ROUND 2
THURSDAY
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
ISSUE 2
Ace Start
A spectacular hole-in-one helped propel Caroline Hedwall to the top of a quality leaderboard after a dramatic opening round at Emirates Golf Club. By Kent Gray – Editor, Golf Digest Middle East
eight of a possible nine 2020 cuts leading into the OMEGA Dubai Moonlight Classic, not even Caroline Hedwall gave Caroline Hedwall much chance of featuring on The Faldo this week. There is no cut at the 54-hole Ladies European Tour Pro-Am, mercifully, but after her opening 10 holes on Wednesday evening the 31-year-old Swede must still have feared another ho-hum week was in the offing. There was nothing overly alarming about her bogey-free start but Hedwall was chugging along relative to German Laura Fuenfstueck, the clubhouse leader at -5, and others out in the evening wave. But if this crazy old year has taught us anything, it is to expect the unexpected. So it proved as the duel LET and LPGA Tour member produced a slam dunk hole-in-one on the 17th amid a late Faldo birdie fest to rocket to the first round lead.
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Laura Fuenfstueck cashes in on extended Dubai build-up to the Moonlight. PAGE 2
A snap-shot of the best images from the opening round on The Faldo. PAGE 3
A stunning seven-under-par 65 – after picking up all seven shots to par in her final eight holes – will see Hedwall start Thursday’s second round with a two-stroke lead over Celine Boutier after the French Solheim Cupper returned a floodlit 67 to match Fuenfstueck’s daylight equivalent. Former world No.1 Lydia Ko mixed six birdies and an eagle with four bogeys in a 68 and lurks ominously in solo 4th, a shot ahead of four players on -3 including defending champion Nuria Iturrioz and Dubaiadopted Scot Alison Muirhead. Just 13 of the 56 players bettered par. Starting the evening shotgun on the 6th, Hedwall went unnoticed by the TV cameras until she backed up a birdie on 16 with her pin-breaking ace on the 17th (her 12th hole) with a sweet six iron struck exactly 162 yards. Indeed, it was so flush, Hedwall feared the worse. Turn to page 2
Alison Muirhead and Olivia Jackson produce a noteworthy Dubai narrative. PAGES 4-5
Plan your TV viewing pleasure with all the groups and tee times for Thursday. PAGE 6
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