Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Alvaro Quiros - Omega Dubai Desert Classic Champion  (Getty Images)
Alvaro Quiros - Omega Dubai Desert Classic Champion (Getty Images)

It’s the final leg of the Desert Swing as The European Tour moves on from Qatar to Dubai for the Omega Dubai Desert Classic and we will be on the range to find out the thoughts of the players who are all hoping for success in the desert.

Spain’s Alvaro Quiros, who is becoming somewhat of a desert specialist, won last year’s tournament. We caught up with him as he prepares for the defence of the title. We will also bring you an update on how Quiros and the rest of the field got on at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy in our review.

2011 was the first full year on The European Tour for Lorenzo Gagli. He looks back on the year, and at how close he came to victory at the Bankia Madrid Masters.

Rory McIlroy had a breakthrough year in 2011 - US Open Champion and runner up in the Race to Dubai. Rory tells us about his standout 2011, and talks about his expectations for a huge year ahead.

Together with all of the latest news and statistics from the Tour, this completes another edition of European Tour Weekly.

Get Adobe Flash player

R2D Fantasy

European Tour Sponsors

  • BMW
  • Club Car
  • Genworth Financial
  • Rolex
  • Titleist
  • UPS

Media Centre

Official Suppliers

This website is © The PGA European Tour 1997 - 2012. PGA European Tour, Wentworth Drive, Virginia Water, Surrey, GU25 4LX. Registered in England No. 1867610.
All rights reserved. No reproduction, distribution or transmission of any information, part or parts of this website by any means whatsoever is permitted without the prior written permission of the PGA European Tour.