Oliver Fisher Golf

Day one at the Dubai Desert Classic and it’s Rory McIlroy who is setting the pace as we type this.
The talented Northern Ireland teenager has produced an eight under par 64 to open up a one stroke lead midway through the first round of the delayed Dubai Desert Classic.

The first round has been delayed for nearly three hours due to fog at the Emirates Golf Club, yet the 19 year old carded nine birdies, opening a one stroke lead over Robert Karlsson.

It’s been a good couple of days for McIlroy who was also named as a potential candidate for the Ryder Cup by new captain Colin Montgomerie.

Meanwhile, Oliver Fisher also had a good opening round with six birdies, only to be slightly undone by a double bogey on the par four 9th hole, and a bogey on the 14th.
Ollie finished the day a respectable three under par, currently standing T11 with most players still on the course due to the earlier delays.
Lets hope three more days of six birdies can follow for Ollie at the Emirates Golf Club Dubai, Dubai Desert Classic.

Another top-quality field has assembled this week for another very lucrative event – the Qatar Masters. With the total prize fund at $2.5m, of which the winner bags in excess of $400k; the European Tour remains in the Middle East for the second of three consecutive events.

Adam Scott will attempt to maintain his 100 per cent record in the event and seal a hat-trick of victories when he defends his title at the 12-year-old Doha golf course this week. The course has hosted every Qatar Masters since the tournament began in 1998 and it usually provides a stiff test for the players.

Although the course is not particularly long, it is certainly no push over thanks to the strong prevailing wind that blows here much of the time.

Oliver Fisher tees off 8.05am local time tomorrow – coverage starts 8am on Sky Sports 1

Paul Casey took his first victory in two years with a final round of 70 making a stunning 21-under-par total at the Abu Dhabi Championship.

Starting the final day with a four-stroke advantage over Martin Kaymer, Casey, whose last win came in the same event back in 2007, survived a wobble on the back nine to gain a one-shot success over Kaymer and Louis Oosthuizen.

Englishman Casey began with consecutive birdies and looked in command after picking up further shots at the sixth and eighth to end the front nine in 34.

Yet another birdie followed at the 10th hole to open a six-shot lead but then looked worried as three bogeys in the next four meant he arrived on the 15th tee just one ahead of South African Oosthuizen, who had set the clubhouse target at 20-under-par after achieving a bogey-free round of 64.

Casey, however, parred the final four holes to hold off Oosthuizen and defending champion Kaymer, who eagled the last for a round of 67.

Oliver Fisher fell away from the leaders on the final day, having started T8 he managed to finish the last round with three-over-par. Four bogeys and a birdie meant that Fisher’s start of eleven-under-par on day four was reduced to eight, leaving him T37 overall.

Speaking about Thursday’s desert hailstorm in Dubai, Fisher said:“It was weird, weren’t it? We were all hiding behind the TV stand on hole No 4. It was pretty freaky.”
In the same interview with the Daily Telegraph, Ollie went on to say: “I need to get myself in that world top 50 as soon as I can. But the win’s the main thing. It’s the goal every week for me. I just wanna win.”
Fisher shrugged and said: “You learn from your mistakes. You have to learn to lose before you can learn to win, almost.”

Oliver Fisher Results

Round Scores = 67 – 69 – 79 – 75
Position = T37
Par = -8
Prize Money = €10148