Scott to kick off 2008 in Abu Dhabi

BY Bruce Young | European PGA Tour | 2008 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship | General | 01 Jan 2008

Adam Scott

(Photo: Asian Tour)

Despite being eligible to play this week’s Mercedes Championship in Hawaii, world number 7 ranked golfer, Adam Scott, will make his 2008 debut at the Abu Dhabi Championship starting on January 17th.

Scott’s win at the Houston Open early in 2007 had earned him a spot in the elite Mercedes Championship field restricted to tournament winners in 2007 on the PGA Tour.

Scott, who finished runner up to Vijay Singh at the Mercedes Championship last year, is, according to his management, taking a longer break in order to better prepare himself for the season ahead. Aaron Baddeley is, therefore, the only Australian in the Mercedes Championship field.

The Abu Dhabi Championship is a European Tour event being played for the third occasion, England’s Paul Casey won the event in 2007 and Chris DiMarco took the honours in 2006.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	-15	Martin Kaymer	66	65	68	74	273
T2	-11	Henrik Stenson	67	70	69	71	277
T2	-11	Lee Westwood	69	73	65	70	277
T4	-10	Ignacio Garrido	69	70	70	69	278
T4	-10	Peter Hedblom	69	70	69	70	278
T4	-10	Richard Finch	71	70	69	68	278
T7	-9	James Kingston	71	68	72	68	279
T7	-9	Scott Strange	72	71	66	70	279
T9	-8	Ian Poulter	70	70	73	67	280
T9	-8	Paul Mcginley	72	71	66	71	280
T11	-7	Alexander Noren	70	72	69	70	281
T11	-7	Luke Donald	71	73	67	70	281
T11	-7	Oliver Fisher	72	71	69	69	281
T11	-7	Padraig Harrington	72	72	69	68	281
T11	-7	Robert Karlsson	68	72	70	71	281
T11	-7	Rory Mcilroy	73	71	69	68	281
T17	-6	Alvaro Quiros Garcia	73	69	68	72	282
T17	-6	Anthony Wall	71	69	65	77	282
T17	-6	Peter Lawrie	73	70	70	69	282
T17	-6	Ricardo Gonzalez	71	70	72	69	282
T17	-6	Richard Green	75	68	73	66	282
T17	-6	Steve Webster	70	68	71	73	282
T23	-5	Adam Scott	68	74	71	70	283
T23	-5	Andrew Mclardy	71	72	69	71	283
T23	-5	Colin Montgomerie	72	72	68	71	283
T23	-5	Jamie Donaldson	70	71	71	71	283
T23	-5	Maarten Lafeber	74	69	68	72	283
T23	-5	Simon Dyson	73	71	68	71	283
T23	-5	Thomas Levet	70	72	68	73	283
T30	-4	Daniel Vancsik	71	71	73	69	284
T30	-4	Leif Westerberg	72	73	69	70	284
T30	-4	Paul Lawrie	70	73	71	70	284
T30	-4	Phillip Archer	71	68	73	72	284
T34	-3	Charl Schwartzel	70	70	72	73	285
T34	-3	Mark Foster	70	70	69	76	285
T34	-3	Paul Sheehan	73	72	70	70	285
T34	-3	Soren Hansen	71	71	74	69	285
T34	-3	Thongchai Jaidee	71	74	68	72	285
T39	-2	Francesco Molinari	73	71	71	71	286
T39	-2	John Bickerton	71	70	71	74	286
T39	-2	Mikko Ilonen	70	74	70	72	286
T39	-2	Rhys Davies	73	71	72	70	286
T43	-1	Fredrik Andersson Hed	71	72	73	71	287
T43	-1	Gonzalo Fdez-castaño	70	68	76	73	287
T43	-1	Johan Edfors	73	71	70	73	287
T43	-1	Miguel Angel Jiménez	74	69	73	71	287
T43	-1	Paul Broadhurst	72	72	68	75	287
T43	-1	Peter Hanson	74	70	69	74	287
T43	-1	Sam Little	75	69	71	72	287
T50	Ev	Chapchai Nirat	73	72	73	70	288
T50	Ev	David Lynn	74	70	73	71	288
T50	Ev	Henrik Nystrom	73	71	73	71	288
T50	Ev	Jean-françois Lucquin	71	72	71	74	288
T50	Ev	Nick Dougherty	72	71	69	76	288
T55	+1	Matt Weibring	74	70	75	70	289
T55	+1	Michael Lorenzo-vera	71	73	73	72	289
T55	+1	Thomas Aiken	70	75	69	75	289
T58	+2	Damien Mcgrane	70	72	73	75	290
T58	+2	Jean-baptiste Gonnet	74	71	70	75	290
T58	+2	Martin Erlandsson	75	70	70	75	290
T61	+3	Darren Clarke	72	72	74	73	291
T61	+3	Simon Wakefield	72	71	73	75	291
T63	+4	Benn Barham	74	71	75	72	292
T63	+4	José-filipe Lima	71	73	74	74	292
T65	+6	Louis Oosthuizen	72	73	73	76	294
T65	+6	Phillip Price	73	71	75	75	294
T67	+7	Rafa Echenique	75	68	76	76	295
T67	+7	Thomas Björn	73	70	72	80	295
Cut +1
CUT	+2	Alastair Forsyth	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Emanuele Canonica	78	68	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Graeme Mcdowell	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Jean Van De Velde	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Mads Vibe-hastrup	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Niclas Fasth	78	68	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Sam Walker	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Stephen Dodd	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+3	Andrew Marshall	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Ariel Canete	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Barry Lane	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Gary Murphy	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Graeme Storm	71	76	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Grégory Bourdy	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Jeev Milkha Singh	76	71	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Magnus A Carlsson	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Paul Casey	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Pelle Edberg	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Per Ulrik Johansson	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Robert-jan Derksen	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+4	Christian Cévaër	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+4	David Griffiths	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Lee Slattery	72	76	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Mardan Mamat	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Stephen Gallacher	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+5	Carl Suneson	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Garry Houston	71	78	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Grégory Havret	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Raphaël Jacquelin	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Ross Mcgowan	70	79	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Zane Scotland	77	72	-	-	149
CUT	+6	Jarmo Sandelin	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Jyoti Randhawa	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Marc Warren	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Markus Brier	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Oliver Wilson	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Pablo Martin	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+7	Anton Haig	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	+7	David Howell	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Marcel Siem	80	71	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Miles Tunnicliff	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Ross Fisher	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Shiv Kapur	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+8	Søren Kjeldsen	80	72	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Tom Whitehouse	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+9	Carlos Rodiles	80	73	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Michael Jonzon	75	78	-	-	153
CUT	+10	Jean-françois Remesy	80	74	-	-	154
CUT	+12	Scott Drummond	77	79	-	-	156
CUT	+20	Ernie Rellon	84	80	-	-	164
WD	-	Jose Manuel Lara	76	-	-	-	WD
WD	-	Simon Khan	79	-	-	-	WD

Position	Score	Player	Country	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total

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A multi-award winning golf journalist, Bruce's extensive knowledge of the game comes from several years caddying the tournament circuits of the world, marketing a successful golf course design company and as one of Australia's leading golf journalists and commentators.

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