Omega Dubai Desert Classic R1

Collated first round scores from the European Tour’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates GC in Dubai, UAE (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
65 Rory McIlroy
67 Thomas Aiken (Rsa), Sergio Garcia (Spa)
68 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Steve Webster, Danny Willett, Victor Dubuisson (Fra), Pablo Martin (Spa), Richard Sterne (Rsa)
69 Anders Hansen (Den), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Todd Hamilton (USA), Mark Brown (Nzl), Brett Rumford (Aus), Peter Hanson (Swe), Anthony Wall, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe), Lee Westwood
70 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Darren Clarke, Rikard Karlberg (Swe), Johan Edfors (Swe), Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Stephen Gallacher, Bradley Dredge, Michael Hoey
71 Tiger Woods (USA), Seung-yul Noh (Kor), Floris De Vries (Ned), Ben Curtis (USA), Rafael Echenique (Arg), Niclas Fasth (Swe), Michael Jonzon (Swe), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa), Chris Wood, Richie Ramsay, Shiv Kapur (Ind), David Howell, Marcel Siem (Ger), Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Jbe Kruger (Rsa), Jamie Donaldson, Gregory Bourdy (Fra)
72 Damien McGrane, James Kingston (Rsa), Soren Hansen (Den), Joost Luiten (Ned), Matteo Manassero (Ita), Simon Dyson, Peter Hedblom (Swe), Graeme Storm, Marc Warren, Thomas Bjorn (Den), Gregory Havret (Fra), Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Martin Wiegele (Aut), Hennie Otto (Rsa), Scott Strange (Aus), Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), James Morrison, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Richard Finch, Thomas Levet (Fra)
73 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned), Ross Fisher, Tom Lewis, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa), Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Robert Rock, Paul Waring, David Horsey, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Rhys Davies, Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Simon Khan, Seve Benson, David Drysdale, David Dixon, Richard Green (Aus), Tano Goya (Arg), Paul McGinley
74 Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Alvaro Velasco (Spa), Do-hoon Kim (Pkr), Oliver Wilson, Phillip Price, David Lynn, Peter Lawrie, Danny Lee (Nzl), Ignacio Garrido (Spa)
75 Christian Cevaer (Fra), Michio Matsumura (Jpn), John Parry, Peter Whiteford, Khaled Attieh (Ksa), Robert Coles, Richard McEvoy, Andrew Dodt (Aus), Ross Bain, Anthony Kang (USA), Romain Wattel (Fra), Paul Lawrie, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Keith Horne (Rsa), Mark Foster, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Ross McGowan
76 Richard Bland, Gary Orr, Michael Campbell (Nzl), Colin Montgomerie, Younes El Hassani (Mor), Steven O’Hara, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa), Gary Boyd, Stephen Dodd, Mark O’Meara (USA), Mark F Haastrup (Den), Matt Haines, Barry Lane
77 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Callum Nicoll, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Oliver Fisher, Oscar Floren (Swe)
78 Christian Nilsson (Swe), Chris Cannon
79 Jeppe Huldahl (Den), Gareth Maybin, Markus Brier (Aut), Oskar Henningsson (Swe), John Bickerton, Paul Broadhurst
80 Alexander Noren (Swe)
RTD: Kenneth Ferrie
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