Golfing giants get traditional with Emirati Ayala Dance<\/p>\n
He\u2019s been in Abu Dhabi for less than 24 hours, but Tiger Woods – one of the headline attractions at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, which starts on Thursday 26 January 2012 \u2013 wowed onlookers at Abu Dhabi Golf Club as he shook off the trans-Atlantic cobwebs and \u2018moved\u2019 to the UAE capital\u2019s traditional beat.<\/p>\n
Abu Dhabi debutant, Woods, hot contender in what is the strongest field ever assembled at a Middle East tournament, was joined by world numbers two and three, Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy, for an impromptu celebration of traditional Emirati ayala (celebration) dancing on his first National Course appearance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s my first time in Abu Dhabi and although as golfers we are used to travelling all over the world, we don\u2019t usually get welcomes like this\u201d said Woods, a 14-time Major winner. It\u2019s always fantastic to experience new cultures and traditions and I really got into the ayala beat; I\u2019m not sure the canes would be too good on the putting greens this week though.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ayala dance celebration officially ushered in the seventh annual Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, which will see triple and defending champion, Martin Kaymer, lock horns with Woods, Westwood and McIlroy, as well as world number one, Luke Donald, in the hunt for the Falcon trophy. Reigning Major champions, Charl Schwartzel (US Masters) and Darren Clarke (The Open), Australian hot-shot, Jason Day, Korea\u2019s top ranked player, KJ Choi, Spain\u2019s Sergio Garcia and Ireland\u2019s Padraig Harrington are also in the star studded line-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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