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Dates: Thursday, March 1st through Sunday, March 4th
Site: Emirates Golf Club (Majlis course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,127
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 433 Yds 10 - Par 5 549 Yds
2 - Par 4 351 Yds 11 - Par 3 169 Yds
3 - Par 5 530 Yds 12 - Par 4 467 Yds
4 - Par 3 188 Yds 13 - Par 5 550 Yds
5 - Par 4 436 Yds 14 - Par 4 434 Yds
6 - Par 4 475 Yds 15 - Par 3 180 Yds
7 - Par 3 178 Yds 16 - Par 4 392 Yds
8 - Par 4 434 Yds 17 - Par 4 351 Yds
9 - Par 4 463 Yds 18 - Par 5 547 Yds
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35 3,488 Yds 37 3,639 Yds
Annual: 12th
2000 Champion: Jose Coceres
Runner-Up: Patrik Sjoland, Paul McGinley
Tournament Record: 268 (Ernie Els, 1994; Fred Couples, 1995)
54-Hole Record: 197 (Ernie Els, 1994)
36-Hole Record: 130 (Ernie Els, 1994)
Course Record: 61 (Ernie Els, 1994)
Total Purse: $1,500,000
Share: 1st Place - $249,990; 2nd Place - 166,665; 3rd Place - 93,900
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Jose Coceres 274 Paul Lawrie 278
Patrik Sjoland 276 Jamie Spence 278
Paul McGinley 276 Russell Claydon 279
Stephen Gallacher 278 Paul Affleck 280
Lee Westwood 278 Alastair Forsyth 280
Past Dubai Desert Classic Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Jose Coceres (274) -- Patrik Sjoland, Paul McGinley
1999 -- David Howell (275) -- Lee Westwood
1998 -- Jose Maria Olazabal (269) -- Stephen Allan
1997 -- *Richard Green (272) -- Greg Norman, Ian Woosnam
1996 -- Colin Montgomerie (270) -- Miguel Angel Jimenez
1995 -- Fred Couples (268) -- Colin Montgomerie
1994 -- Ernie Els (268) -- Greg Norman
1993 -- Wayne Westner (274) -- Retief Goosen
1992 -- *Seve Ballesteros (272) -- Ronan Rafferty
1991 -- Not Held
1990 -- Eamonn Darcy (276) -- David Feherty
1989 -- *Mark James (277) -- Peter O'Malley
* - won in playoff.
Note: Formerly called Karl Litton Classic (1989), Emirates Airline Classic
(1990).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Thomas Bjorn - Five-time winner on European Tour, 18th in world rankings
Angel Cabrera - Currently holds a ranking of 46th in the world
Darren Clarke - Tied for 17th at this event last year, 11th in the world
Pierre Fulke - Leads the Volvo Order of Merit, lost in Match Play final
Retief Goosen - 19th on money list with one top-10 finish in 3 events
Padraig Harrington- Tied for fifth last week for second top-five finish of 2001
Peter Lonard - Won last week's ANZ Tour Championship by one shot
Paul McGinley - Finished second last year at this tournament
Mark McNulty - Won South African Open earlier this year, 5th in money
Colin Montgomerie - Tied for third last week with four rounds in the 60's
Mark O'Meara - Has fallen to 98th in the latest golf rankings
Justin Rose - Two-time runner-up this year, 6th on money list
Adam Scott - Won Alfred Dunhill Championship, 11th on money list
Lee Westwood - Making his European Tour debut, 4th last year at this event
Tiger Woods - Playing in this event for the first time, 26 worldwide wins
Golf Today Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Tiger Woods
Darkhorse - Padraig Harrington
Last Week's Pick to Win (Colin Montgomerie) - Finished tied for 3rd
Last Week's Darkhorse (Ahmad Dan Bateman) - Finished tied for 46th
NOTES:
Last year, Jose Coceres ended a six-year winless drought with a
wire-to-wire victory at the Dubai Desert Classic. He double-bogeyed
the 18th but still finished with a two-shot win over Paul McGinley and
Patrik Sjoland. Coceres's previous win prior to this event was the
1994 Heineken Open Catalona, his only other European Tour victory.
Coceres will not be on hand this week to defend his title. World-
number-one Tiger Woods will be looking for back-to-back European Tour
titles as he makes his first appearance at this tournament. In
November, Woods captured the Johnnie Walker Classic in Thailand. Seven
of the top-10 in last year's Order of Merit will be on hand this week,
including 2000 Order of Merit champion Lee Westwood, who will be
making his 2001 season debut. The 2001 edition of this event marks the
return to Emirates Golf Club after a two-year hiatus where play was
held at the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club. Playoffs have decided
three of the previous 12 tournaments, the last coming in 1997 when
Richard Green outdueled Greg Norman and Ian Woosnam. Next week the
European Tour moves to Doha Golf Club for the Qatar Masters where Rolf
Muntz is expected to defend his title.
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