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Westwood Ho! World Number 1 Charts Course For Abu Dhabi Success
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Westwood Ho! World Number 1 Charts Course For Abu Dhabi Success

The world's number one golfer, England's Lee Westwood, sets course for more success at this week's new-look Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, as he takes on the event's strongest-ever line-up.

Stars set sail in Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

Starting tomorrow at Abu Dhabi Golf Club, this year's US$2.7 million tournament boasts all four current 2010 Major champions - Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Graeme McDowell and Martin Kymner, the current Abu Dhabi champion and European Number One - as well as double champion, Paul Casey, who are also keen to make a splash in the emirate.

Taking time out from the sweeping greens of championship's National course, the six stars joined newly-appointed European Ryder Cup captain, Jose Maria Olazabal, for a sail with the emirate's Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team, which will compete in the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race which stops in Abu Dhabi next New Year's day.

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