With 17 strikes below par
Englishman Paul Casey is champion of "Dubai Golf"
English golf star Casey mediates Al Shaibani and Bin Slim during the coronation ceremony.
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The 27th world ranking, the Englishman Paul Casey, with 17 strikes below average, was crowned champion of the 32nd edition of the "Omega Dubai Desert Classic" golf tournament, which was closed yesterday and has been held since last Thursday at the Majlis stadium in the Emirates Club in Dubai, with total prizes. It reached 3.25 million dollars (11.9 million dirhams), with the participation of 132 of the world's elite players.
The English champion Casey won the famous "Dubai Dallah", and the prize money allocated to the first place amounting to 527,180 dollars.
The coronation ceremony was attended by the Director of the Ruler's Court of Dubai, Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shaibani, accompanied by the Chairman and CEO of DP World Group, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, CEO of Emirates Global Aluminum, Abdul Nasser bin Kalban, Vice President of the Emirates Golf Federation, Adel Al Zarouni, and Head of Department Wasl Group hospitality and leisure, Mustafa Al Hashemi, Chief Operating Officer of Omega, Abraham Kochi, CEO of Emirates NBD Group, Shane Nelson, and CEO of the European Golf Tour, Keith Bailey.
The English golf star succeeded in completing the final day of the 18-hole "Majlis" course, with 70 strokes, reaping the balance of two strikes below the average, which he added to the balance of the 15 strikes below the average that he achieved during the first three days of competitions, ascending the lead and winning in The championship, with a total of 17 strikes below par, a difference of four strikes below average, from South African Brandon Stone, who settled for the second place and won the prize money for this place amounting to 341 thousand and 540 dollars, while the third place prize, amounting to 196 thousand and 122 dollars, went to the Scottish Robert McIntyre Scoring 12 strokes below average.
Casey became the fourth English golfer historically to succeed in winning the "Omega Dubai Desert Classic" championship, following his compatriots, Max James, crowned in the first edition in 1989, and David Hoyle, champion of the 1999 edition, the last of whom was Danny Whale, champion of the 2016 edition. Casey also added the title. The 15th in his career, and his first since his last victory in the summer of 2019 in the German Porsche European Tour title.
The Dubai title also contributed to the rise of English star Casey 18 places at once in the ranking of the current season of the European Tour and "The Race to Dubai", ranking third with a total of 710 points, 670.9 points behind English leader Ter Hutton, who has 1380.9 points.
The Englishman expressed his happiness at achieving his first victory in the Dubai championship, and said in a press statement: “Winning in Dubai has always been an unattainable dream. .
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