PGA: Leading Race to Dubai Players Set To Give Couterparts Plenty To Think About

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Published: January 7, 2011

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The Race to Dubai is proving to be very fruitful for its winners, at least if the first two installments are anything to go by. The inaugural winner, Lee Westwood, is now the world No. 1 golfer, while the 2010 winner, Martin Kaymer of Germany, won a first "Major" and finished the year off two places behind Westwood in third place in the rankings.

Interestingly, both men also finished third when the other won, meaning that they have yet to finish outside of the top three making them both huge contenders to win once again this year. Westwood in fact did incredibly well to finish third considering he played in eight less tournaments than Kaymer in 2010.

Certainly as the year slowly gets underway once again, Westwood and Kaymer will be the two of the very top players to follow not just in the Race to Dubai but in all the major golfing tournaments during the year.

Graeme McDowell, runner-up to Kaymer in 2010 but also a winner during the year of a "first major" taking the US Open back in June, would have also been a major consideration as the likely winner this year. However, the Ulsterman has elected to concentrate his efforts on the US PGA tour in 2011, which effectively rules him out.

Like Kaymer, McDowell won four tournaments last year and has shot up to No. 5 in the rankings. He has said that he will play the minimum number of tournaments required by the Race to Dubai, which means that he will be seen over here—a situation that also applies to other European superstars Ian Poulter, Paul Casey and Luke Donald.

Rory McIlroy who was runner-up in 2009, had to be content with the 13th-place this time around, but he played far too often in America to have been a major contender. The good news for Europe however is that the young Ulsterman will be swinging his clubs this side of the pond this year once again and as such he has to be regarded as another major contender to finish on top. He is currently ranked ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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