Qatar Masters 2008 - The Result

Web posted at: 1/28/2008 2:51:50Source ::: The Peninsula

Doha • Australia’s Adam Scott captured his second Qatar Masters title, but did it in a most astonishing manner - breaking the clubhouse record with a blaze of birdies in the final round of the $2.5m title.

Playing impeccable golf, Scott yesterday carded 11 under par 61 for an overall score of 20 under par 268 to win his second title in Doha.

For his sublime efforts, the 2002 Qatar Masters champion went home richer $416,660.

The Australian bettered the efforts of nine under par 63 by Mark Pilkington and Robert Karlsson, both in 2001. It is the first time that Qatar Masters has been won by a player twice. Former Qatar Masters champion, Henrik Stenson of Sweden, finished in second spot, with a card of seven under par 65 and 17 under par 271 overall.

The third place was secured by Charl Schwartzel of South Africa. Schwartzel ended his Doha trip with a card of five under par 67 for an overall score of 15 under par 273.
“It was some day, yes. I came out of the gate firing and that got me going. I was able to keep pressure on the guys leading before play started today so that helped,” Scott said.

“Henrik did everything he could, shooting a card of 65, but I guess the guy who finishes the round first, and with a lot of birdies like I did, will always put pressure on the other players,” the Australian added.

Qatar Masters 2008

Got up early on Friday morning just to watch Qatar Masters 2008 with Ramzi. We have been in this country for almost 7 months. Sadly, we have not got the opportunity to play golf here. Time is not the reason. Qatar has only one golf course. It is called Doha Golf Club. For its exclusiveness, it comes with a great 'price'.

I could still remember getting up at 4.30am in the morning just to play golf in Vietnam. Tee off time could be as early at 5.45am especially during summer time. You can call me crazy. But that what golfers do. Getting up in the wee hours in the morning just to tire themselves at the golf course. Yet we call it sport..hehe.

Adam Scott reading the game on hole 18 yesterday...

The golf club was virtually empty at around 8.45am on the 2nd day of tournament day and on weekend! Amazing. I once watched a golf tournament in Malaysia years ago. I could still remember how pack the golf course was. Here in Doha, you could hardly see any human beings. The car park was also deserted. Oh my.. The only reason I could think of was lack of serious promotion by the daily newspapers. Or perhaps the locals are not into sports especially golf?

I also consider Qatar is the only place in the world where you can have the world's top golf players walking beside you!!! You can also take a good shot of them. Shall I again consider myself lucky being in Qatar?

It was only during uploading the photos from my camera to laptop I realised that the photos had a foggy marks at the top half of them..For that reason, all the photos were not as sharp. The photos looked like as if we were having a terrible winter day yesterday when in contrary it was bright and sunny day yesterday with temperature around 17 Celcius. Major disappointment to me. Else it would be perfect photos of the world's top golf players.. Is it a good reason to watch the tournament today?

Wanna have breakfast?

Breakfast!!! The was the first thing that came to my mind when I opened my eyes today.

The question is where you can find decent place for breakfast? We have tried everywhere. You just name them. We went to Johnny Rockets. We went to prata shops. We even went to Cafe Le Notre. McDonalds does not serve breakfast..sigh.. Recently we discover that The Opera at The Mall is also serving breakfast... hmm. We have yet to try it though.

Among the places we went, we gave Cafe Le Notre a thumb up. A bit on the pricy side but excellent environment. Meals were tastefully served.

Around Doha Today...

If you drive to the shopping malls today, you will notice that there are sales going on.

We went to The Landmark again today.. ( Mind you we were there last week also )

- Marks & Spencer is giving 50% discount
- BHS Reopening Sales comes with 25% discount
- For mother-to-be, Mothercare is slashing away the price up to 50%
- Evans also come up with buy one get one for free
- Sergent Major also joins the sales
- The best Osh Kosh can offer is only Best Buy

The list continues....

One word of advice-Please come with tonnes of cash or credit cards..

You know what I did last weekend?

You know what I did last weekend?

Friday

We started our weekend with lunch at Megat's apartment. He organised a small gathering to welcome his newly arrived friends from Malaysia as well as his mum who is here in Doha for a month long holiday.What was on menu? Nasi hujan warna warni, chicken curry, acar & sambal..yummy.. Masakan ibu!!!


At night, I invited myself to Zals house for a sweet mee bandung for dinner... tasty but sweet. Never mind, Zals will make it perfect next time.. Thanks Zals for 'inviting' us..

Saturday

We went to The Corniche on Saturday morning to buy fresh squids for the dinner.. We ended up buying the crabs as there was no squid that morning.

Then we off to Ibn Umran for breakfast at Nizam Ken's house. It is more of a gathering to welcome the arrival of his newborn from Malaysia.

We close our weekend activities with shopping at newly reopened BHS in The Landmark shopping mall... Up to 25% discount for all merchandises... Another reason to spend some money... haha

Our deepest sympathy...

Our deepest sympathy to Azerdills family for the loss of baby Adam.

May Allah give them strength to face HIS test.

Cheaper air travel in the Middle East?

Read in the Gulf Times today about the new concept airline called Bahrain Air that will start its services on 1 Feb 2008 from Bahrain to few destinations including Doha, Alexandria, Amman, Beirut, Chittagong Colombo, Damascus, Dubai, Khartoum, Kuwait, Mashad and Sanaa.

This is the 2nd national carrier for Bahrain after Gulf Air. It will also be the 2nd low cost carrier in the GCC after Sharjah based airline, AirArabia.

You can read more here.

You can start planning for your travel now especially if you plan to go Syria in February 2008 (you know who you are) ....

Another good reason to stay in Doha-a chance to travel around the Middle East. Another activity to keep us occupied..

Welcome to wet Friday in Doha...

A vehicle moves along a waterlogged road near Ramada signal yesterday. x
The Peninsula / by (SHAIVAL DALAL)

It rained this morning.. Yes. I mean rain!!!! You may ask what is the big deal? It is a big deal if you live in the Middle East..We have not seen any kind of rain for the last 6 months since we are here. And today, it rained. It has been a wet Friday today. Change of weather condition from hot in summer, cold in winter & wet in Jan... Fantastic!!!

The rain was not as heavy as in Malaysia. It is enough to satisfy our crave for wet day in the Middle East.. According to the more experience people in Doha, the rain marks the beginning of cold weather. Last year the temperature dropped drastically after the rain. Heaters were out of stock in all supermarkets.. It will not happen happen again this year. Heaters are flooding the supermarkets today..

See news on Gulf Times on the weather forecast for the next days here.

Take that leather jacket out guys....

The temperature in Doha has been very cold lately.. Last few days, on my way to office, I noted that the temperature outside was 5 degree Celcius... wow!!!! Unbelievably cold. At times I thought we were in UK rather than in the middle of the desert in the Middle East...

On average, the temperature has been hovering around 17 Celcius.. With wind blowing, it is enough to make you shiver even with your jacket on..

The good thing about it? I could wear my leather jacket which I bought during my trip to Pakistan...hehe. I suppose it is the time to be fashionable..Even our little Alisha has been asking for scarf..huh.. At the age of three she is fashion conscious, I am not very sure what is in store for us in the future..haha

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MT!!!!!

Semoga panjang umur, murah rezeki... We celebrated your birthday from far and we called it Birthday Ghaib.. Yes, it is the thought that counts..

Wish you well in Malaysia. Wish you come back here again in Doha..

We pray for your successful life & career ahead.. God bless..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MT !!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008