History - Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

Martin Kaymer not only defended the title he had won the year before, but he made it three Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship victories in four starts in 2011. It was an impressive week for the German who led wire-to-wire and eventually won by eight shots from Rory McIlroy. In previous years Paul Casey has also had a lot of success at the Abu Dhabi GC winning twice in 2007 and 2009, either side of Kaymer’s first win here. This all came after America’s Chris DiMarco got the ball rolling at this event, winning by a single shot from Henrik Stenson in 2006.