Battle lines drawn for Euro stars in dollar drive

MAN marking, to borrow a GAA expression, will be the order of things over the next few week for Europe’s leading golfers, Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer, Rory McIlroy, and Paul Casey.

The quartet lead the field in the battle for the lucrative Race to Dubai jackpot and will be keeping a wary eye on each another between now and the Dubai World Championship at the Earth Course, Jumeirah Golf Estates in mid November (19th -22nd).

Westwood, Kaymer, McIlroy and Casey will be playing in the same three tournaments between now and this week’s Volvo World Match Play Championship in southern Spain followed by the WGC-HSBC Championship in Shanghai and the Hong Kong Open – with their sights firmly set on the million and a half dollar jackpot on offer in the bonus pool on top of the tournament winner’s one million dollar prize in the Dubai World Championship event.