This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress
The Englishman Simon Griffiths and the Neozelander Steven Alker occupied on Thursday in the first place in the provisional classification of the first day of the 49th edition of the Hassan II Trophy of Golf, organized from February 3 to 8 at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat , under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI.
Griffiths and Alker ended the first day in 1st place, ex aequo, after making a 69 shots, each, or four strokes under par.
Third place returned to seven golfers, namely the Japanese Hiroyuki Fujita, the Americans Tim O’Neal and Brett Quigley, the French Thomas Levet, the Korean Yang Yong-Eun, the Spaniard Miguel Angel Jiménez and the Brazilian Adilson Da Silva . The Hassan II golf trophy, organized this year under the sign “The return of the champions” continues on Friday with the 2nd day competitions on the program.
The competitions will end Saturday with the award ceremony to the winners of the 49th edition of the Hassan II trophy and the 28th edition of the Lalla Meryem Cup. This prestigious trophy, which is held at the Royal Golf Dar es Salam in Rabat, is experiencing this year the participation of 66 champions among the best in the world, from 12 countries, including 11 former major tournament winners totaling 16 Grand Chelem victories.
Note that Morocco remains to date the only country to organize a male event and other female enrolled in European golf calendars.
