It was a quick in-and-out for the author – Monday-through-Wednesday – but still enough time to glean a few tips from the top of the sport that the rest of us can use.
It is no surprise, as the DP World Tour resumes this week in Dubai, to see the 10 players who qualified for their PGA Tour cards last season planning the months ahead in their own individual ways.
The men who have gained their PGA Tour cards through season-long play on the DP World Tour in 2023 – a Pole, a New Zealander, two Frenchmen, a Dane, a Swede, a Scotsman, a Spaniard, a Japanese and a Finn – are definitely the first of their kind.
The final day of the Qatar Masters was a contrasting mixture of heartwarming and heartbreaking stories within that stark narrative, quite apart from Sami Valimaki’s second tour win.
In addition to grabbing a DP World Tour card, Bradbury also secured an invitation into the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool given to the top three finishers this week not already in the field next July.