South Africa'sBranden Gracewill begin the defence of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters on Wednesday alongsideSergio Garcia and Matthew Fitzpatrick.
Grace, who finished in the top five of last week's Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, is looking to emulate Paul Lawrie and Adam Scott in lifting the Mother of Pearl trophy on more than one occasion, and joining them is 21 year old Matthew Fitzpatrick, who will make his second Qatar Masters appearance when the trio tee off on the first hole Wednesday at 11.40am local time.
Former championThomas Bjørnhas been grouped with two of the European Tour's brightest stars at 11.20am on Wednesday. South Africa'sBrandon Stoneand Denmark'sLucas Bjerregaard, both of whom ranked in the top ten in our Top 25 Players under 25 list, will hope to learn from Bjørn who took home the title here in 2011.
Teeing off ten minutes earlier on the first tee is a group that features two Open champions and another former winner of this event -Paul LawrieandJohn Dalywill be joined by Sweden'sRobert Karlssonfor the first two rounds.
Lawrie holds the 72 hole scoring record here at Doha Golf Club with a 20 under par total of 268, which earned the Scot his second of eight European Tour titles.
Two further Open champions in the field are in the 7.30am match, teeing off on the tenth hole. South African compatriotsErnie ElsandLouis Oosthuizenhave the company of Thailand'sThongchai Jaideefor the first two days.
Søren Kjeldsen, Chris Wood and Kiradech Aphibarnratall featured in the EurAsia Cup in Malaysia two weeks ago and will be no doubt sharing stories of that week when they tee off ahead of the Els, Oosthuizen and Jaidee group Wednesday, at 7.20am.
Fresh off a runner-up finish last week in Abu Dhabi,Thomas Pieterswill hope to keep his good form up when he tees off Wednesday at 11.30am alongside Austria'sBernd Wiesbergerand BMW SA Open winnerHaydn Porteous.
Like Pieters, reigning US Amateur champion,Bryson DeChambeaumade headlines last week in Abu Dhabi, firing an opening round 64. The American is a tournament invite this week and starts his debut on the tenth tee withEduardo De La Riva and Gary Boyd.
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