Even football orphans can console themselves, from today to Sunday, with the final of the European golf circuit, where the blue Francesco Molinari takes the field, tenth in the continental order of merit. This is the DP World Tour Championship Dubai, the last tournament of the 2016-2017 season, which closes the so-called Race to Dubai in the futuristic Arab Emirate. The course is the Jumeirah Golf Estates and the participants are only 60, the best, those who have accumulated the most points and victories over the course of dozens of meetings.
There are three main candidates for the title of King of Europe: Race to Dubai leader Tommy Fleetwood, number two Justin Rose and number three Sergio Garcia. The others fight above all to win the tournament, which is one of the richest on the circuit, with $8 million up for grabs. Among them also our Molinari, who lost a great opportunity last week in South Africa. I'm “still a little shocked by Sunday's finale – writes the blue on Twitter – the disappointment is great for throwing away a comeback that seemed almost impossible on Friday evening. He turns the page in Dubai and it's an opportunity to make up for it immediately”.
The field is of the highest technical quality and includes, among others, Jon Rahm, Matthew Fitzpatrick, defending champion, Tyrrell Hatton, Thomas Pieters, Branden Grace, Charl Schwartzel, Kiradech Aphibarnrat. Great absentees Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson, replaced by the English Ian Poutrer and Paul Waring.
With this appointment, the 2016-2017 European championship closes its doors, but to reopen them immediately, next week, in Hong Kong, with a match valid for the new season. The European circuit and the US circuit thus catch up with the first challenges of their long races: the Race to Dubai on one side and the Fedex Cup on the other.
The competition with which Tiger Woods has decided to compete again is out of every circuit: the Hero World Challenge, from November 30 to December 3 in Albany, in the Bahamas, a charity tournament organized by the Foundation of the same champion and reserved for 30 invited. It looks like a Serie B appointment, but it's the top between now and January 2018, because the American phenomenon hasn't played for three seasons. Golf is an orphan of Tiger and the public is eager to see him again.
Despite the physical problems, surgeries, scandals, his 42 years, everyone hopes he will win again, adding more successes to the over one hundred trophies and 14 majors he has won in his career. The countdown to see if he will be able to do it again has begun.
