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DATES: , February 1st -, February 4th

SITE: Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

COURSE ARCHITECT: Karl Litten (1988)

PAR: 72

YARDAGE: 7,301

Hole-By-Hole:	1 - Par 4 458 Yds	10 - Par 5 549 Yds
	2 - Par 4 351 Yds	11 - Par 3 169 Yds
	3 - Par 5 568 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 4 485 Yds	15 - Par 3 190 Yds
	7 - Par 3 186 Yds	16 - Par 4 425 Yds
	8 - Par 4 459 Yds	17 - Par 4 359 Yds
	9 - Par 4 463 Yds	18 - Par 5 564 Yds
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	35 3,594 Yds	37 3,707 Yds

Annual:	18th
Defending Champion:	Tiger Woods
Runner-Up:	Ernie Els
Tournament Record:	266 (Thomas Bjorn, 2001)
54-Hole Record:	196 (Tiger Woods, 2001)
36-Hole Record:	128 (Tiger Woods, 2001)
Course Record:	61 (Ernie Els, 1994)
Total Purse:	$2,400,000
Share:	1st Place - $401,417; 2nd Place - $267,604; 3rd Place - $150,784

2006 Finish
Player	Score	Player	Score
Tiger Woods *	269	Retief Goosen	272
Ernie Els	269	Henrik Stenson	273
Richard Green	270	Darren Clarke	273
Anders Hansen	271	Emanuele Canonica	274
Miguel Angel Jimenez	271	Nick Dougherty	274

Past Dubai Desert Classic Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2006	*Tiger Woods (269) -- Ernie Els
2005	Ernie Els (269) -- Miguel Angel Jimenez, Stephen Dodd
2004	Mark O'Meara (271) -- Paul McGinley
2003	Robert-Jan Derksen (271) -- Ernie Els
2002	Ernie Els (272) -- Niclas Fasth
2001	Thomas Bjorn (266) -- Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington
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

Note: Formerly called Karl Litten Classic (1989), Emirates Airline Classic

(1990).

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