{"id":46945,"date":"2022-01-26T10:38:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T06:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=46945"},"modified":"2022-01-26T10:38:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T06:38:19","slug":"home-hopes-driving-montgomerie-challenge-at-slync-io-dubai-desert-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/home-hopes-driving-montgomerie-challenge-at-slync-io-dubai-desert-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Home’ Hopes Driving Montgomerie Challenge At Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twenty-six years after lifting the Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic\u2019s famous Dallah Trophy, Scotland\u2019s Colin Montgomerie, the tournament\u2019s 1996 champion, is relishing his latest shot at Dubai glory.<\/p>\n

Two-and-a-half decades after famously playing a driver off the deck on the 18th<\/sup> fairway \u2013 a shot which effectively sealed his maiden Dubai title -Montgomerie is back in the emirate alongside a world-class field comprising multiple Masters, Open and Major winners, numerous Ryder Cup veterans, as well as serial DP World Tour and PGA Tour event winners.<\/p>\n

With two of the event\u2019s headline stars, Collin Morikawa, the world number two, and Viktor Hovland, the world number five, not even born when Montgomerie triumphed on the Majlis Course, the eight-time Order of Merit winner is keen to enjoy himself against a youthful Dubai field.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really enjoy it in Dubai,\u201d said Montgomerie.\u201cIt\u2019s a great honour to have my name above the door at a course not too far away from here, and it\u2019s always nice to come to Emirates Golf Club as a past champion. I have one plaque in the world and it\u2019s here on the 18th<\/sup> fairway, so it\u2019s a very special place for me. I do enjoy coming back here and playing the golf course, it\u2019s stood the test of time and I think I speak for all the players when I say we enjoy coming here.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a regular in Dubai since the 1980s, Montgomerie is in a unique position to evaluate the ever-evolving landscape surrounding Emirates Golf Club.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city has sprung up around the course,\u201d added Montgomerie. \u201cThey were ahead of the game and realised the potential out here – and I say here because in those days it was quite a way out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following its promotion to a Rolex Series Event this year, and a fresh look and feel around the Majlis Course on-the-back of new title sponsor Slynconboard, Montgomerie is embracing the Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic\u2019s \u2018new era\u2019.<\/p>\n

Everything is moving forward in the right way. The prize money is USD 8 million, who can argue with any of this and in the January sunshine no less \u2013 let\u2019s enjoy ourselves,\u201d added Montgomerie.<\/p>\n

For more information about the Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic, please visit:<\/p>\n

www.slyncdubaidesertclassic.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Twenty-six years after lifting the Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic\u2019s famous Dallah Trophy, Scotland\u2019s Colin Montgomerie, the tournament\u2019s 1996 champion, is relishing his latest shot at Dubai glory. Two-and-a-half decades after famously playing a driver off the deck on the 18th fairway \u2013 a shot which effectively sealed his maiden Dubai title -Montgomerie is back in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46948,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46945\/revisions\/46948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}