Gary Orr is top Scot in United Arab Emirates event

CASEY SWOOPS WITH 65
TO WIN ABU DHABI
CHAMPIONSHIP

Paul Casey swooped with a final round of seven-under-par 65 (31-34) to win the Abu Dhabi Championship at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates today.
Casey posted the clubhouse target of 17-under-par 271 and one by one his challengers failed to beat or even match it. It was the eighth European Tour victory of his career.
Overnight leader Padraig Harrington birdied the sixth, eighth and ninth but bogeyed the 11th and 18th for a 71 and a total of 274 which put him back into a share of fourth place.
Sweden's Peter Hanson and Miguel Angel Jimenez, who represents Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort, Murcia on the European PGA Tour, tied for second place, one shot behind Casey. Both players had a 68 in the last round.
Casey, pictured above, had a three-putt bogey at the last hole, leaving the door open for his rivals. His cash prize was not in the same class as the £1million the Ryder Cup ace expert won at the world match-play championship at Wentworth but 257,876 Euros will still pay a few hotel bills.
Gary Orr finished as the leading Scot in joint 11th place on 11-under-par 277 after a closing 69 (33-37). Orr bogeyed the 17th. He earned 26,664 Euros.
Alastair Forsyth, the long-time leading Scot, slipped back with a 72 (35-37) for 278. The Paisley player bogeyed the ninth, 11th and 13th. Also on the 10-under-par mark was Colin Mongtomerie who had a 69 in the final round. They both earned 21,378 Euros.
Paul Lawrie signed off with a 71 for 278. He reached the turn in 37 after a double-bogey 6 at the sixth and another 6 at the eighth, having birdied the first two holes.
The Aberdonian got it going again with birdies at the 10th, 12th and 13th, only to let it slide again with bogeys at the 15th and 17th. He did finish with a birdie. Lawrie earned 16,573 Euros.

HOW THEY FINISHED
Par 288 (4 x 72)
271 P Casey (Eng) 71 68 67 65.
272 P Hanson (Swe) 70 68 66 68, M A Jimenez (Spa) 71 65 68 68.
273 C DiMarco (US) 69 70 68 66.
274 R Goosen (SAfr) 66 72 68 68, P Harrington (Ire) 68 67 68 71, J-F Lucquin (Fra) 70 68 67 68.
275 H Stenson (Swe) 66 72 70 67.
276 R-J Derksen (Nt) 70 69 69 68, P Price (Wal) 69 65 71 77.
Other totals:
277 G Orr (Sco) 70 68 70 69, P Archer (Eng) 63 75 71 68.
278 A Forsyth (Sco) 71 66 69 72, S Garcia (Spa) 68 72 69 69, C Montgomery (Sco) 69 71 69 69.
279 P Lawrie (Sco) 67 72 69 71.

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