DP World Tour Championship 2012: Day 1 Leaderboard Analysis, Highlights and More

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Published: November 22, 2012

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Although the European Tour title has already been wrapped up by golf sensation Rory McIlroy, there's plenty of reason to tune into this weekend's 2012 DP World Tour Championship and Thursday showed us exactly why.

Some of the world's best players took to Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai to showcase their talents and fight to win the European Tour's final event. After one day of play in the United Arab Emirates, a notable golfer stands atop the perch as Luke Donald leads at seven-under par. 

Though McIlroy has the Tour championship locked up, he's not fading into the background and sits just one stroke behind the leader at six-under. 

McIlroy and Donald aren't the only marquee names fighting for the year's final tour event. Lee Westwood is lurking inside the top 10, while Charl Schwartzel, Justin Rose and Louis Oosthuizen are not far behind.

Let's take a look at the leaders in Dubai after Day 1.

 

Scoreboard After Round 1

POS NAME NAT RD1 SCORE 1 Luke Donald ENG 65 -7 T2 Marc Warren SCOT 66 -6 T2 Gonzalo Fdez-Castanzo SPA 66 -6 T2 Rory McIlroy NIR 66 -6 T5 Fredrik Andersson Hed SWED 67 -5 T5 Padraig Harrington IRE 67 -5 T5 Martin Kaymer GER 67 -5 T5 Richie Ramsey SCOT 67 -5 T5 Lee Westwood ENG 67 -5 T10 Scott Jamieson SCOT 68 -4 * For the complete leaderboard, check out the European Tour Tournament Tracker.

 

Highlights



This weekend's event is supposed to be the tell-all indicator of the 2012 European Tour, and we may get that despite McIlroy already having the title wrapped up.

Donald looks for a second-place finish for this year's Tour campaign, and he began this weekend's tournament in his usually dominant form as he stretched his neck out for a one-stroke lead at seven-under par.

While McIlroy could've taken the weekend off and still won the Tour, he's showing why many regard...
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