Paul Waring will turn 40 in February, but before that he won one of those victories that the sector values above most tournaments. The Englishman registered his name in the Rolex Series, the designated tournaments of the DP World Tour, and in front of the European court. Behind him were Tyrrell Hatton, the Englishman who plays in the LIV; and Rory McIlroy, among others.
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Waring achieves a victory of terrible merit in Abu Dhabi. After having completed two epic rounds, 19 under par after two days, a DP World Tour record, he suffered on Saturday to arrive with a single stroke lead. And in that scenario, despite having only one tournament in his record, the Nordea Masters more than six years ago, he was able to shoot 66 shots, six birdies and no errors, to win by two.
Such has been Waring’s deployment of resources in the emirate that he was able to make at least one birdie on 17 of the 18 holes on the course. Only the 8th, a par 3, resisted him, to which he made par every day and to which he was close to making a 2 on Saturday. The icing on the cake came in the last holes. On the 17th, a par 3, he holed a 14-meter putt to remain the sole leader, a fact that he would reinforce on the 18th with a final birdie.
“I haven’t assimilated it yet,” he said at the end. “I have the feeling of having to continue playing more holes or having to do more things. Yesterday I thought the tournament was going away, so being able to cross the line again and win again on the circuit is something wonderful,” said the Englishman. resident in Dubai and thanks to this victory he secured one of the ten cards distributed by the DP World Tour for next season’s PGA Tour.
Hatton’s performance has also been commendable not only in the tournament but also in the tour of the DP World Tour that he has made based on the precautionary measure requested by the sanctions that this circuit establishes towards players who compete in the LIV in weeks in which it coincides with a tournament in that League. To the top 10 in Madrid and the victory at the Dunhill Links he added a second place thanks to a Sunday card of 64 strokes, the same as McIlroy, third, who is almost guaranteed the sixth overall victory of the year, which would equal Severiano Ballesteros.
Paul Waring poses with his wife after the victory.
Among the Spanish, the best was Jorge Campillo in thirty-second position. The man from Cáceres will be one of the four players from our country who will compete in the Dubai final next week along with Ángel Hidalgo, Nacho Elvira and Adrián Otaegui.
