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Dubai Desert Classic Preview

Round 1: Tiger Woods in pole position with opening 65

Round 2: Tiger Woods holds on to a one shot lead

Round 3: Ernie Els takes over lead with a 65

Round 4: Late birdies seal victory for Tiger Woods

Dubai Desert Classic Scores

2008 European Tour Schedule and Results

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DATES: Thursday, January 31st through Sunday, February 3rd

SITE: Emirates Golf Club (Majlis course), 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:	19th
Defending Champion:	Henrik Stenson
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:	$2,500,000
Share:	1st Place - $419,719; 2nd Place - $279,808; 3rd Place - $157,620

2007 Finish
Player	Score	Player	Score
Henrik Stenson	269	Peter Hanson	274
Ernie Els	270	Simon Dyson	275
Tiger Woods	271	Prom Meesawat	275
Niclas Fasth	271	Jyoti Randhawa	275
Ross Fisher	272	Five players at	276

Past Dubai Desert Classic Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2007	Henrik Stenson (269) -- Ernie Els
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

* - Won in Playoff

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

(1990).

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