The second and last stage of the second Desert Swing of the season on the European Tour (after Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Saudi Arabia), the Qatar Masters is a must. We are competing this week for the 23rd edition, without interruption since 1998. Some very big names in world golf have won this event, the endowment of which is just over 1.5 million euros in 2020. Let us quote Adam Scott ( in 2002 and 2008), Ernie Els (2005), Henrik Stenson (2006), Retief Goosen (2007) or even Sergio Garcia (2014).
Neighbor of a 2022 world football stadium
The Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, its official appellation since 2006, which has disputed until then on the same route, the Doha Golf Club, "exiles" this year for the first time on the Education City Golf Club, one par 71 of 6,681 meters drawn by the double winner of the Masters, the Spanish José Maria Olazabal.
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It is therefore a total discovery for the entire field entered from Thursday in this new generation Qatar Masters. Holding the trophy but having failed to cross the cut last Friday in Oman, the South African Justin Harding will obviously be one of the men to follow, in the same way as the German Martin Kaymer, in clear revival of form, the Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts, winner in October of the French National Golf Open, or the Finnish Sami Valimaki, victorious the weekend spent in Oman after a playoff against the South African - one more - Brandon Stone .
Two tops 4 in three years for Lorenzo-Vera
The French, as a few days ago in the Sultanate of Oman, landed in force. As in Oman, they are thus fourteen on the starting line. Resting after a difficult 66th place at the WGC-Mexico Championship, Mike Lorenzo-Vera returns to a place he particularly loves. On the Doha Golf Club, the Basque had indeed finished second (tied) in 2019 but also tenth in 2018 and fourth in 2017, being this year very close to winning (a stroke of the winner). Victor Dubuisson also has some beautiful memories in Qatar: three times ninth in 2013, 2012 and 2011. We will obviously be watching the rebound taken by Adrien Saddier, third in Oman only one point from a playoff with three, like that of Clément Sordet , tenth on the Al Mouj track in Muscat and which allows him to take part in his fifth tournament of the season on the European Tour, he who lost his full category at the end of the 2019 exercise.
Qatar Masters (European Tour) - 1,572,259 euros in funding
Players to watch
Justin Harding (AfS), Martin Kaymer (All), Brandon Stone (AfS), Sami Valimaki (Fin), Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Mikko Korhonen (Fin), Stephen Gallacher (Eco), Joost Luiten (PB), Min Woo Lee (Aus), Rasmus Hojgaard (Dan), Matthias Schwab (Aut), Thomas Pieters (Bel), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Paul Lawrie (Eco), Jordan Smith (Ang), Grant Forrest (Eco), George Coetzee ( AfS), Kalle Samooja (Fin), Ross Fisher (Ang), Callum Shinkwin (Ang), Lorenzo Gagli (Ita), Robert Rock (Ang), Alejandro Canizares (Esp).
The French engaged
Alexander Levy, Clément Sordet, Benjamin Hébert, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Romain Langasque, Matthieu Pavon, Victor Dubuisson, Julien Guerrier, Raphaël Jacquelin, Robin Roussel, Antoine Rozner, Grégory Havret, Robin Sciot-Siegrist, Adrien Saddier.
To follow the Qatar Masters (European Tour) on television:
Thursday March 5, 1st round: 8:30 am & 12:00 pm (Golf +)
Friday March 6, 2nd round: 8:30 am & 12:00 pm (Golf +)
Saturday March 7, 3rd round: 10:00 am (Golf +)
Sunday March 8, 4th round: 10:00 am (Golf +)
