There's Golf This Week?

Yes, accept as true with it or no longer, there's golfing being played this week over in Dubai. The Asian Tour occasion -- which reputedly is not being televised here within the States -- is the inaugural Dubai Open.

Shiv Kapur

Shiv Kapur from India -- you can recognize his call, as he performs the European Tour a lot -- is tied for the lead at -7 with Thai golfer Pavit Tangkamolprasert after 2 rounds. There are some of other Asian golfers near the lead whose names you may recognize, like Gaganjeet Bhullar and Prom Meesawat.

More acquainted to American golf fans is Indian player Arjun Atwal, certainly one of Tiger's close friends and additionally a PGA Tour winner -- of the Wyndham Championship, pretty much 30 minutes or so from in which I stay. Atwal is handiest one shot off the lead.

Some different names you would possibly realize -- players who made the cut however aren't particularly close to the lead -- consist of Darren Clarke, Jeev Milkha Singh, Daniel Chopra, Thaworn Wiratchant, Richard Finch, and Jbe Kruger.

Let's face it, the Asian Tour isn't huge news right here in America. (At least, no longer until somebody like Bubba or Jordan Spieth is inside the subject, as they have been in Japan some weeks back.) GC can also air a summary display someday in the next week or ... Or they will not; they are kinda hit-and-omit that way. Events like this frequently slip proper beneath the radar, mainly this close to a vacation like Christmas.

Still, if you're involved, you can examine a precis of the second spherical here (the photo got here from this text as properly). You'll be able to locate links to the brand new articles on each spherical right here at the Asian Tour homepage (there's additionally a link in my blog's sidebar underneath "Live Leaderboards") or you can pass directly to the Dubai Open leaderboard at this hyperlink.

If you want a brief golf restore this weekend, this may be the handiest recreation in town.

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