The great golf makes its debut in Saudi Arabia with a heavyweight like Justin Rose, number one in the world and last Sunday's winner of the Farmers Open in California.
To animate four dream days, from today to Sunday, on the Royal Greens G&CC, is the European tour that lands in King Abdullah Economic City with Saudi International, the last date of the desert swing. Tiger Woods had also been invited for the occasion, but he refused the proposed million dollar signing and chose to rest after his good debut last week on the American circuit.
In any case, the field is of a remarkable level and boasts four of the top five players in the world ranking: in addition to Rose, there are the Americans Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau. The latter scored in the Dubai Desert Classic and is increasingly keen to leave his mark on every race he enters. Other notable names include Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Matt Wallace, Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson, Thorbjorn Olesen, Hatong Li and Ashun Wu.
Six Italians in the race: Nino Bertasio, Lorenzo Gagli, Edoardo Molinari, Renato Paratore, Andrea Pavan and Matteo Manassero.
Bertasio is the only blue so far who has always made money, but with three appearances in the lower rankings, Lorenzo Gagli and Matteo Manassero make their debut in 2019, Edoardo Molinari, Renato Paratore and Andrea Pavan must cancel the exit from the cut in Dubai. The prize pool is $3,5 million.
