{"id":7821,"date":"2012-02-09T13:51:03","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T11:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/golf-cabrera-bello-makes-scorching-start-to-lead-dubai-classic\/"},"modified":"2012-02-09T13:51:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T11:51:03","slug":"golf-cabrera-bello-makes-scorching-start-to-lead-dubai-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-cabrera-bello-makes-scorching-start-to-lead-dubai-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Cabrera-Bello makes scorching start to lead Dubai Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Matt Smith<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">DUBAI<\/span> Feb 9 (Reuters) &#8211; Rafael Cabrera-Bello was the<br \/>\nearly pace-setter in the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic<br \/>\ngolf on Thursday, ending on nine under par after sinking seven<br \/>\nbirdies in his opening nine holes.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tournament favourite Rory McIlroy was on par after three<br \/>\nholes, while world number two Lee Westwood finished on three<br \/>\nunder.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cabrera-Bello, 27, belied his lowly world ranking of 119 and<br \/>\nlooked poised to challenge Ernie Els&#8217;s record 11 under at the<br \/>\nMajlis course after surging to nine under with 11 holes played,<br \/>\nbut the Spaniard found the final seven tougher going, holing all<br \/>\nof them for par.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cabrera-Bello was joined on the leaderboard by German Marcel<br \/>\nSiem and Scotland&#8217;s Scott Jamieson, who both shot seven under.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Siem blotted his copybook with a bogey on the par-five 18th,<br \/>\nwhile Jamieson bagged two birdies and an eagle on his final six<br \/>\nholes.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Bjorn, a Classic winner in 2011, was tied for fourth<br \/>\non six under.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I played well today, anytime you shoot 66 on any golf<br \/>\ncourse you have to be happy,&#8221; the Dane told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Conditions were very good today and these greens are as<br \/>\ngood as they come, people are going to hole putts and that<br \/>\nalways gives good scoring. It doesn&#8217;t matter how hard you set up<br \/>\na golf course, when you offer guys these conditions, there is<br \/>\nalways someone who is going to shoot numbers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>World number two McIlroy teed off in the afternoon with last<br \/>\nmonth&#8217;s Abu Dhabi Championship winner Robert Rock and defending<br \/>\nDubai champion Alvaro Quioros, who were one and two over<br \/>\nrespectively.\t<\/p>\n<p> (Editing by Clare Fallon)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Matt Smith DUBAI Feb 9 (Reuters) &#8211; Rafael Cabrera-Bello was the early pace-setter in the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic golf on Thursday, ending on nine under par after sinking seven birdies in his opening nine holes. 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