Thursday, April 12, 2012

CASEY, MONTY PLAY IN BAHRAIN DESPITE CIVIL UNREST

FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
The inaugural Bahrain Invitational golf tournament, featuring Britons Paul Casey and Colin Montgomerie, is set to go ahead this weekend, despite civil unrest in the country.
The Pro-Celeb-Am event will take place exactly a week before the controversial Bahrain Grand Prix, which has been in doubt due to concerns from a number of Formula One teams.
Unrest during the 2011 Arab Spring led to last year's F1 Bahrain GP being cancelled as security forces clashed with pro-democracy protestors in the streets.
Bahrain's Sunni ruling elite attempted to supress protests from the country's majority Shia population with bloody results.
The two-day Bahrain Invitational tournament has been organised by the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC).
Casey, Montgomerie and Thomas Bjorn are all taking part along with the likes of former tennis pro Tim Henman, former NFL quarterback Joe Montana, as well as former footballers Gianluca Vialli and Ruud Gullit.
Casey, who won last year's Volvo Golf Champions in Bahrain, said: "I'm very excited to be returning to Bahrain, a place where I've achieved great success in the past.
Held at the Royal Golf Club's Montgomerie Course, the Bahrain Invitational is one of a growing number of international sporting events held in the Arab state.
Casey added: "The Montgomerie Course is a fantastic one to play on and the Bahraini people are always so welcoming.
"The pro-celeb tournament will undoubtedly be great fun for both the competitors and the spectators, and I am also looking forward to seeing more of the kingdom during my weekend visit."

OLLY FINED $621 FOR SPEEDING IN AUGUSTA

Jose Maria Olazabal looked a far cry from Ryder Cup captain after the Spaniard was caught speeding after the Masters in Augusta. The incident occurred the day after the Masters finished, when Olazabal was clocked speeding and fined $621.

He agreed to follow a deputy to the Effingham County Sheriff's Office and pay the ticket in cash, according to the sheriff's spokesman David Ehsanipoor.
Ehsanipoor said that Olazabal, who exceeded the posted 65 mph speed limit on the four-lane Georgia highway where he was stopped, "apologised, he was cooperative and after the paperwork was done he went on his way."
USA Today reported Olazabal was clocked at 97 mph.

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