72 70 283 -5 16,994.24 14,989.57 Gary BOYD ENG 72 71 71 69 283 -5 16,994.24 14,989.57 Ashun WU CHN 73 70 68 72 283 -5 16,994.24 14,989.5725 Thaworn WIRATCHANT THA 70 72 70 72 284 -4 14,925.37 13,164.76 Daniel CHOPRA SWE 71 70 71 72 284 -4 14,925.37 13,164.76 Wen-chong LIANG CHN 75 70 71 68 284 -4 14,925.37 13,164.7628 Scott BARR AUS 68 71 70 76 285 -3 12,930.40 11,405.11 Darren BECK AUS 69 75 71 70 285 -3 12,930.40 11,405.11 Hyung-sung KIM KOR 70 74 70 71 285 -3 12,930.40 11,405.11 Marco RUIZ PAR 71 71 74 69 285 -3 12,930.40 11,405.11 Arjun ATWAL IND 72 69 75 69 285 -3 12,930.40 11,405.11 Fredrik ANDERSSON HED SWE 77 65 68 75 285 -3 12,930.40 11,405.1134 Nicolas COLSAERTS BEL 68 74 72 72 286 -2 10,787.65 9,515.12 Scott STRANGE AUS 69 73 72 72 286 -2 10,787.65 9,515.12 Søren KJELDSEN DEN 71 70 68 77 286 -2 10,787.65 9,515.12 Chih-bing LAM SIN 72 70 75 69 286 -2 10,787.65 9,515.12 Steven O’HARA SCO 74 71 71 70 286 -2 10,787.65 9,515.1239 Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL THA 67 74 73 73 287 -1 9,309.89 8,211.68 Brett RUMFORD AUS 71 67 76 73 287 -1 9,309.89 8,211.68 Andrew DODT AUS 72 71 74 70 287 -1 9,309.89 8,211.68 Gaganjeet BHULLAR IND 72 71 70 74 287 -1 9,309.89 8,211.68 Terry PILKADARIS AUS 73 71 68 75 287 -1 9,309.89 8,211.6844 Grégory HAVRET FRA 71 72 72 73 288 0 7,832.13 6,908.24 Guido VAN DER VALK NED 72 72 71 73 288 0 7,832.13 6,908.24 Anthony KANG USA 73 71 72 72 288 0 7,832.13 6,908.24 Anthony WALL ENG 74 71 71 72 288 0 7,832.13 6,908.24 Mars PUCAY PHI 75 70 70 73 288 0 7,832.13 6,908.2449 Mark FOSTER ENG 67 77 71 74 289 1 6,058.81 5,344.11 Marcus FRASER AUS 70 72 75 72 289 1 6,058.81 5,344.11 David GLEESON AUS 71 73 72 73 289 1 6,058.81 5,344.11 Stephen GALLACHER SCO 72 69 75 73 289 1 6,058.81 5,344.11 Joost LUITEN NED 72 73 71 73 289 1 6,058.81 5,344.11 Hideto TANIHARA JPN 73 71 74 71 289 1 6,058.81 5,344.11 Mark PURSER NZL 74 71 72 72 289 1 6,058.81 5,344.1156 Mark F HAASTRUP DEN 67 77 75 71 290 2 4,544.11 4,008.08 Simon KHAN ENG 71 74 76 69 290 2 4,544.11 4,008.08 Matthew GRIFFIN AUS 72 69 73 76 290 2 4,544.11 4,008.08 Antonio LASCUNA PHI 72 72 73 73 290 2 4,544.11 4,008.0860 M SASIDARAN MAS 69 73 74 75 291 3 3,842.18 3,388.95 Sang-moon BAE KOR 69 74 74 74 291 3 3,842.18 3,388.95 Digvijay SINGH IND 69 75 75 72 291 3 3,842.18 3,388.95 Danny CHIA MAS 71 71 78 71 291 3 3,842.18 3,388.95 David HORSEY ENG 72 72 76 71 291 3 3,842.18 3,388.9565 Robert ROCK ENG 68 75 72 77 292 4 3,103.30 2,737.23 Markus BRIER AUT 70 73 76 73 292 4 3,103.30 2,737.23 Chris RODGERS ENG 70 75 73 74 292 4 3,103.30 2,737.23 Hiroyuki FUJITA JPN 72 71 75 74 292 4 3,103.30 2,737.23 Paul BROADHURST ENG 75 68 73 76 292 4 3,103.30 2,737.2370 Wen-teh LU TPE 69 76 73 75 293 5 2,334.73 2,059.32 C MUNIYAPPA IND 73 72 72 76 293 5 2,334.73 2,059.32 Juvic PAGUNSAN PHI 74 70 73 76 293 5 2,334.73 2,059.32 Julien QUESNE FRA 74 71 76 72 293 5 2,334.73 2,059.3274 Unho PARK AUS 70 73 76 75 294 6 2,206.50 1,946.22 James KAMTE RSA 74 71 78 71 294 6 2,206.50 1,946.2276 Ross BAIN SCO 68 77 76 74 295 7 2,202.00 1,942.2577 Steven JEPPESEN SWE 72 72 72 82 298 10 2,199.00 1,939.6078 Scott HEND AUS 73 72 81 75 301 13 2,196.00 1,936.9679 Tony CAROLAN AUS 73 72 78 80 303 15 2,193.00 1,934.31

80 David DRYSDALE SCO 72 74 146 2 Prom MEESAWAT THA 72 74 146 2 Shiv KAPUR IND 73 73 146 2 Himmat SINGH RAI IND 73 73 146 2 Adam BLYTH AUS 74 72 146 2 Sam HUTSBY ENG 75 71 146 2 Benjamin HEBERT FRA 75 71 146 2 M H ABDUL MAJID (AM) MAS 77 69 146 2 88 Mikko ILONEN FIN 71 76 147 3 Gary LOCKERBIE ENG 71 76 147 3 Ben LEONG MAS 71 76 147 3 Simon YATES SCO 72 75 147 3 Michael JONZON SWE 72 75 147 3 Robert COLES ENG 73 74 147 3 Prayad MARKSAENG THA 73 74 147 3 Thammanoon SRIROT THA 74 73 147 3 Yin-Shin CHAN TPE 74 73 147 3 Andrew TAMPION AUS 75 72 147 3 Chris WOOD ENG 75 72 147 3 Tetsuji HIRATSUKA JPN 76 71 147 3 Udorn DUANGDECHA THA 77 70 147 3 101 Peter WHITEFORD SCO 73 75 148 4 Mardan MAMAT SIN 74 74 148 4 Carl SUNESON ESP 75 73 148 4 Rick KULACZ AUS 75 73 148 4 Anirban LAHIRI IND 75 73 148 4 Daisuke MARUYAMA JPN 76 72 148 4 Sam LITTLE ENG 76 72 148 4 Joong-kyung MO KOR 77 71 148 4 Kwanchai TANNIN THA 77 71 148 4 John PARRY ENG 77 71 148 4 111 George COETZEE RSA 70 79 149 5 Miles TUNNICLIFF ENG 72 77 149 5 Andrew BUTTERFIELD ENG 74 75 149 5 S SIVACHANDRAN MAS 76 73 149 5 M Iszaimi ISMAIL (AM) MAS 76 73 149 5 116 Anis HASSAN MAS 72 78 150 6 Darren CLARKE NIR 73 77 150 6 Michael CAMPBELL NZL 74 76 150 6 Peter O’MALLEY AUS 74 76 150 6 120 Keith HORNE RSA 75 76 151 7 Gavin Kyle GREEN (AM) MAS 75 76 151 7 Fredrik OHLSSON SWE 76 75 151 7 123 Sung LEE KOR 74 78 152 8 Wen-hong LIN TPE 74 78 152 8 Richard MCEVOY ENG 75 77 152 8 Danny LEE NZL 76 76 152 8 Gavin FLINT AUS 77 75 152 8 Eirik Tage JOHANSEN NOR 77 75 152 8 Iain STEEL MAS 78 74 152 8 Marcus BOTH AUS 79 73 152 8 A Tarmizee Mohd NAZARI MAS 79 73 152 8 132 Ted OH KOR 73 80 153 9 Shaaban HUSSIN MAS 75 78 153 9 Periasamy GUNASEGARAN MAS 75 78 153 9 Jbe’ KRUGER RSA 76 77 153 9 136 Md. Rashid ISMAIL MAS 76 78 154 10 137 Mohd Sukree OTHMAN MAS 76 79 155 11 138 Nicholas FUNG MAS 78 78 156 12 Kodai ICHIHARA JPN 78 78 156 12 140 Gary MURPHY IRL 78 79 157 13 141 Abel TAM (AM) MAS 77 81 158 14 142 Andrew COLTART SCO 76 84 160 16 143 Chris GANE ENG 83 79 162 18 144 Simon GRIFFITHS ENG 72 RETD Wen-tang LIN TPE 72 RETD Phillip ARCHER ENG 73 RETD Martin ERLANDSSON SWE 73 RETD Jamie ELSON ENG 74 DQ Airil-Rizman ZAHARI MAS 75 RETD Inn-Choon HWANG KOR 76 RETD Jean-François LUCQUIN FRA 77 DQ Jyoti RANDHAWA IND 77 RETD Clodomiro CARRANZA ARG 77 RETD David HOWELL ENG 79 RETD Rafa ECHENIQUE ARG 80 WD 156 Carlos RODILES ESP RETD

TournamenT SummaryOUT IN TOTAL Pros Ams

PAR: 36 36 723419 3575 69943127 3270 6397

Number Played in tournament 1527379

440

YARDS: Less Players who missed 36 hole cut (145 +1)

METRES: Number Played in final rounds

First Round Second Round Third Round

Round-by- I Garrido 65 (-7)R Davies 65 (-7)T Jaidee 66 (-6)Kim D-y 66 (-6)5 players on 67 (-5)

R Davies 134 (-10)A Cañizares 136 (-8)K Aphibarnrat 137 (-7)I Garrido 137 (-7)S Hansen 137 (-7)T Jaidee 137 (-7)A Que 137 (-7)K J Choi 137 (-7)

R Davies 205 (-11)K Aphibarnrat 205 (-11)Noh S-y 206 (-10)K J Choi 206 (-10)T Jaidee 206 (-10)S Hansen 206 (-10)

RoundLeaders

Hole(s) in one: None Course Record: None

Play off details: None Albatross: None

Preferred Lies: All four rounds

Total Prize Money: €1,497,604.73 Exchange Rate: £/€ = 1.133737.

Weather:Thurs: Hazy sunshine, hot & humid with late afternoon thunderstorms. Rain 8mm. High 34°C. Low 25°C. Fri: Partly sunny, hot & humid with mid-afternoon thunderstorms. Rain 1mm. High 34°C. Low 25°C. Sat: Early morning rain then partly cloudy. Sunny, hot & humid. Rain 18mm. High 34°C. Low 25°C. Sun: Hazy sunshine, hot & humid with late afternoon thunderstorms. High 34°C. Low 25°C.

* denotes Affiliate Member~ 2008 Challenge Tour Graduates finishing within positions 1-10# 2008 Qualifying School Graduates ^^ Challenge Tour Member c 2008 Challenge Tour Graduates (11c) finishing within positions 16-20% Category 15 Member

1 (1) (1) Ian POULTER (ENG) (3) 1186295.26 1046355.65 2 (2) (2) Paul CASEY (ENG) (4) 725490.74 639909.28 3 (3) (1) Charl SChWARTZEL (RSA) (7) 626976.56 553016.17 4 (4) (4) Camilo VILLEGAS (COL) (3) 488551.53 430920.25 5 (5) (2) Martin KAYMER (GER) (4) 414160.01 365304.22 6 (6) (6) Sergio GARCIA (ESP) (3) 396639.56 349850.55 7 (9) (7) Thongchai JAIDEE (ThA) (5) 383078.90 337889.55 8 (7) (3) Robert KARLSSON (SWE) (4) 377252.68 332750.61 9 (8) (5) Lee WESTWOOD (ENG) (4) 366366.19 323148.34 10 (10) (4) Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ (ESP) (4) 333074.49 293783.84 11 (11) (6) Alvaro QUIROS (ESP) (4) 313679.63 276676.87 12 (12) (12) Oliver WILSON (ENG) (4) 283974.14 250475.54^ 13 (14) (13) Andrew DODT (AUS) (2) 259309.89 228720.77 14 (13) (10) Anders hANSEN (DEN) (7) 258878.95 228340.67 15 (0) (0) NOh Seung-yul (KOR) (3) 246290.82 217237.48

16 (22) (15) Søren HANSEN (DEN) (7) 238889.61 210709.34 17 (15) (15) Retief GOOSEN (RSA) (2) 229908.93 202788.05 18 (16) (16) Rory MCILROY (NIR) (3) 220908.02 194848.93~ 19 (17) (13) Edoardo MOLINARI (ITA) (7) 210164.91 185373.11 20 (18) (8) Pablo MARTIN (ESP) (4) 200378.86 176741.46 21 (19) (9) Richie RAMSAY (SCO) (6) 192879.27 170126.55 22 (20) (11) Richard FINCH (ENG) (7) 183875.14 162184.57 23 (21) (12) Darren CLARKE (NIR) (6) 179294.29 158144.10 24 (23) (15) Keith HORNE (RSA) (7) 153013.33 134963.34 25 (24) (16) Shiv KAPUR (IND) (7) 152993.56 134945.90~ 26 (51) (25) Rhys DAVIES (WAL) (7) 149990.92 132297.46 27 (25) (19) Thomas AIKEN (RSA) (7) 140575.00 123992.27 28 (26) (26) Jeev Milkha SINGH (IND) (4) 132166.02 116575.25 29 (27) (20) Louis OOSTHUIZEN (RSA) (6) 130650.29 115238.32 30 (28) (22) Richard BLAND (ENG) (6) 128371.56 113228.40 31 (50) (30) Danny WILLETT (ENG) (5) 126742.90 111791.86~# 32 (29) (23) Fredrik ANDERSSON HED (SWE) (6) 122253.73 107832.25 33 (31) (25) Brett RUMFORD (AUS) (4) 117859.42 103956.30 34 (30) (24) Shane LOWRY (IRL) (6) 109029.72 96168.19 35 (32) (34) Luke DONALD (ENG) (1) 101963.53 89935.55 (34) Tim CLARK (RSA) (1) 101963.53 89935.55 37 (34) (34) Peter HANSON (SWE) (4) 100529.35 88670.55 38 (35) (27) David DRYSDALE (SCO) (8) 96104.34 84767.53 39 (36) (36) Chris WOOD (ENG) (6) 95090.16 83872.99 40 (46) (33) Thomas BJÖRN (DEN) (7) 93335.07 82324.94 41 (37) (37) Henrik STENSON (SWE) (4) 93171.57 82180.72 42 (38) (28) David HORSEY (ENG) (5) 92205.88 81328.95 43 (39) (39) Ross McGOWAN (ENG) (5) 82539.54 72802.88 44 (43) (31) Robert ROCK (ENG) (7) 82203.04 72506.08 45 (40) (15) Ernie ELS (RSA) (2) 80902.04 71358.55* 46 (201) (45) Kiradech APHIBARNRAT (THA) (2) 80550.92 71048.85 47 (41) (41) Geoff OGILVY (AUS) (2) 80439.54 70950.61 48 (42) (30) Gareth MAYBIN (NIR) (6) 79989.88 70553.99~# 49 (48) (35) James KAMTE (RSA) (7) 77470.00 68331.36 50 (44) (44) Graeme MCDOWELL (NIR) (4) 76790.16 67731.72~# 51 (45) (32) Rick KULACZ (AUS) (5) 76700.00 67652.20 52 (47) (51) Barry LANE (ENG) (7) 75832.50 66887.03 53 (49) (36) Bradley DREDGE (WAL) (3) 75184.24 66315.24 54 (75) (53) Peter LAWRIE (IRL) (5) 73103.83 64480.24 55 (52) (52) Ross FISHER (ENG) (3) 73001.20 64389.72 56 (61) (44) Joost LUITEN (NED) (7) 72559.17 63999.83 57 (53) (39) Richard STERNE (RSA) (4) 72248.33 63725.66* 58 (54) (40) Tetsuji HIRATSUKA (JPN) (2) 71250.00 62845.10 59 (55) (55) Francesco MOLINARI (ITA) (4) 71057.92 62675.68 60 (56) (41) Grégory BOURDY (FRA) (5) 69368.88 61185.88 61 (57) (60) Robert ALLENBY (AUS) (1) 69189.54 61027.70

Pos Lst Best Name Cntry Event € £ Wk Pos Played

Pos Lst Best Name Cntry Event € £ Wk Pos Played

Number Ten after the Maybank Malaysian Open

(60) Y. E. YANG (KOR) (1) 69189.54 61027.70 (60) Adam SCOTT (AUS) (1) 69189.54 61027.70 64 (60) (43) Ariel CANETE (ARG) (6) 67280.00 59343.41 65 (62) (62) Simon DYSON (ENG) (4) 64822.67 57175.96 66 (63) (63) Alexander NOREN (SWE) (4) 64578.06 56960.20 67 (64) (45) James KINGSTON (RSA) (6) 63614.10 56109.95^ 68 (102) (67) Jason KNUTZON (USA) (2) 62876.82 55459.64 69 (72) (68) Søren KJELDSEN (DEN) (4) 62490.91 55119.26 70 (65) (47) Hennie OTTO (RSA) (7) 61333.84 54098.68~ 71 (66) (49) Peter WHITEFORD (SCO) (6) 59517.50 52496.60 72 (91) (71) Ignacio GARRIDO (ESP) (6) 55884.38 49292.06 73 (86) (72) Niclas FASTH (SWE) (4) 55566.42 49011.61 74 (149) (73) Johan EDFORS (SWE) (4) 54591.77 48151.93 75 (67) (67) Anthony KIM (USA) (2) 54423.99 48003.94 76 (68) (50) Marcel SIEM (GER) (6) 53035.87 46779.57 77 (69) (51) Richard GREEN (AUS) (3) 52772.62 46547.38 78 (70) (52) Darren FICHARDT (RSA) (6) 52210.00 46051.12 79 (71) (53) Michiel BOTHMA (RSA) (4) 51872.50 45753.44 80 (76) (58) Marcus FRASER (AUS) (5) 51607.57 45519.76~# 81 (108) (80) Alejandro CAÑIZARES (ESP) (5) 49403.07 43575.31 82 (73) (55) Pelle EDBERG (SWE) (4) 49230.00 43422.65 83 (74) (56) Jeppe HULDAHL (DEN) (4) 47394.67 41803.83~# 84 (87) (73) Steven O’HARA (SCO) (4) 46362.65 40893.54 85 (77) (59) Nick DOUGHERTY (ENG) (4) 44263.03 39041.60^ 86 (78) (61) Trevor FISHER JNR (RSA) (4) 43407.50 38287.00 87 (79) (62) Damien MCGRANE (IRL) (5) 42162.19 37188.59 88 (80) (63) Pablo LARRAZÁBAL (ESP) (4) 41360.79 36481.73 89 (81) (64) Michael HOEY (NIR) (7) 40984.27 36149.62~c 90 (82) (65) James MORRISON (ENG) (4) 40825.00 36009.14 91 (156) (90) Mark BROWN (NZL) (7) 39125.02 34509.69~a 92 (83) (68) John PARRY (ENG) (6) 38850.00 34267.12^ 93 (84) (69) Dale WHITNELL (ENG) (2) 38825.00 34245.07 94 (85) (71) Mikko ILONEN (FIN) (6) 36120.14 31859.28 95 (88) (74) Branden GRACE (RSA) (4) 35462.50 31279.22~# 96 (89) (75) Clodomiro CARRANZA (ARG) (5) 35430.00 31250.55 97 (90) (76) Oliver FISHER (ENG) (7) 34975.00 30849.22 98 (92) (78) Ricardo GONZALEZ (ARG) (3) 33264.99 29340.93 99 (93) (98) Padraig HARRINGTON (IRL) (1) 32773.99 28907.85 (98) Vijay SINGH (FIJ) (1) 32773.99 28907.85 (98) Angel CABRERA (ARG) (1) 32773.99 28907.85 (98) Rory SABBATINI (RSA) (1) 32773.99 28907.85^ 103 (97) (80) Jaco VAN ZYL (RSA) (4) 32642.86 28792.19 104 (98) (81) Paul WARING (ENG) (5) 32394.75 28573.35^ 105 (120) (104) Chih-bing LAM (SIN) (2) 32387.65 28567.08 106 (99) (82) David LYNN (ENG) (5) 32074.75 28291.10~# 107 (100) (85) Sam HUTSBY (ENG) (5) 31795.28 28044.60 108 (106) (92) Paul BROADHURST (ENG) (5) 31156.68 27481.32 109 (101) (86) Peter HEDBLOM (SWE) (3) 30670.87 27052.83 110 (158) (109) Chapchai NIRAT (THA) (2) 29444.24 25970.89~# 111 (116) (102) Stephen GALLACHER (SCO) (6) 29304.33 25847.49 112 (103) (89) Christian NILSSON (SWE) (3) 29089.96 25658.41* 113 (139) (112) Darren BECK (AUS) (2) 28980.40 25561.77~# 114 (143) (113) Marco RUIZ (PAR) (5) 28712.40 25325.38~# 115 (104) (90) Andrew COLTART (SCO) (5) 28650.00 25270.34 116 (105) (91) Marc WARREN (SCO) (3) 28382.45 25034.36 117 (107) (93) Raphaël JACQUELIN (FRA) (5) 27890.20 24600.17 118 (158) (117) Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA) (2) 27375.37 24146.08^ 119 (109) (95) Oliver BEKKER (RSA) (4) 27010.00 23823.80 120 (110) (96) Robert-Jan DERKSEN (NED) (4) 26814.16 23651.07 121 (111) (97) Michael LORENZO-VERA (FRA) (4) 26515.83 23387.93^ 122 (112) (98) Josh CUNLIFFE (RSA) (3) 26475.00 23351.91 123 (165) (122) Wen-chong LIANG (CHN) (2) 25875.37 22823.02~ 124 (113) (99) Richard MCEVOY (ENG) (6) 25475.00 22469.88~# 125 (114) (100) George COETZEE (RSA) (6) 24242.86 21383.08 126 (115) (101) Prayad MARKSAENG (THA) (5) 24104.34 21260.91^ 127 (146) (126) Terry PILKADARIS (AUS) (2) 23784.89 20979.14~# 128 (130) (117) Simon KHAN (ENG) (5) 23566.58 20786.59

* denotes Affiliate Member~ 2009 Challenge Tour Graduates finishing within positions 1-10# 2009 Qualifying School Graduates ^^ Challenge Tour Member c 2009 Challenge Tour Graduates (11c) finishing within positions 16-20% Category 15 Member

SIGNIFICANT MOVER OF ThE WEEK

Noh Seung-yul was unknown on The European Tour before

his victory at the Maybank Malaysian Open put him

straight in at 15th in The Race to Dubai. Noh, 18, is the

youngest professional to win a European Tour event.

POS NAME COUNTRY TO STROKE DRIVING DRIVING GREENS IN PUTTS PER PUTTS PER SAND PAR AVE ACCURACY DISTANCE (yds) REG GIR ROUND SAVES AVE % POS FPR AVE POS % POS GPR PR PH POS AVE POS % NO FROM

1 NOh Seung-yul KOR -14 68.50 57.1 47 8.0 305.3 5 66.7 36 12.0 20.3 1.693 12 26.2 1 2 K J CHOI KOR -13 68.80 71.4 7 10.0 281.6 54 75.0 13 13.5 22.8 1.686 10 28.2 23 25.0 1 43 Kiradech APHIBARNRAT THA -12 69.00 42.9 72 6.0 287.8 35 69.4 31 12.5 20.3 1.608 2 27.7 11 3 Rhys DAVIES WAL -12 69.00 60.7 38 8.5 288.5 31 70.8 27 12.7 22.0 1.720 20 27.7 11 100.0 1 13 Søren HANSEN DEN -12 69.00 76.8 3 10.8 294.6 14 79.2 4 14.2 24.5 1.720 20 29.7 42 50.0 2 46 Danny WILLETT ENG -11 69.30 62.5 30 8.8 293.8 16 80.6 3 14.5 25.5 1.761 33 30.5 54 50.0 1 27 Johan EDFORS SWE -10 69.50 58.9 43 8.3 315.4 1 77.8 5 14.0 24.5 1.735 25 29.5 39 50.0 3 67 Thongchai JAIDEE THA -10 69.50 62.5 30 8.8 280.5 56 77.8 5 14.0 25.0 1.784 43 29.7 42 33.3 2 69 Jason KNUTZON USA -9 69.80 71.4 7 10.0 282.0 53 62.5 53 11.2 18.8 1.676 7 27.0 4 10 Mark BROWN NZL -8 70.00 69.6 11 9.8 285.1 40 83.3 2 15.0 27.0 1.805 54 31.5 68 75.0 3 410 Rahil GANGJEE IND -8 70.00 55.4 53 7.8 286.5 37 59.7 62 10.7 18.3 1.667 5 27.7 11 10 Peter LAWRIE IRL -8 70.00 78.6 2 11.0 288.4 32 76.4 8 13.7 23.0 1.664 4 29.0 32 50.0 4 8

After Round 4

POS NAME COUNTRY TO STROKE DRIVING DRIVING GREENS IN PUTTS PER PUTTS PER SAND PAR AVE ACCURACY DISTANCE (yds) REG GIR ROUND SAVES

AVE % POS FPR AVE POS % POS GPR PR PH POS AVE POS % NO FROM

1 Kiradech APhIBARNRAT ThA -11 68.30 35.7 61 5.0 290.3 20 68.5 26 12.3 18.7 1.503 1 26.3 4 1 Rhys DAVIES WAL -11 68.30 66.7 18 9.3 292.2 15 70.4 22 12.7 21.3 1.679 10 27.0 8 100.0 1 13 K J CHOI KOR -10 68.70 73.8 6 10.3 280.0 46 75.9 13 13.7 22.7 1.658 6 28.3 20 33 Søren HANSEN DEN -10 68.70 81.0 2 11.3 293.0 13 77.8 7 14.0 23.7 1.693 14 29.3 33 33.3 1 33 Thongchai JAIDEE THA -10 68.70 59.5 31 8.3 277.3 50 77.8 7 14.0 24.0 1.712 22 28.7 25 25.0 1 43 NOH Seung-yul KOR -10 68.70 54.8 41 7.7 306.2 5 64.8 37 11.7 19.3 1.668 9 25.7 1 7 Alejandro CAÑIZARES ESP -9 69.00 69.0 13 9.7 293.5 12 66.7 28 12.0 19.3 1.614 3 25.7 1 50.0 3 67 Johan EDFORS SWE -9 69.00 59.5 31 8.3 315.5 2 79.6 4 14.3 24.7 1.698 16 29.3 33 50.0 1 29 Ignacio GARRIDO ESP -8 69.30 76.2 4 10.7 277.2 51 72.2 17 13.0 21.0 1.613 2 27.7 12 33.3 1 310 Scott BARR AUS -7 69.70 73.8 6 10.3 282.0 41 72.2 17 13.0 22.7 1.745 31 28.7 25 100.0 2 210 Rahil GANGJEE IND -7 69.70 54.8 41 7.7 290.2 21 61.1 47 11.0 19.3 1.722 25 28.0 17 10 Dae-hyun KIM KOR -7 69.70 54.8 41 7.7 298.7 7 66.7 28 12.0 19.3 1.628 4 26.7 6 10 Søren KJELDSEN DEN -7 69.70 69.0 13 9.7 266.3 61 77.8 7 14.0 24.7 1.756 36 30.0 45

After Round 3


After Round 2



1 Rhys DAVIES WAL -7 65.00 64.3 32 9.0 290.5 35 66.7 46 12.0 19.0 1.583 15 24.0 1 1 Ignacio GARRIDO ESP -7 65.00 71.4 18 10.0 278.0 86 77.8 11 14.0 21.0 1.500 2 25.0 4 3 Thongchai JAIDEE THA -6 66.00 64.3 32 9.0 276.5 89 72.2 24 13.0 19.0 1.462 1 26.0 9 13 Dae-hyun KIM KOR -6 66.00 64.3 32 9.0 301.0 18 77.8 11 14.0 21.0 1.500 2 25.0 4 5 Alejandro CAÑIZARES ESP -5 67.00 71.4 18 10.0 292.5 33 72.2 24 13.0 20.0 1.538 6 26.0 9 50.0 1 25 K J CHOI KOR -5 67.00 64.3 32 9.0 281.0 67 72.2 24 13.0 20.0 1.538 6 26.0 9 25 Mark FOSTER ENG -5 67.00 50.0 70 7.0 292.5 33 83.3 5 15.0 24.0 1.600 16 28.0 33 50.0 1 25 Mark F HAASTRUP DEN -5 67.00 50.0 70 7.0 288.0 45 61.1 64 11.0 18.0 1.636 20 24.0 1 5 Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL THA -5 67.00 10 Kiradech APHIBARNRAT THA -4 68.00 42.9 96 6.0 296.0 27 72.2 24 13.0 20.0 1.538 6 27.0 20 10 Ross BAIN SCO -4 68.00 42.9 96 6.0 302.0 14 77.8 11 14.0 23.0 1.643 24 27.0 20 10 Scott BARR AUS -4 68.00 78.6 7 11.0 271.0 103 66.7 46 12.0 21.0 1.750 48 26.0 9 100.0 2 210 Thomas BJÖRN DEN -4 68.00 57.1 50 8.0 283.5 57 94.4 1 17.0 30.0 1.765 53 32.0 92

After Round 1

Putting masterclass from Noh

Noh Seung-yul’s form on the greens was a major factor in his victory at the Maybank Malaysian Open. A glance at the Genworth Financial Statistics shows that the 18 year old topped the Putts Per Round category, with an average of 26.2 putts. And although Noh is the youngest professional winner in European Tour history, he was no slouch in the Driving Distance category, coming fifth with an average of 305.3 yards. In contrast, his compatriot and runner-up KJ Choi was 54th in the same category with 281.6 yards.

From the Maybank Malaysian Open


1 Rhys DAVIES WAL -10 67.00 67.9 23 9.5 289.8 27 66.7 43 12.0 19.5 1.625 7 25.5 1 100.0 1 12 Alejandro CAÑIZARES ESP -8 68.00 78.6 5 11.0 288.3 33 69.4 36 12.5 20.0 1.603 4 26.0 4 33.3 1 33 Kiradech APHIBARNRAT THA -7 68.50 39.3 100 5.5 298.0 14 63.9 54 11.5 17.0 1.469 1 25.5 1 3 K J CHOI KOR -7 68.50 64.3 35 9.0 276.5 79 72.2 22 13.0 21.5 1.654 15 27.5 18 23 Ignacio GARRIDO ESP -7 68.50 75.0 9 10.5 277.0 75 75.0 15 13.5 23.0 1.712 32 28.0 25 100.0 1 13 Søren HANSEN DEN -7 68.50 75.0 9 10.5 294.3 19 75.0 15 13.5 23.0 1.706 30 28.5 34 100.0 1 13 Thongchai JAIDEE THA -7 68.50 53.6 69 7.5 273.0 88 72.2 22 13.0 22.0 1.692 26 28.0 25 25.0 1 43 Angelo QUE PHI -7 68.50 60.7 45 8.5 313.8 4 75.0 15 13.5 21.5 1.591 3 27.0 15 9 Johan EDFORS SWE -6 69.00 57.1 56 8.0 305.0 6 72.2 22 13.0 21.0 1.606 5 27.0 15 50.0 1 29 Brett RUMFORD AUS -6 69.00 67.9 23 9.5 281.0 65 69.4 36 12.5 21.0 1.673 20 28.0 25 100.0 3 311 Scott BARR AUS -5 69.50 82.1 2 11.5 276.8 76 69.4 36 12.5 22.0 1.760 47 28.0 25 100.0 2 211 Dae-hyun KIM KOR -5 69.50 57.1 56 8.0 300.5 8 66.7 43 12.0 19.5 1.650 14 26.0 4 11 Chapchai NIRAT THA -5 69.50 50.0 82 7.0 282.8 55 72.2 22 13.0 23.5 1.809 69 28.5 34 2

Pos Name Stroke Strokes Rounds Average1 Rory MCILROY 68.63 549 82 Charl SCHWARTZEL 69.17 1660 242 Ian POULTER 69.17 415 64 Alvaro QUIROS 69.25 831 125 Martin KAYMER 69.50 834 125 Klas ERIKSSON 69.50 417 67 Søren HANSEN 69.58 1670 248 Jason KNUTZON 69.63 557 89 Richard STERNE 69.69 1115 1610 Michiel BOTHMA 69.71 976 1410 Pelle EDBERG 69.71 976 1412 Camilo VILLEGAS 69.88 559 813 Thongchai JAIDEE 70.00 1120 1613 Alexandre KALEKA 70.00 420 615 Edoardo MOLINARI 70.04 1681 2416 Lee WESTWOOD 70.10 701 1016 Sion E BEBB 70.10 701 1018 Andrew DODT 70.13 561 818 Sergio GARCIA 70.13 561 820 Paul CASEY 70.17 842 1220 Matthew ZIONS 70.17 421 622 Alejandro CAÑIZARES 70.25 1124 1623 Louis OOSTHUIZEN 70.27 1546 2223 Darren CLARKE 70.27 1546 2225 Branden GRACE 70.29 984 1426 Magnus A CARLSSON 70.33 422 626 Peter HANSON 70.33 844 1228 Anders HANSEN 70.36 1548 2229 Fredrik ANDERSSON HED 70.41 1549 2230 Jaco VAN ZYL 70.43 986 14

STROKE AVERAGE

STROKE AVERAGEDefined as the average number of strokes taken per round on The European Tour International Schedule.

DRIVING ACCURACYDefined as both an average number of fairways per round and a percentage of fairways hit.

DRIVING DISTANCEDefined as an average number of yards per drive. Two drives are measured per round on holes chosen to counteract the effect of gradient or wind. The drives are measured at the point they come to rest regardless of whether they are on the fairway or not.

GREENS IN REGULATIONDefined as both an average number of greens per round and a percentage of greens hit. A green in regulation is defined as the number of shots that a player should take to reach the putting surface on any given hole, being one for Par 3s, two for Par 4s and three for Par 5s.

PUTTS PER GIRDefined as both the average number of putts taken per green in regulation and the average number of putts taken per round on greens that are hit in regulation. By doubling the greens per round figure and thereby assuming two putts on each green in regulation, we can then subtract the GIR putts per round figure from this total to infer the number of strokes under par the player will be per round from the greens hit in regulation.

AVERAGE PUTTSDefined as the average number of putts taken per round. The use of the putter from off the green does not constitute a putt as far as the statistics are concerned. KEYAVE SPR - Average scrambles per roundAVE Missed GPR - Average missed greens per round

SCRAMBLESThe frequency, expressed as a percentage to one decimal place, of the player scoring par or better on holes where the player missed the Green in Regulation.

DRIVING DISTANCE

DRIVING ACCURACY

PUTTS PER GREENS IN REGULATION

AVERAGE PUTTS PER ROUND

GREENS IN REGULATION

Pos Name Fairways per Round % Fairways hit Fairways Played Stats Rounds

1 Adilson DA SILVA 11.0 78.6 66 84 62 John BICKERTON 10.7 76.3 171 224 163 Steven O’HARA 10.8 75.6 130 172 124 Richard STERNE 10.8 75.0 129 172 125 Peter BAKER 10.7 74.3 107 144 10

Pos Name Average Total Total Stats Rounds

1 George COETZEE 313.2 5011 16 162 Julien GUERRIER 312.8 2502 8 83 Alvaro QUIROS 309.3 7115 23 124 Andrew DODT 306.8 4909 16 85 Seung-yul NOH 306.1 5509 18 9

Pos Name Greens per Round % Greens hit Greens Played Stats Rounds

1 Clodomiro CARRANZA 14.5 80.8 160 198 112 Ian POULTER 14.5 80.6 87 108 63 Camilo VILLEGAS 14.4 79.9 115 144 84 Steven O’HARA 14.2 79.2 171 216 125 Chih-bing LAM 14.0 77.8 112 144 8

Pos Name Putts GIR Putts Greens Total Total Stats Rounds per GIR per Round per Round GIR Putts GIR

1 Pelle EDBERG 1.640 20.5 12.5 246 150 122 Branden GRACE 1.650 19.3 11.7 193 117 103 Michael LORENZO-VERA 1.652 18.4 11.1 147 89 84 Lee SLATTERY 1.657 19.3 11.7 116 70 65 Alejandro CAÑIZARES 1.658 20.2 12.2 242 146 12

Pos Name Putts per Round Greens per Round Total Stats Rounds

1 Søren KJELDSEN 26.6 11.3 319 122 Thaworn WIRATCHANT 26.7 10.9 214 83 Kwanchai TANNIN 27.2 10.8 163 63 David HORSEY 27.2 11.2 435 165 Rick KULACZ 27.4 11.8 384 145 Michael LORENZO-VERA 27.4 11.1 219 8

SAND SAVESPos Name % Total Saves Total Bunkers Stats Rounds

1 NOh Seung-yul 100.0 1 1 91 Shaun MIChEEL 100.0 2 2 61 Darren FIChARDT 100.0 1 1 111 Maarten LAFEBER 100.0 4 4 95 Steve WEBSTER 87.5 7 8 8

SCRAMBLESPos Name % AVE AVE Total Total Stats SPR Missed GPR Missed GIR Scrambles Rounds1 Camilo VILLEGAS 86.2 3.1 4 29 25 82 Thongchai JAIDEE 76.7 4.3 6 90 69 163 Rory MCILROY 72.7 3.0 4 33 24 84 Martin KAYMER 72.3 3.9 5 65 47 125 Marc WARREN 71.7 4.3 6 60 43 106 Richard GREEN 70.7 4.8 7 82 58 12

KEYAVE SPR - Average scrambles per round AVE Missed GPR - Average missed greens per roundTotal Missed GIR - Total missed Greens in Regulation Total Scrambles - Number of times par or better scored from a missed green in regulation

ONE PUTTSPos Name One Putts Average Stats Rounds

1 Michael LORENZO-VERA 8.63 82 Pelle EDBERG 7.67 123 Wen-chong LIANG 7.63 84 James MORRISON 7.50 105 Bradley DREDGE 7.45 11

After the Austrian Golf Open After the Maybank Malaysian Open

1 Tiger Woods United States 12.136

2 Steve Stricker United States 7.914

3 Phil Mickelson United States 7.277

4 Lee Westwood England 6.835

5 Ian Poulter England 6.219

6 Paul Casey England 6.149

7 Jim Furyk United States 5.159

8 Martin Kaymer Germany 5.062

9 Rory McIlroy N Ireland 4.881

10 henrik Stenson Sweden 4.716

11 Geoff Ogilvy Australia 4.681

12 Camilo Villegas Colombia 4.681

13 Padraig harrington Ireland 4.664

14 Kenny Perry United States 4.274

15 Robert Allenby Australia 4.242

16 Sergio Garcia Spain 4.206

17 Retief Goosen South Africa 3.985

18 Stewart Cink United States 3.935

19 Sean O’Hair United States 3.931

20 Ernie Els South Africa 3.886

21 Robert Karlsson Sweden 3.864

22 Hunter Mahan United States 3.820

23 Ross Fisher England 3.676

24 Luke Donald England 3.624

25 Lucas Glover United States 3.572

26 Anthony Kim United States 3.530

27 Zach Johnson United States 3.431

28 Dustin Johnson United States 3.346

29 Y.E. Yang Korea 3.292

30 Angel Cabrera Argentina 3.193

31 Vijay Singh Fiji 2.916

32 Nick Watney United States 2.904

33 Alvaro Quiros Spain 2.871

34 Miguel A Jiménez Spain 2.797

35 Charl Schwartzel South Africa 2.792

36 Oliver Wilson England 2.774

37 Ryo Ishikawa Japan 2.714

38 Tim Clark South Africa 2.653

39 Michael Sim Australia 2.625

40 Yuta Ikeda Japan 2.595

41 Mike Weir Canada 2.525

42 Thongchai Jaidee Thailand 2.522

43 Matt Kuchar United States 2.521

44 Adam Scott Australia 2.504

45 Søren hansen Denmark 2.427

46 Anders hansen Denmark 2.401

47 Edoardo Molinari Italy 2.401

48 Francesco Molinari Italy 2.401

49 Søren Kjeldsen Denmark 2.387

50 Graeme McDowell N Ireland 2.368

51 Ryan Moore United States 2.294

52 Brian Gay United States 2.284

53 David Toms United States 2.255

54 Simon Dyson England 2.237

55 Rory Sabbatini South Africa 2.218

56 Ben Crane United States 2.215

57 Peter hanson Sweden 2.134

58 Justin Rose England 2.090

59 J.B. Holmes United States 2.080

60 Jeev Milkha Singh India 2.063

61 Justin Leonard United States 2.016

62 Alexander Noren Sweden 2.013

63 Stephen Ames Canada 1.999

64 Kevin Na United States 1.985

65 Scott Verplank United States 1.959

66 Ross McGowan England 1.950

67 Chad Campbell United States 1.912

68 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa 1.909

69 Chris Wood England 1.875

70 Stephen Marino United States 1.861

71 Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño Spain 1.814

72 Jason Dufner United States 1.813

73 Shingo Katayama Japan 1.812

74 Brandt Snedeker United States 1.793

75 K.J. Choi Korea 1.761

76 Marc Leishman Australia 1.761

77 Rickie Fowler United States 1.723

78 Heath Slocum United States 1.717

79 Ben Curtis United States 1.701

80 Hiroyuki Fujita Japan 1.691

81 Mathew Goggin Australia 1.664

82 John Senden Australia 1.643

83 Grégory Bourdy France 1.628

84 Koumei Oda Japan 1.624

85 John Rollins United States 1.618

86 Kenichi Kuboya Japan 1.604

87 Yasuharu Imano Japan 1.601

88 Davis Love III United States 1.598

89 Paul Goydos United States 1.597

90 Brendan Jones Australia 1.585

91 Jerry Kelly United States 1.579

92 Shane Lowry Ireland 1.577

93 Liang Wen-Chong China 1.542

94 James Kingston South Africa 1.540

95 Martin Laird Scotland 1.536

96 Kevin Sutherland United States 1.530

97 Charles howell III United States 1.514

98 Bryce Molder United States 1.509

99 Bubba Watson United States 1.507

100 Pat Perez United States 1.474

101 Ryan Palmer United States 1.435

102 Anthony Wall England 1.416

103 Scott Strange Australia 1.396

104 Kim Kyung-Tae Korea 1.381

105 David Duval United States 1.381

106 George McNeill United States 1.373

107 Mark Wilson United States 1.368

108 Darren Clarke N Ireland 1.362

109 Thomas Aiken South Africa 1.351

110 Rod Pampling Australia 1.346

111 Tom Watson United States 1.345

112 Danny Willett England 1.344

113 Andrew Dodt Australia 1.335

114 Andres Romero Argentina 1.325

115 Prayad Marksaeng Thailand 1.319

116 Richard Green Australia 1.307

117 Richard Sterne South Africa 1.305

118 Nick Dougherty England 1.304

119 Bill Haas United States 1.291

120 Rhys Davies Wales 1.286

121 Jason Bohn United States 1.279

122 Fred Couples United States 1.277

123 Shigeki Maruyama Japan 1.272

124 Gaganjeet Bhullar India 1.261

125 Fredrik Jacobson Sweden 1.259

126 Tomohiro Kondo Japan 1.252

127 David Smail New Zealand 1.251

128 Ryuichi Oda Japan 1.221

129 Tom Gillis United States 1.219

130 Noh Seung-yul Korea 1.193

131 Johan Edfors Sweden 1.191

132 Thomas Levet France 1.181

133 Charley Hoffman United States 1.180

134 Richie Ramsay Scotland 1.175

135 Charlie Wi Korea 1.169

136 Peter hedblom Sweden 1.165

137 Nick O’hern Australia 1.156

138 Chad Collins United States 1.155

139 Steve Webster England 1.154

140 Bradley Dredge Wales 1.151

141 Lin Wen-Tang Taiwan 1.150

142 Raphaël Jacquelin France 1.150

143 Azuma Yano Japan 1.146

144 John Mallinger United States 1.127

145 Nicolas Colsaerts Belgium 1.116

146 Bo Van Pelt United States 1.113

147 D.J. Trahan United States 1.112

148 Peter Lawrie Ireland 1.110

149 Josh Teater United States 1.109

150 Gareth Maybin N Ireland 1.105

151 Stuart Appleby Australia 1.095

152 Blake Adams United States 1.093

153 Tetsuji Hiratsuka Japan 1.076

154 Rafael Cabrera Bello Spain 1.075

155 David Drysdale Scotland 1.070

156 Jonathan Byrd United States 1.066

157 Ricardo Gonzalez Argentina 1.059

157 Cameron Beckman United States 1.059

159 Toshinori Muto Japan 1.026

160 Boo Weekley United States 1.023

161 Ryuji Imada Japan 1.022

162 Woody Austin United States 1.020

163 Greg Chalmers Australia 1.020

164 Brian Davis England 1.011

165 Danny Lee New Zealand 1.010

166 Nathan Green Australia 1.010

167 Robert-Jan Derksen holland 1.003

168 Briny Baird United States 0.993

169 Jason Day Australia 0.992

170 Webb Simpson United States 0.989

171 Daisuke Maruyama Japan 0.989

172 Alex Prugh United States 0.986

173 Christian L Nilsson Sweden 0.981

174 Toru Suzuki Japan 0.981

175 Jamie Donaldson Wales 0.977

176 Toru Taniguchi Japan 0.970

177 Robert Rock England 0.967

178 Ricky Barnes United States 0.965

179 Troy Matteson United States 0.964

180 Michael Allen United States 0.961

181 John Merrick United States 0.954

182 Chris Tidland United States 0.949

183 Graeme Storm England 0.948

184 Aaron Baddeley Australia 0.943

185 Thomas Björn Denmark 0.938

186 hennie Otto South Africa 0.925

187 Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand 0.919

188 Scott Piercy United States 0.917

189 Bae Sang-moon Korea 0.913

190 David horsey England 0.910

191 Hideto Tanihara Japan 0.908

192 Tim Petrovic United States 0.901

193 Vaughn Taylor United States 0.894

194 James Nitties Australia 0.886

195 D.A. Points United States 0.877

195 Kaname Yokoo Japan 0.877

197 Kazuhiro Yamashita Japan 0.875

198 Christian Cévaër France 0.868

199 Niclas Fasth Sweden 0.867

200 Jeff Klauk United States 0.862

201 Darren Fichardt South Africa 0.860

OFFICIAL WORLD GOLF RANKING

As at March 7, 2010

The 2010 US Ryder Cup Team as at Mar 8 2010

The European Ryder Cup Team

Qualification for The 2010 Ryder Cup

The European Team will be selected employing the

following criteria:

(a) The leading four play-ers on The Ryder Cup World Points List (1) as of Sunday, August 29 2010, or at the con-clusion of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, whichever is the latter. In the event of a tie (equal number of points accumulated), placings will be decided by the player with the higher ranking on the Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday, August 23, 2010.

(b) The leading five players, not otherwise qualified (hav-ing selected the four players from The Ryder Cup World Points List) from The Ryder Cup European Points List (2) as of Sunday, August 29, 2010, or at the conclusion of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, whichever is the latter. In the event of a tie (equal number of points accumulated), placings will be decided by the player with the higher ranking on The 2010 European Tour Race to Dubai as of August 29, 2010, or at the conclusion of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, whichever is the latter.

(c) The Captain, Colin Montgomerie, will choose the remaining three players on Sunday August 29 following the conclusion of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

(1) The Ryder Cup World Points List is comprised of World Ranking Points won by a European Tour Member from each tournament in which he participates between September 3, 2009 and August 22, 2010 and thereaf-ter in the 2010 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. World Ranking Points are allocated to all officially sanc-tioned tournaments (on any Federated Tour) by the Official World Golf Ranking and are allocated according to the Event Rating of the tourna-ment.

(2) The Ryder Cup European Points List is comprised of points (1 point = 1 Euro) earned by a European Tour Member from all officially sanctioned European Tour tournaments on The European Tour Race to Dubai between September 3, 2009 and August 29, 2010 or the conclusion of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, whichever is the latter.

1 Steve Stricker 2,068.53

2 Dustin Johnson 1,963.15

3 Lucas Glover 1,952.20

4 Stewart Cink 1,795.02

5 hunter Mahan 1,702.21

6 Tiger Woods 1,286.16

7 Phil Mickelson 1,196.74

8 Ben Crane 1,153.82

9 J.B. Holmes 1,153.50

10 David Duval 1,117.27

11 Ryan Palmer 1,106.20

12 Kenny Perry 1,001.97

13 Matt Kuchar 979.346

14 Chad Campbell 949.518

15 Bill Haas 923.850

16 Anthony Kim 917.345

17 Rickie Fowler 875.431

18 Ricky Barnes 849.132

19 Sean O’Hair 739.677

20 Tom Watson 732.603

2010 European Ryder Cup Team as at Mar 8, 2010

The Ryder Cup European Points List as at Mar 8, 2010

The Ryder Cup World Points List as at Mar 8, 2010

The above table indicates those players currently occupying the nine qualifying places for The 2010 European Ryder Cup Team. The leading four players qualify through the World Points List. The next five players quali-fy through the European Points List. Positions 10-20 indicate the leading challengers from the European Ryder Cup Points List.

The European Ryder Cup Team Qualification for The

2010 Ryder Cup

1 Lee WESTWOOD (ENG) 1989765.78

2 Ian POULTER (ENG) 1947051.24

3 Rory MCILROY (NIR) 1405094.06

4 Ross McGOWAN (ENG) 1173957.10

5 Simon DYSON (ENG) 926512.39

6 Oliver WILSON (ENG) 822044.61

7 Alexander NOREN (SWE) 804127.18

8 Martin KAYMER (GER) 798042.20

9 Paul CASEY (ENG) 774403.74

10 Sergio GARCIA (ESP) 763034.61

11 Ross FISHER (ENG) 705193.27

12 Francesco MOLINARI (ITA) 691328.71

13 Anders HANSEN (DEN) 665487.22

14 Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ (ESP) 647179.40

15 Peter HANSON (SWE) 589905.19

16 Padraig HARRINGTON (IRL) 536148.93

17 Søren HANSEN (DEN) 517764.51

18 Alvaro QUIROS (ESP) 505900.82

19 Grégory BOURDY (FRA) 500404.77

20 Bradley DREDGE (WAL) 454910.25

21 Rafael CABRERA-BELLO (ESP) 412081.01

22 Darren CLARKE (NIR) 399140.81

23 Robert KARLSSON (SWE) 391881.25

24 Michael JONZON (SWE) 388658.74

25 Richie RAMSAY (SCO) 368489.27

26 Graeme MCDOWELL (NIR) 327914.91

27 David DRYSDALE (SCO) 306733.29

28 Danny WILLETT (ENG) 305781.06

29 Henrik STENSON (SWE) 303412.38

30 Pablo MARTIN (ESP) 288022.35

1 Lee WESTWOOD (ENG)

2 Ian POULTER (ENG)

3 Rory MCILROY (NIR)

4 Padraig hARRINGTON (IRL)

















The United States Ryder Cup Team Qualification for The 2010 Ryder CupQualification for the United States Team began with the four Major Championships contested in 2009, and will continue from January 1, 2010 until August 15, 2010. The top eight players will automatically qualify for the 2010 United States Ryder Cup Team, with the remaining four places reserved for Captain’s picks.

The selection process will be determined by the following criteria: 1. Prize money earned in the 2009 Masters Tournament, US Open, Open Championship and US PGA Championship - one point for every US$1,000 earned.

2. Prize money earned in Official Events in 2010 from January 1 until August 15 - one point for every US$1,000 earned, excluding Major Championships and events played in the same weeks as Major Championships and World Golf Championships.

3. Prize money earned in the 2010 Major Championships - two points for every US$1,000 earned.

4. Prize money earned in 2010 events played in the same weeks as Major Championships and opposite World Golf Championships between January 1 until August 15 - half a point for every US$1,000 earned.

RYDER CUP POINTS LISTS

1 Lee WESTWOOD (ENG) 208.27

2 Ian POULTER (ENG) 188.14

3 Rory MCILROY (NIR) 148.60

4 Padraig hARRINGTON (IRL) 110.12


6 Edoardo MOLINARI (ITA) 97.77




10 Robert KARLSSON (SWE) 81.02


12 Luke DONALD (ENG) 77.29









21 Graeme MCDOWELL (NIR) 62.62



24 Justin ROSE (ENG) 52.78

25 Richie RAMSAY (SCO) 50.02

26 Henrik STENSON (SW ) 49.15

27 Rhys DAVIES (WAL) 43.35


29 Rafael CABRERA-BELLO (ESP) 41.62

30 Darren CLARKE (NIR) 37.64

ThE 2010 EUROPEAN ChALLENGE TOUR SChEDULE

Date Event Venue Winner / Score First Prize / Prize fund

18 - 21 Abierto Internacional de Golf Club Deportivo El Rodeo, Sede la Macarena,

“Il Cope Antioquia” Medellin, Colombia David Vanegas, COL, 67-69-69-69=272 (-12) €25,636 / €165,500

25 - 28 Kenya Open Muthaiga GC, Nairobi, Kenya €190,000

21 - 24 Moroccan Golf Classic Pullman El Jadida Royal Golf and Spa, El Jadida, Morocco €150,000

29 - 2 Turkish Challenge Carya GC, Antalya, Turkey €175,000

6 - 9 ALLIANZ Open Côtes d’Armor Bretagne Golf Blue Green de Pléneuf Val André, France €150,000

20 - 23 Mugello – Tuscany Open GC Poggio dei Medici, Scarperia, Florence, Italy €150,000

27 - 30 Telenet Trophy Rinkven GC, Anvers, Belgium €150,000

3 - 6 Kärnten Golf Open by Markus Brier Foundation GC Klagenfurt-Seltenheim, Klagenfurt, Austria €160,000

10 - 13 Scottish Hydro Challenge Macdonald Spey Valley GC, Aviemore, Scotland €200,000

17 - 20 SAINT-OMER OPEN presented by Neuflize OBC* Aa St Omer GC, Lumbres, France €600,000

24 - 27 Challenge de España TBC

1 - 4 The Princess TBC

8 - 11 ALLIANZ Open de Lyon Golf du Gouverneur, Monthieux, France €150,000

15 - 18 Credit Suisse Challenge Golf Sempachersee, Hildisrieden, Switzerland €150,000

22 - 25 TBC

29 - 1 Green Challenge Hirsala, Jorvas, Finland

5 - 8 TBA

11 - 14 Rolex Trophy Golf de Genève, Genève, Switzerland

(Wed-Sat)

19 - 22 ECCO Tour Championship Green Eagle GC, North Course, Winsen, Germany €180,000

25 - 28 SWALEC Wales Challenge Vale Hotel Golf & Spa Resort, Cardiff, Wales €150,000

(Wed-Sat)

2 - 5 ALLIANZ Europen de Strasbourg Golf de la Wantzenau, La Wantzenau, France €150,000

9 - 12 Kazakhstan Open

16 - 19 TBA

23 - 26 TBA

1 - 3 THE RYDER CUP The Celtic Manor Resort, Cardiff, Wales

7 - 10 ALLIANZ Golf Open du Grand Toulouse Golf de Toulouse-Seilh, Seilh, France €150,000

13 - 16 Roma Golf Federation Cup Olgiata GC, Roma, Italy €150,000

(Wed-Sat)

20 - 23 Egyptian Open TBC $250,000

(Wed-Sat)

27 - 30 Apulia San Domenico Grand Final San Domenico Golf, Puglia, Italy €300,000

(Wed-Sat)

* Dual ranking event, for Ranking point purposes the prize fund will be capped at €500,000

** denotes play-off

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Number One after the Abierto Internacional de Golf “Il Copa Antioquia”

1 David VANEGAS COL 1 25637 2 Nathan SMITh USA 1 17625 3 Vince COVELLO USA 1 11216 4 Peter GUSTAFSSON SWE 1 9614 5 Robert DINWIDDIE ENG 1 8011 6 Julio ZAPATA ARG 1 5341 6 Mark TULLO ChI 1 5341 6 Jan-Are LARSEN NOR 1 5341 9 Roope KAKKO FIN 1 3685 9 Bernd WIESBERGER AUT 1 368511 Wil BESSELING NED 1 296411 Alvaro VELASCO ESP 1 296411 Cesar MONASTERIO ARG 1 296414 Jose GARRIDO COL 1 224314 Ryan BLAUM USA 1 224314 Julian ETULAIN ARG 1 224314 Joaquin ESTEVEZ ARG 1 224318 Adrien BERNADET FRA 1 152918 Lloyd KENNEDY ENG 1 152918 Anthony SNOBECK FRA 1 152918 Francisco OJEDA RACIOPPI ARG 1 152918 George MURRAY SCO 1 152918 Julien CLÉMENT SUI 1 152918 Oscar FLOREN SWE 1 152925 Mikko KORHONEN FIN 1 1282

25 John E MORGAN ENG 1 128225 Antti AHOKAS FIN 1 128228 Rodolfo GONZALEZ ARG 1 109028 Marcus HIGLEY ENG 1 109028 Steven TILEY ENG 1 109028 Floris DE VRIES NED 1 109028 Paulo PINTO ARG 1 109033 Thorbjorn OLESEN DEN 1 72333 Jamie MOUL ENG 1 72333 Daniel BROOKS ENG 1 72333 Leonardo DI MARINO ARG 1 72337 Hugo LEON CHI 1 58537 Roland STEINER AUT 1 58537 Magnus A CARLSSON SWE 1 58540 Manuel QUIROS ESP 1 52140 Jack DOHERTY SCO 1 52142 Sebastian L SAAVEDRA ARG 1 44143 Emilio DOMINGUEZ ARG 1 40144 Ben EVANS ENG 1 36944 Juan ABBATE ARG 1 36946 Julien XANTHOPOULOS FRA 1 31246 Pierre RELECOM BEL 1 31248 Alexandre KALEKA FRA 1 272

Pos Lst Name Cntry Event € Wk Played

2010 European Challenge Tour Rankings

ChANG ThAILAND SENIOR MASTERS PRESENTED BY ISPS

Thailand test for Torrance

CARD OF ThE COURSE

hOLE YARDS MTRS PAR

1 526 481 5

2 430 393 4

3 149 136 3

4 454 415 4

5 413 378 4

6 407 372 4

7 195 178 3

8 419 383 4

9 543 496 5

IN 3536 3232 36

10 523 478 5

11 368 336 4

12 387 354 4

13 160 146 3

14 411 376 4

15 411 376 4

16 440 402 4

17 190 174 3

18 508 464 5

IN 3398 3106 36

TOTAL 6934 6338 72

Course Record: To be established Architect: Gary Roger Baird, 1989

Prize Fund: US$400,000

Sam Torrance

The European Senior Tour’s Far East foray continues this week when the Chang Thailand Senior Masters presented by ISPS makes its debut on the 2010 schedule with Scotland’s Sam Torrance looking to continue his fine start to the season.

Torrance, the 2009 Order of Merit winner, has made a strong start to his defence of the John Jacobs Trophy, finishing tied third in the 2010 season opening event in Mauritius and tied fifth last week in The Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters presented by The Stapleford Forum.

He will head to the Royal Gems Golf Club in Nakhonpathom, Thailand, full of confidence following a superb final round 65 in Brunei.

That helped the 2002 Ryder Cup Captain move up to second in the Order of Merit behind current leader Kevin Spurgeon, who captured his maiden victory in Mauritius.

Joining Spurgeon and Torrance in the field will be the 2006 Ryder Cup Captain Ian Woosnam, who finished in a share of 17th in Brunei on his first appearance of the new season.

The Welshman was runner-up to Torrance in the 2009 Order of Merit and will be looking to recapture the form that yielded the PGA Handa Cup Philanthropy Senior Tournament in Japan at the end of last year.

Fellow former Masters Tournament winner Sandy Lyle will be looking for an improvement on his tied 37th finish in Brunei as he continues his search for a first Senior Tour title.

That will also be the goal of South African Chris Williams and Englishman Roger Chapman, who finished third and fourth respectively in Brunei.

Thailand’s Boonchu Ruangkit will lead the home challenge following his superb play-off victory last week in The Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters presented by The Stapleford Forum.

Ruangkit defeated Frankie Minoza of the Philippines on the second extra hole after the pair tied on 14 under par 199 at the Empire Hotel & Country Club to become the first player to win on his Senior Tour debut since Michael Allen in the 2009 US Senior PGA Championship.

The Chang Thailand Senior Masters presented by ISPS, which has a prize fund of US$400,000, continues the Senior Tour’s relationship with promoters WSM Sponsorship, which also backed last week’s event in Brunei.

It is the Senior Tour’s first visit to Thailand and Royal Gems Golf Club, which is known as “The Crown Jewel” of Thailand’s golf courses and is commonly recognised as one of the best courses in South East Asia.

ThE 2010 EUROPEAN SENIOR TOUR SChEDULE

Date Event Venue Winner / Score First prize / Prize fund

11 - 13 The Mauritius Commercial Bank Open Constance Belle Mare Plage, Mauritius Kevin Spurgeon ENG 71-67-72=210 (-6) €34,500 / €230,000

05 - 07 The Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters

presented by The Stapleford Forum The Empire Hotel & Country Club, Brunei Boonchu Ruangkit ThA 64-69-66=199 (-14) €44,333,552 / €295,551

12 - 14 Chang Thailand Senior Masters Royal Gems Golf and Sports Club, Thailand $400,000

presented by ISPS

26 - 28 Berenberg Bank Masters The Links, Fancourt, South Africa €500,000

12 - 14 handa Senior Masters presented by Stapleford Park, Melton Mowbray, England £400,000

The Stapleford Forum

27 - 30 US Senior PGA Championship Colorado GC, Denver, Colorado, USA $2,000,000

04 – 06 Jersey Seniors Classic La Moye GC, Jersey

11 – 13 The handa Irish Senior Open

presented by Fáilte Ireland Carton House, Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland

18 – 20 Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open Royal Porthcawl GC, Wales £500,000

24 – 27 De Vere Collection PGA

Seniors Championship Hunting Course, De Vere Slaley Hall, England €250,000

02 – 04 Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open Golf Club Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

09 – 11 Van Lanschot Senior Open Royal Haagsche Golf & Country Club, Netherlands €250,000

15 – 18 (THE 139th OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP)* (Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland)

22 – 25 ThE SENIOR OPEN ChAMPIONShIP

PRESENTED BY MASTERCARD Championship Course, Carnoustie, Scotland

29 – 01 US SENIOR OPEN* Sahalee CC, Seattle, Washington, USA

20 - 22 Cleveland Golf / Srixon

Scottish Senior Open Fairmont St. Andrews, Scotland

03 – 05 Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters Duke’s Course, Woburn GC, England

17 – 19 Casa Serena Open Casa Serena Golf, Czech Republic

08 - 10 TBA TBA

15 – 17 TBA TBA

05 – 07 OKI Castellón Senior

Tour Championship Club de Campo del Mediterráneo, Spain

* Money won does not count towards the 2010 European Senior Tour Order of Merit

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Pos. Name Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Total Prize Money

Pos. Name Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Total Prize Money

1 Boonchu RUANGKIT THA 64 69 66 199 -14 44,332.79 39,103.23

2 Frankie MINOZA PHI 67 66 66 199 -14 29,555.19 26,068.82

3 Chris WILLIAMS RSA 68 66 68 202 -11 19,284.76 17,009.91

4 Roger CHAPMAN ENG 67 71 66 204 -9 16,255.36 14,337.85

5 Jerry BRUNER USA 70 66 70 206 -7 12,560.96 11,079.25

Sam TORRANCE SCO 73 68 65 206 -7 12,560.96 11,079.25

7 David MERRIMAN AUS 64 71 72 207 -6 9,457.66 8,342.02

Katsuyoshi TOMORI JPN 67 69 71 207 -6 9,457.66 8,342.02

Mike CLAYTON AUS 69 70 68 207 -6 9,457.66 8,342.02

10 Bobby LINCOLN RSA 67 71 70 208 -5 7,684.35 6,777.89

11 Mike CUNNING USA 70 68 71 209 -4 6,797.69 5,995.83

Adan SOWA ARG 72 68 69 209 -4 6,797.69 5,995.83

13 Angel FRANCO PAR 69 71 71 211 -2 5,467.71 4,822.73

George RYALL ENG 70 70 71 211 -2 5,467.71 4,822.73

Bob CAMERON ENG 70 71 70 211 -2 5,467.71 4,822.73

Jeff HALL ENG 71 69 71 211 -2 5,467.71 4,822.73

17 Bill LONGMUIR SCO 68 72 72 212 -1 4,307.67 3,799.53

Delroy CAMBRIDGE JAM 70 70 72 212 -1 4,307.67 3,799.53

Seiji EBIHARA JPN 70 72 70 212 -1 4,307.67 3,799.53

Ian WOOSNAM WAL 72 69 71 212 -1 4,307.67 3,799.53

21 Doug JOHNSON USA 69 73 71 213 0 3,546.62 3,128.26

Ross DRUMMOND SCO 72 68 73 213 0 3,546.62 3,128.26

23 Kevin SPURGEON ENG 76 72 66 214 1 3,251.07 2,867.57

24 Luis CARBONETTI ARG 69 72 74 215 2 2,889.02 2,548.23

Lyndsay STEPHEN AUS 71 71 73 215 2 2,889.02 2,548.23

John CHILLAS SCO 73 68 74 215 2 2,889.02 2,548.23

Jimmy HEGGARTY NIR 75 67 73 215 2 2,889.02 2,548.23

28 Scott TAYLOR USA 71 71 74 216 3 2,340.77 2,064.65

David J RUSSELL ENG 73 69 74 216 3 2,340.77 2,064.65

Tsang-te CHEN TPE 73 70 73 216 3 2,340.77 2,064.65

Pete OAKLEY USA 73 72 71 216 3 2,340.77 2,064.65

Costantino ROCCA ITA 77 69 70 216 3 2,340.77 2,064.65

33 Sang-ho CHOI KOR 71 72 74 217 4 1,906.31 1,681.44

Peter MITCHELL ENG 71 72 74 217 4 1,906.31 1,681.44

Jean Pierre SALLAT FRA 74 70 73 217 4 1,906.31 1,681.44

Horacio CARBONETTI ARG 74 70 73 217 4 1,906.31 1,681.44

37 Bob BOYD USA 71 74 73 218 5 1,625.54 1,433.79

Sandy LYLE SCO 73 72 73 218 5 1,625.54 1,433.79

Noel RATCLIFFE AUS 73 73 72 218 5 1,625.54 1,433.79

40 Juan QUIROS ESP 68 73 78 219 6 1,389.09 1,225.23

Fraser MANN SCO 74 73 72 219 6 1,389.09 1,225.23

Glenn RALPH ENG 74 76 69 219 6 1,389.09 1,225.23

Bertus SMIT RSA 76 67 76 219 6 1,389.09 1,225.23

Mike HARWOOD AUS 76 74 69 219 6 1,389.09 1,225.23

45 Peter DAHLBERG SWE 71 75 74 220 7 1,123.10 990.62

Gordon J BRAND ENG 73 71 76 220 7 1,123.10 990.62

Philip HARRISON ENG 73 72 75 220 7 1,123.10 990.62

Manuel PIÑERO ESP 73 75 72 220 7 1,123.10 990.62

49 Terry BURGOYNE SCO 69 75 77 221 8 790.60 697.34

Ian MOSEY ENG 70 74 77 221 8 790.60 697.34

Alan TAPIE USA 70 76 75 221 8 790.60 697.34

Nick JOB ENG 70 79 72 221 8 790.60 697.34

Simon OWEN NZL 73 75 73 221 8 790.60 697.34

Graham GUNN CAN 73 77 71 221 8 790.60 697.34

Marimuthu RAMAYAH MAS 74 73 74 221 8 790.60 697.34

T.C. CHEN TPE 77 73 71 221 8 790.60 697.34

57 Ian PALMER RSA 71 76 75 222 9 605.88 534.41

Tony JOHNSTONE ZIM 74 73 75 222 9 605.88 534.41

59 Jeff HAWKES RSA 72 78 73 223 10 502.44 443.17

Peter TERAVAINEN USA 72 79 72 223 10 502.44 443.17

Anders JOHNSSON SWE 76 71 76 223 10 502.44 443.17

Martin GRAY SCO 78 72 73 223 10 502.44 443.17

Mike WILLIAMS ZIM 78 74 71 223 10 502.44 443.17

64 Marc FARRY FRA 72 76 76 224 11 413.77 364.96

65 Bill HARDWICK CAN 72 77 76 225 12 369.44 325.86

Giuseppe CALI ITA 73 76 76 225 12 369.44 325.86

Jim RHODES ENG 74 75 76 225 12 369.44 325.86

Martin POXON ENG 75 74 76 225 12 369.44 325.86

Chupcheep NIRAT THA 75 76 74 225 12 369.44 325.86

70 Mike MILLER SCO 75 76 75 226 13 317.72 280.24

Peter ALLAN ENG 75 76 75 226 13 317.72 280.24

72 Terry GALE AUS 78 76 74 228 15 295.55 260.69

73 Antonio GARRIDO ESP 76 76 77 229 16 273.39 241.14

Graham BANISTER AUS 82 73 74 229 16 273.39 241.14

75 Ricky WILLISON ENG 76 74 80 230 17 251.22 221.59

76 Denis O’SULLIVAN IRL 75 84 74 233 20 236.44 208.55

77 Ross METHERELL AUS 78 77 79 234 21 221.66 195.52

78 Glyn DAVIES WAL 74 81 80 235 22 206.89 182.48

79 Stephen BENNETT ENG 76 DQ

TournamenT SummaryOUT IN TOTAL Pros Ams

PAR: 35 36 71 3299 3541 6840 3016 3237 6253

Number Played in tournament 79

78

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0YARDS: No Cut

METRES: Number Played in final rounds

First Round Second Round

Round-by- D Merriman 64 (-7)B Ruangkit 64 (-7)K Tomori 67 (-4)F Minoza 67 (-4)B Lincoln 67 (-4)R Chapman 67 (-4)3 players on 68 (-3)

F Minoza 133 (-9)B Ruangkit 133 (-9)C Williams 134 (-8)D Merriman 135 (-7)J Bruner 136 (-6)K Tomori 136 (-6)3 players on 138 (-4)

RoundLeaders

Hole(s) in one None Course Record: No

Play off details B Ruangkit 4, 4F Minoza 4, 5

Albatross: None

Preferred Lies: None

Total Prize Money: € 295,552 Exchange Rate: £/€ = 1.133737

Weather:Fri: Some early morning rain, hot and humid. Winds SE 4-8mph, High 32C. Sat: Hot and humid. Mix of clouds and sun. Winds NNW 6-12mph, High 32C. Sun: Hot and humid. Mainly sunny. Winds NNW 6-12mph, High 31C.

Pos Lst Name Cntry Event € £ Wk Played

Number Two after The Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters presented by The Stapleford Forum

1 (1) Kevin SPURGEON (ENG) (2) 37751.07 33297.82 2 (3) Sam TORRANCE (SCO) (2) 26935.96 23758.50 3 (2) Gordon J BRAND (ENG) (2) 24123.10 21277.45 4 (9) Roger ChAPMAN (ENG) (2) 22465.36 19815.26 5 (32) Chris WILLIAMS (RSA) (2) 20768.26 18318.37 6 (3) Angel FRANCO (PAR) (2) 19842.71 17501.99 7 (11) Jerry BRUNER (USA) (2) 17620.96 15542.33 8 (5) Mike CUNNING (USA) (2) 15606.69 13765.67 9 (14) David MERRIMAN (AUS) (2) 13712.66 12095.07 10 (5) Bob BOYD (USA) (2) 10434.54 9203.64 11 (23) Bobby LINCOLN (RSA) (2) 9889.06 8722.52 12 (0) Mike CLAYTON (AUS) (1) 9457.66 8342.00 Katsuyoshi TOMORI (JPN) (1) 9457.66 8342.00 14 (16) George RYALL (ENG) (2) 9038.46 7972.25 15 (5) David FROST (RSA) (1) 8809.00 7769.86 John BLAND (RSA) (1) 8809.00 7769.86 17 (11) Ross DRUMMOND (SCO) (2) 8606.62 7591.36 Doug JOhNSON (USA) (2) 8606.62 7591.36 19 (20) Bob CAMERON (ENG) (2) 8319.71 7338.29 20 (23) Jeff hALL (ENG) (2) 7672.43 6767.36 21 (20) Bill LONGMUIR (SCO) (2) 7159.67 6315.09 22 (0) Adan SOWA (ARG) (1) 6797.69 5995.81 23 (9) Ricky WILLISON (ENG) (2) 6461.22 5699.03 24 (16) Peter MITChELL (ENG) (2) 5477.06 4830.97 25 (46) Delroy CAMBRIDGE (JAM) (2) 5112.67 4509.56 26 (14) Nick JOB (ENG) (2) 5045.60 4450.40 27 (16) Glenn RALPh (ENG) (2) 4959.84 4374.76 28 Peter DAhLBERG (SWE) (2) 4693.85 4140.14 29 (23) Costantino ROCCA (ITA) (2) 4545.49 4009.28 30 (0) Seiji EBIhARA (JPN) (1) 4307.67 3799.52 Ian WOOSNAM (WAL) (1) 4307.67 3799.52 32 (30) Pete OAKLEY (USA) (2) 4111.77 3626.73 33 (32) David J RUSSELL (ENG) (2) 3824.27 3373.15 34 (46) John CHILLAS (SCO) (2) 3694.02 3258.26 35 (66) Jimmy HEGGARTY (NIR) (2) 3176.52 2801.81 36 (30) Bertus SMIT (RSA) (2) 3160.09 2787.32 37 (20) Denis O’SULLIVAN (IRL) (2) 3088.44 2724.12 38 (0) Luis CARBONETTI (ARG) (1) 2889.02 2548.22 39 (41) Juan QUIROS (ESP) (2) 2447.09 2158.43 40 (32) Graham GUNN (CAN) (2) 2274.10 2005.84 41 (63) Jean Pierre SALLAT (FRA) (2) 2239.81 1975.59** 42 (23) Steve VAN VUUREN (RSA) (1) 2204.71 1944.64 Gery WATINE (FRA) (1) 2204.71 1944.64 José RIVERO (ESP) (1) 2204.71 1944.64 John HOSKISON (ENG) (1) 2204.71 1944.64 46 (0) Horacio CARBONETTI (ARG) (1) 1906.31 1681.43 47 Noel RATCLIFFE (AUS) (1) 1625.54 1433.78 Sandy LYLE (SCO) (1) 1625.54 1433.78

49 (38) Mike MILLER (SCO) (2) 1536.72 1355.44 50 Graham BANISTER (AUS) (2) 1492.39 1316.34 51 (32) Stephen BENNETT (ENG) (2) 1483.50 1308.50** Mitch KIERSTENSON (ENG) (1) 1483.50 1308.50 Hugh BAIOCCHI (RSA) (1) 1483.50 1308.50 54 (0) Fraser MANN (SCO) (1) 1389.09 1225.23 Mike HARWOOD (AUS) (1) 1389.09 1225.23 56 (45) Marc FARRY (FRA) (2) 1356.77 1196.72 57 (46) Mike WILLIAMS (ZIM) (2) 1307.44 1153.21 58 (58) Ian MOSEY (ENG) (2) 1227.60 1082.79 59 (38) Eamonn DARCY (IRL) (1) 1219.00 1075.20 60 (46) Jim RHODES (ENG) (2) 1174.44 1035.90 61 (0) Philip HARRISON (ENG) (1) 1123.10 990.61 Manuel PIÑERO (ESP) (1) 1123.10 990.61 63 (41) Bill MCCOLL (SCO) (1) 1058.00 933.19 Maurice BEMBRIDGE (ENG) (1) 1058.00 933.19 Greg TOWNE (USA) (1) 1058.00 933.19 66 (52) Peter ALLAN (ENG) (2) 900.39 794.17 67 (55) Bill HARDWICK (CAN) (2) 875.44 772.17** 68 (46) Jeb STUART (USA) (1) 805.00 710.04 69 (0) Terry BURGOYNE (SCO) (1) 790.60 697.34 Alan TAPIE (USA) (1) 790.60 697.34 Simon OWEN (NZL) (1) 790.60 697.34 72 (61) Giuseppe CALI (ITA) (2) 748.94 660.59 73 (51) John BENDA (USA) (1) 667.00 588.32 74 (0) Tony JOHNSTONE (ZIM) (1) 605.88 534.41 Ian PALMER (RSA) (1) 605.88 534.41 76 (52) Philippe DUGENY (FRA) (1) 582.67 513.93** Barrie STEVENS (ENG) (1) 582.67 513.93 78 (65) Antonio GARRIDO (ESP) (2) 572.39 504.86** 79 (55) Neville CLARKE (RSA) (1) 506.00 446.31 Per-Arne BROSTEDT (SWE) (1) 506.00 446.31 81 (0) Martin GRAY (SCO) (1) 502.44 443.17 Peter TERAVAINEN (USA) (1) 502.44 443.17 Jeff HAWKES (RSA) (1) 502.44 443.17 Anders JOHNSSON (SWE) (1) 502.44 443.17 85 (67) Glyn DAVIES (WAL) (2) 477.14 420.85 86 (58) Steve MARTIN (SCO) (1) 437.00 385.45 TR JONES (USA) (1) 437.00 385.45** 88 (61) Doug YOUNG (ENG) (1) 379.50 334.73 89 (0) Martin POXON (ENG) (1) 369.44 325.86 90 (64) Matt BRIGGS (ENG) (1) 310.50 273.87 91 (0) Terry GALE (AUS) (1) 295.55 260.69 92 (68) Victor GARCIA (ESP) (1) 253.00 223.16** 93 (69) Chris LINSTEAD (ENG) (1) 230.00 202.87 94 (0) Ross METHERELL (AUS) (1) 221.66 195.52

Pos Lst Name Cntry Event € £ Wk Played

+ Rookie** Affiliate Member

ThE 2010 EUROPEAN SENIOR TOUR ORDER OF MERIT

Kevin Spurgeon leads the 2010 European Senior Tour Order of Merit

NEWS FROM AROUND ThE WORLD

For the full news and reports, see www.europeantour.com

NEWS FROM AROUND ThE WORLD

For the full news and reports, see www.europeantour.com

* Kaymer captures European Tour Shot of the MonthMartin Kaymer’s coolness under pressure at the 72nd hole of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship has earned the talented young German the first European Tour Shot of the Month Award for 2010.

Kaymer was tied with England’s Ian Poulter playing the par five final hole at Abu Dhabi Golf Club, but the 25 year old produced a brilliant 276 yard three wood second shot which just caught the right side of the 18th green. Two putts for a birdie four secured Kaymer’s second Abu Dhabi title in the space of three years by the slimmest of margins.

Second place went to Spaniard Alvaro Quiros and Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy was third.

* handa Senior Masters debuts at Stapleford Park

* Poulter wins Golfer of the Month Award for FebruaryEnglishman Ian Poulter was named The European Tour’s Golfer of the Month for February after claiming his first World Golf Championships title in the WGC-Accenture Match Play at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Dove Mountain, Marana, Arizona.

Poulter’s 4 and 2 win over compatriot Paul Casey in the event’s first all European final, was also his first victory on America soil and took him to a career high of fifth in the Official World Golf Ranking. It is the first time the 34 year old Ryder Cup player has won The European Tour’s Golfer of the Month award and he receives a jeroboam of Moët & Chandon champagne and an engraved alms dish in recognition of his achievement.

* Els to receive GWAA Bartlett Award

Three-time Major Champion Ernie Els, whose commitment to charitable giving began in 1999 and is embodied in his youth foundation South Africa, the Els for Austim Foundation and the Els Centre for Excellence, has been honoured with the Golf Writers Association of America’s Charlie Bartlett Award. Forty year old Els has been a passionate advocate for autism since his son Ben, now seven, was diagnosed four years ago. He and wife Liezl founded the Els Autism Foundation in 2009 and are now undertaking a capital campaign to raise $30 million for the Centre for Excellence.

* Yang and Stenson to star at Volvo China Open

Asia’s first Major champion, YE Yang, and henrik Stenson will be among the star names at the US$2.5 million Volvo China Open at Suzhou Jinji Lake International Golf Club from April 15-18.

Yang turned world golf on its head late last year when he overhauled Tiger Woods to become the first Asian golfer to win a Major at the USPGA Championship at Hazeltine, and now the 38 year old Korean is looking to add the Volvo China Open to the eight titles he has won worldwide.

“I always enjoy playing golf in China and have great memories of my breakthrough victory at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai in 2007 and I am honoured to be able to play in the national open golf championship of China, the Volvo China Open at Jinji Lake GC in Suzhou,” said Yang.

Stapleford Park, the English sporting country estate, will host the European Senior Tour for the first time when the inaugural handa Senior Masters presented by The Stapleford Forum takes place there from 12-14 May 2010.

With a prize fund of £400,000, it will be one of the largest on the 2010 Senior Tour schedule and as a result is likely to have a significant impact on the outcome of the Senior Tour Order of Merit, won last year by Sam Torrance.

Torrance, the 2002 Ryder Cup winning Captain is also a former Captain at Stapleford Park, and has described the venue near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire as ‘one of England’s greatest jewels’.

* Victory for Villegas in MiamiColombian Camilo Villegas landed the honda Classic title at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, after holding off a European challenge led by Justin Rose.

Rose shot a sparkling six under par 64 in his final round to jump to third place on seven under par for the tournament, and fellow Englishman Paul Casey finished a shot behind in a share of fourth place with Fiji’s Vijay Singh.

However Villegas was not prepared to let his hard-earned lead slip away and he won by five shots from second-placed American Anthony Kim, landing his third US PGA Tour title and a million-dollar pay day.

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Rolex, one of the world’s leading timepiece companies, is the Official Timekeeper to The European Tour. Rolex is also one of the Tour’s longest standing sponsors. During the 2009 Season, Rolex supported in excess of 20 tournaments on The European Tour International Schedule as well as all four Major Championships and The Senior Open Championship, presented by MasterCard. Rolex is also an Official Sponsor of The European Tour’s website www.europeantour.com. Rolex will be an Official Partner and Official Timekeeper of The 2010 Ryder Cup, to be played at The Celtic Manor Resort, and The 2014 Ryder Cup, to be played at The Gleneagles Hotel.

Genworth Financial is the Official Sponsor of The European Tour Statistics programme. The “Genworth Financial Statistics” provide Tour Members, the Media and their audiences with a valuable analysis of the players’ performance in all European Tour Race to Dubai tournaments. Genworth also supports the Tour as a local sponsor at a number of key tournaments and has since 2007 raised just over €450,000 through their innovative ‘Putts for Charity’ initiative. Genworth Financial, Inc. is a leading financial security company meeting the retirement, lifestyle protection, investment and mortgage insurance needs of more than 15 million customers across 25 countries.

Since 1985, BMW has promoted amateur and professional golf tournaments internationally, taking into account the growing significance of golf for its customer base. The leading premium car manufacturer has been an important partner of The European Tour since the BMW International Open was launched in 1989. In 2005 BMW and The European Tour further extended their already strong partnership with BMW taking on title sponsorship of the Tour’s flagship event, the PGA Championship at Wentworth. This highly significant development for European golf meant that BMW became a partner of three tournaments on The European Tour International Schedule, namely the BMW PGA Championship, the BMW International Open and until 2008 the BMW Asian Open, in addition to being the Official Car of The European Tour. In 2009, BMW extended its partnership further with the European Tour with the first BMW Italian Open. In 2010, BMW will be an Official Partner of the Ryder Cup and will provide the Courtesy Car service to the event.

Club Car is the Official Golf Car to The European Tour and Preferred Supplier of Golf Cars to The 2010 Ryder Cup. The company provides all Officials and television production crew with the latest electrically-powered vehicles for use on site at events. Club Car, part of the Ingersoll Rand Group of companies, is the leading manufacturer of golf cars and golf utility vehicles worldwide.

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UPS is the Official Logistics & Express Sponsor to The European Tour providing critical transportation and logistical support for the Tour throughout the year. UPS’s global partnership with The European Tour will see them sponsor a minimum of six events each year across Europe and Asia, which in 2010 will include the Ballantine’s Championship in Korea, the BMW International Open in Germany, The Barclays Scottish Open, the UBS Hong Kong Open and The European Tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, held at Wentworth Club. UPS is also the Official Supplier to The 139th Open Championship.

MasterCard is the Official Credit Card and Preferred Method of Payment to The European Tour. During 2009, MasterCard was the Presenting Sponsor of the Senior Open Championship, which was played at Sunningdale Golf Club. In addition, MasterCard sponsored events including the Johnnie Walker Classic, the Dubai Desert Classic, the BMW International Open and the SAS Masters. In 2010, MasterCard will be the Presenting Sponsor of the Senior Open Championship, which will be played at Carnoustie in July, and an Official Sponsor of the Dubai Desert Classic and BMW International Open. MasterCard is an Official Sponsor of The European Tour’s website www.europeantour.com and will be an Official Sponsor of The 2010 Ryder Cup, to be played at The Celtic Manor Resort.

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