THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 16 Hague secures maiden pro title Englishman wins US$75,000 Royal Golf Club Bahrain Open

Lumsden (71) and Callum Fyfe (70) were tied third at seven-un- der par 209 alongside England’s Ben Hutchinson (67) and Swe- den’s Henric Sturehed (68) – the two best cards on a day when players had to battle through oc- casional drizzle and steady high wind at the Colin Montgom - erie-designed Royal Golf Club. Saud Al Sharif, a member of the Saudi national team and of The Royal Golf Club, could not replicate the stunning perfor- mance from the second round and slipped down the leader- board with an 81 in his first ex- perience of playing in the leader group of a professional event. However, his two-over par total was still good enough to win him the Low Amateur of the Tourna- ment prize. Hague, who recently finished runner-up at the NEWGIZA Open Hague, left, and Al Sharif, right, with Royal Golf Club General Manager Chris Garrity in Cairo, started the final round Hague in action during yesterday’s final round as leader by one shot, but was den and Riu, his closest rivals, team. Al Sharif was disappointed to number 76 in the World Am- trailing at the turn after mak- who dropped shots on the same “I drove consistently well with his round, but not disheart- | Manama TDT ateur Golf Ranking and turned ing a double bogey on the sev- hole. this whole week and that really ened with his effort. pro earlier this year only after enth hole and Lumsden surging “This is amazing and very sat- was the key to my winning. I “It was a tough day on the golf ll the days of self-doubt- securing his card through the ahead with an eagle on the par-5 isfying. I have been thinking of struggled with my putter from course, but I wanted to do better ing are over for England’s MENA Tour Qualifying School, ninth hole. At that stage, Hague turning professional for more inside six feet and made several than what I did. However, this is ADavid Hague as he put knuckled down on the back nine was seven-under. than a year now and always had three-putts – something I need my first time in a situation like together a brilliant back nine on and shot a one-under par 71 to But the champion made my doubts about it. I felt I was to work on. this and I am sure I have learned another very windy day yester- tally nine-under par 207 for the three birdies on the back nine on a good run when I played the “When I was trailing at the a lot on how to handle things in day to secure his maiden profes- three days. as against a solitary bogey on MENA Tour Qualifying School, turn, I knew I needed to be pa- the future. This experience will sional win at the $75,000 Royal In the end, that proved to be the 12th hole, including a cru- and thought it was a good time tient because the back nine of make me a better player,” said Golf Club Bahrain Open, in only one better than former Euro - cial one on the par-4 15th hole, to make the decision. This win this golf course has been pretty the 19-year-old. his fourth start in the paid ranks. pean Tour star Victor Riu (70) which was playing very tough definitely validates it,” said good to me. And yes, that birdie The MENA Tour travels to Aqa- The 24-year-old from Malton of France. into the headwind. It was a two- Hague, a member of the Great on the 15th was a key moment ba, Jordan, for the $75,000 Jour- and Norton Golf Club, who rose The Scottish pair of Ryan shot swing against both Lums- Britain and Ireland Walker Cup for me.” ney to Jordan next week. Former champ Luan Miau Fernando and Mendis power Sri takes on Issa Isakov in Brazil Lanka to 345-8 against West Indies TDT | Manama AFP | Hambantota, Sri Lanka vishka Fernando and Kusal he former BRAVE CF Light- AMendis both hit centuries Tweight world champion to take Sri Lanka to an imposing Luan “Miau” Santiago is sched- 345 for eight in the second one- uled to make his comeback at day international against West home in March, when the pro- Indies on Wednesday. motion returns to Brazil for a Fernando, who blasted 127, record-tying fifth time. Santia- and Mendis, who made 119, put go will face tough competition on 239 runs in Sri Lanka’s high- in his homecoming bout, as he est third-wicket stand takes on the Belgium’s prospect West Indies won the toss and Issa Isakov. elected to bowl in their bid to One of the most active ath- square the three-match series, letes in the entire BRAVE CF and paceman Sheldon Cottrell roster, Luan Miau is going for did not disappoint with twin his eighth bout under the Mid- strikes on successive balls in the dle East premier promotion’s fourth over. Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis (L) and Avishka Fernando run between the wickets banner. Coming of a win over Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne Gadzhimusa Gaziev last No- went for one and Kusal Perera two when West Indies skipper in 123 balls, smashed 22 fours vember in Bahrain, Santiago fell for nought in his 100th ODI Kieron Pollard dropped a sim- between them. boasts a professional record of before Mendis denied Cottrell ple chance at first slip off Jason Fast bowler Alzarri Jospeh 15 wins and only 4 losses. a hat-trick and combined with Holder. He went on to score his finally claimed the centurions Coincidentally, Issa Isakov Fernando to thwart the opposi- second one-day hundred. in the space of 14 deliveries, and made his professional debut tion bowling. Mendis and Fernando, who then bowled former captain just a couple of months before Mendis got one reprieve on hit his career-best ODI score Angelo Mathews for one. Miau’s last bout but that doesn’t mean the Belgian striking artist didn’t manage to keep up, with a 5-1 record against high-level competition, including an im- sive 15-4 amateur record. Combat Federation alongside Lampard concerned by ‘sobering’ night for Chelsea pressive submission win over Luan Santiago vs Issa Isak- the Kingdom of Bahrain. Rami Hamed in his BRAVE CF ov will take place at BRAVE The show, the first promot- AFP | London behind the European elite the Bridge.Serge Gnabry’s quickfire debut. CF 35,on March 28th, 2020 in ed by the Bahrain-based pro- Blues now find themselves. double early in the second half In addition, Isakov was one of Balneário Camboriú, an event motion outside of Curitiba and helsea manager Frank Lampard captained the Chel- was just reward for Bayern’s the most accomplished amateur marking the fifth time the fast- Belo Horizonte in Brazil, is CLampard admitted a 3-0 sea side that beat Bayern on dominance of the first 45 min- athletes in recent IMMAF histo- est-growing MMA organization headlined by Cleiton “Preda- thrashing at home to Bayern home soil in the 2012 final, but utes when only some poor fin- ry, with several medals won in in the world hosts an event in tor” making the first defense Munich in the first leg of their the gulf between the teams that ishing and Chelsea goalkeeper continental and World Cham- Brazil. The country will become of his Lightweight title against Champions League last 16 tie has emerged in recent years Willy Caballero kept the hosts pionships, alongside an impres- the number one home of BRAVE Sweden’s Guram Kutateladze. was a reality check for how far was in full evidence at Stamford in the game.