Hanson leads, but Race to Dubai still up for grabs
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12/08/2011 -
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Only two of the 58 players in
this week's field at the Dubai World Championship have a chance to win the
money title, but that didn't stop Peter Hanson on Thursday.
Hanson tied a Jumeirah Golf Estates course record with an eight-under 64 and
leads by one after the opening 18 holes of the European Tour's season-closing
event.
Coming off a third-place finish in Hong Kong and ranked 16th in the Race to
Dubai, Hanson had eight birdies -- including six on the back nine -- to grab a
one-stroke lead over early leader Paul Lawrie.
"It's one of the best rounds I've ever played, especially feeling-wise,"
Hanson said. "Everything seemed to be right."
The story of the week, however, centers around the final pairing of Luke
Donald and Rory McIlroy, ranked one and two both in the world rankings and
Race to Dubai rankings. McIlroy needs to win this event to have any shot at
overtaking Donald in the Race to Dubai, and he finished his opening round at
six-under 66 to give himself a shot.
"I've given myself a really good start to build on, and there's still a lot of
golf to play," McIlroy said. "I'm going to have to play really well the next
three days to give myself a chance to win, and that's what I'm focused on."
Donald, however, had a dreadful finish with three straight bogeys from the
14th in a round of even-par 72. He needs a ninth-place finish to win the
money crown, but sits in a share of 26th at the moment.
"(I'll) just stick to the process of picking good targets," Donald said. "I'll
go work on it on the range and get back at it tomorrow."
Should Donald claim the money title -- still a very likely scenario -- he will
become the first player to win it on the European and PGA Tours in the same
year. He was close to securing that distinction last week before McIlroy
managed to win the Hong Kong Open and keep his hopes alive.
Donald and McIlroy both figure to take home a good chunk of change this week
regardless of the result, as the top 15 finishers in the Race to Dubai split a
large bonus pool; the winner and runner-up will each take home over $1
million.
Early on, it looked as if Donald would create enough of a cushion that he
could cruise to the money title. The world's top player recovered from an
opening bogey to post three birdies in four holes, including a 25-footer at
the third.
McIlroy, meanwhile, also had three birdies in the first five holes, but a
double-bogey at the second left him one behind his playing partner.
"Maybe the two mistakes -- they were more mental mistakes," McIlroy said of
the early troubles. "They were maybe something I wouldn't make if I were
fresh, but I stuck to the task of shooting the best score I could."
On the eighth, Donald hit a seven-foot birdie putt, while McIlroy missed the
green in regulation and settled for bogey to create a three-shot gap. On the
back nine, however, the roles reversed.
McIlroy opened the final nine with a birdie at the 10th to get to one-under,
and he birdied the par-three 13th to move to within one of Donald. For
whatever reason, Donald's driver abandoned him at that point, and he hit
drives into the bushes on both the 14th and 15th en route to consecutive
bogeys.
"It was a mixture of both halves," Donald said. "I played very nicely in the
front nine, thought I was in control, and I just kind of lost it. Poor tee
shots on 13, 14 and 15. I think this course can do that to you. The way this
course is, there's a lot of hazards in the middle of the fairway."
Donald dropped to minus-one, while McIlroy birdied the 14th to move to three-
under for the day.
It continued to get worse for at No. 16 for Donald, who hit his drive into a
fairway bunker to lead to another bogey. McIlroy was able to run home a long
birdie putt on the same hole to create a four-shot gap at four-under.
The reigning U.S. Open champ continued to put on a display and make his
intentions known at No. 17 with a curling 12-foot birdie putt, his fourth in
a five-hole span.
He landed in the rough with his tee shot on the last, but recovered to make a
15-footer for birdie and a round of 66. Donald parred the 18th to shoot a 72.
"I holed some really nice putts coming in, which helped," McIlroy said. "I
just stayed patient. I hit some good shots. I just kept giving myself chances
on the back nine, and, lucky enough, holed some nice putts."
Hanson's front nine was solid, but unspectacular with only a pair of birdies
and nary a bogey. On the back nine, though, Hanson looked like the player who
contended last week in Hong Kong.
The four-time European Tour champ went six-under on the back nine, including
birdies on each of the first four holes, and missed a short birdie putt at the
18th that would have given him the course record.
Lawrie, the 1999 British Open champ, also had a flawless round, and he and
Hanson have a small cushion on McIlroy at the moment.
NOTES: Defending champion Robert Karlsson shot a one-over 73...This is the
third time this event has been held. Lee Westwood, who also shot a 73, won the
inaugural tournament...Ross Fisher, who shot a four-under 68, holed his
approach at the par-four 15th for eagle. It was the only eagle all day...Y.E.
Yang withdrew after four holes, reducing the field to 57 players.
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| EAST |
National Championship |
Region |
| Arkansas |
300-1 |
50-1 |
| Belmont |
|
1000-1 |
| Boston College |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| Eastern KY |
|
1000-1 |
| George Washington |
|
75-1 |
| Georgetown |
10-1 |
3-2 |
| Marquette |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| Michigan State |
100-1 |
25-1 |
| New Mexico St. |
500-1 |
200-1 |
| UNC |
6-1 |
6-5 |
| Oral Roberts |
|
500-1 |
| Texas |
15-1 |
5-1 |
| Texas Tech |
200-1 |
5-1 |
| USC |
75-1 |
20-1 |
| Vanderbilt |
100-1 |
30-1 |
| Washington State |
40-1 |
15-1 |
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| WEST |
|
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| Duke |
50-1 |
10-1 |
| Florida A&M |
|
1000-1 |
| Gonzaga |
200-1 |
40-1 |
| Holy Cross |
|
300-1 |
| Illinois |
300-1 |
60-1 |
| Indiana |
75-1 |
40-1 |
| Kansas |
5-1 |
13-10 |
| Kentucky |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| Niagara |
|
1000-1 |
| Pittsburgh |
40-1 |
8-1 |
| Southern Ill. |
50-1 |
12-1 |
| UCLA |
10-1 |
3-2 |
| VCU |
500-1 |
100-1 |
| Villanova |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| VA Tech |
50-1 |
15-1 |
| Weber St |
|
1000-1 |
| Wright St |
1000-1 |
300-1 |
|
|
|
| MIDWEST |
|
|
| Arizona |
50-1 |
30-1 |
| Butler |
40-1 |
30-1 |
| Davidson |
|
300-1 |
| Florida |
4-1 |
4-5 |
| Georgia Tech |
75-1 |
25-1 |
| Jackson State |
|
1000-1 |
| Maryland |
30-1 |
6-1 |
| Miami-OH |
|
300-1 |
| Notre Dame |
100-1 |
20-1 |
| ODU |
500-1 |
100-1 |
| Oregon |
40-1 |
6-1 |
| Purdue |
300-1 |
60-1 |
| Texas A&M CC |
|
1000-1 |
| UNLV |
100-1 |
30-1 |
| Winthrop |
500-1 |
100-1 |
| Wisconsin |
15-1 |
7-2 |
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| SOUTH |
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| Albany |
|
200-1 |
| BYU |
200-1 |
40-1 |
| Central CT St. |
|
1000-1 |
| Creighton |
100-1 |
35-1 |
| Long Beach St. |
500-1 |
200-1 |
| Louisville |
40-1 |
10-1 |
| Memphis |
30-1 |
4-1 |
| Nevada |
75-1 |
35-1 |
| North Texas |
|
500-1 |
| Ohio State |
7-1 |
6-5 |
| Penn |
|
500-1 |
| Stanford |
200-1 |
50-1 |
| Tennessee |
100-1 |
20-1 |
| Texas A&M |
12-1 |
11-5 |
| Virginia |
75-1 |
18-1 |
| Xavier |
100-1 |
40-1 |
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