Alvaro Quiros becomes first Spanish winner of Qatar Masters

Twenty-six year-old Spaniard Alvaro Quiros won his third European tour title by lifting the trophy at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters, January 25 at the Doha Golf Club.

Quiros carded a three-under-par 69 in the final round for a tournament total of 19-under-par 269 to deny Stenson a second victory in Qatar and become the first Spaniard to win in 12 editions of the prestigious tournament. He received a cheque of US$ 416,660 and a Mother of Pearl trophy.



Part of Quiros' bio in Wikipedia:

Quirós was born in La Línea de la Concepción, Province of Cádiz. He played on the Challenge Tour in 2006, winning one tournament, and earned his European Tour card for the 2007 season by finishing in the top 35 at the qualifying school. He won the first European Tour tournament he entered as a European Tour card-holder; the Alfred Dunhill Championship which is played in South Africa. His second European Tour win came at the 2008 Portugal Masters, where he finished with birdies at both 17 and 18 on Sunday, to win by three strokes over Paul Lawrie.

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Spaniard Quiros proves master in Qatar

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Qatar Masters gets underway today

Qatar Masters gets underway today at Doha Golf Club, with a lineup that boasts of World No. 2 Spanish Sergio Garcia, and former champions Australian Adam Scott (two-time and defending winner), South Africans Retief Goosen and Ernie Els.


Adam Scott shows off his Qatar Masters trophy with Qatar Golf Association president Hassan Nasser al-Nuaimi.

Sponsored by Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ), the 12-year-old Qatar Masters is part of the three European Tour golf tourneys that are being held in the Gulf, the others being the Dubai Desert Classic and Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. It has a prize fund of US$ 2.5 million, equal to that of Dubai but bigger than that of Abu Dhabi (US$ 2 million).

What spectators would be curious to find out is if the good-looking 28-year-old Scott would be tagging along Hollywood actress Kate Hudson, whom he was seen having happy and intimate moments with at the Kapalua Resort in Maui more than a week ago. I bet no, as Scott later announced that he is not dating Hudson and that they are "just friends". Well, what to do yani?


Adam Scott


Adam Scott with Kate Hudson photographed at Kapalua Resort recently (Photo courtesy of Just Jared)

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