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Dlouhé dva roky nevyhrál ani jediný turnaj - nakonec se znovu dočkal na Abu Dhabi Championship. Tím šťastným byl Paul Casey.

Paul Casey zahrál v posledním kole 70 ran (-2) a o jedinou ránu porazil obhájce titulu Martina Kaymera a Louise Oosthuizena. "Byl jsem velice nervózní především na druhé devítce," popisoval svou cestu za titulem Casey. "Nepodíval jsem se na leaderboard ani jednou, ale věděl jsem, že Kaymer je někde velmi blízko." I přesto, že Casey vstupoval do finálového kola s náskokem čtyř ran, nedokázal si vytvořit dostatečný rozdíl před finálovými jamkami. Naopak. Tři bogey v závěru ho mohly stát vítězství. Kaymer ještě na poslední jamce zahrál eagle, ale Caseymu stačil par na závěrečném greenu. Po dvouletém půstu se znovu radoval z vítězství. Poslední triumf přišel právě na turnaji v Abu Dhabí v roce 2007. Výsledky: Abu Dhabi Golf Championship Jan. 15-18 at the par-72, 7,500-yard Abu Dhabi Golf Club (National) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Note: a-amateur; earnings in euros):
| 1. Paul Casey | E245,122 | | 69-65-63-70--267 | | | -21 | | 2. Martin Kaymer | 127,742 | | 68-68-65-67--268 | | | -20 | | 2. Louis Oosthuizen | 127,742 | | 67-69-68-64--268 | | | -20 | | 4. Anthony Wall | 73,537 | | 67-67-69-67--270 | | | -18 | | 5. Johan Edfors | 52,653 | | 66-69-69-67--271 | | | -17 | | 5. Padraig Harrington | 52,653 | | 71-66-68-66--271 | | | -17 | | 5. Rory Mcilroy | 52,653 | | 66-69-71-65--271 | | | -17 | | 8. Sergio Garcia | 34,857 | | 70-71-67-64--272 | | | -16 | | 8. Danny Willett | 34,857 | | 71-66-68-67--272 | | | -16 | | 10. Bradley Dredge | 27,258 | | 71-69-66-67--273 | | | -15 | | 10. Peter Hanson | 27,258 | | 67-71-66-69--273 | | | -15 | | 10. Francesco Molinari | 27,258 | | 67-69-71-66--273 | | | -15 | | 13. Phillip Archer | 23,091 | | 71-71-67-65--274 | | | -14 | | 13. Thongchai Jaidee | 23,091 | | 69-70-69-66--274 | | | -14 | | 15. Robert Allenby | 19,885 | | 71-68-69-67--275 | | | -13 | | 15. Rafael Cabrera Bello | 19,885 | | 68-69-69-69--275 | | | -13 | | 15. Anders Hansen | 19,885 | | 70-67-69-69--275 | | | -13 | | 15. Søren Hansen | 19,885 | | 71-66-71-67--275 | | | -13 | | 15. Graeme Storm | 19,885 | | 69-64-69-73--275 | | | -13 | | 20. Mark Foster | 16,423 | | 70-69-68-69--276 | | | -12 | | 20. Stephen Gallacher | 16,423 | | 74-66-65-71--276 | | | -12 | | 20. Paul Lawrie | 16,423 | | 73-70-68-65--276 | | | -12 | | 20. Peter Lawrie | 16,423 | | 73-70-69-64--276 | | | -12 | | 20. Gary Murphy | 16,423 | | 69-72-69-66--276 | | | -12 | | 20. Brett Rumford | 16,423 | | 68-67-71-70--276 | | | -12 | | 26. Pelle Edberg | 13,752 | | 72-67-67-71--277 | | | -11 | | 26. Richard Green | 13,752 | | 68-65-76-68--277 | | | -11 | | 26. Alvaro Quiros | 13,752 | | 69-71-70-67--277 | | | -11 | | 26. Jyoti Randhawa | 13,752 | | 71-70-67-69--277 | | | -11 | | 26. Jeev Milkha Singh | 13,752 | | 74-67-70-66--277 | | | -11 | | 26. Marc Warren | 13,752 | | 70-69-70-68--277 | | | -11 | | 32. Robert-Jan Derksen | 11,766 | | 68-72-69-69--278 | | | -10 | | 32. Simon Dyson | 11,766 | | 71-68-69-70--278 | | | -10 | | 32. Jean-Baptiste Gonnet | 11,766 | | 68-72-72-66--278 | | | -10 | | 35. Ricardo Gonzalez | 11,031 | | 72-67-69-71--279 | | | -9 | | 35. a-Danny Lee | 0 | | 68-70-73-68--279 | | | -9 | | 37. Oliver Fisher | 10,148 | | 67-69-69-75--280 | | | -8 | | 37. Ross Fisher | 10,148 | | 75-67-70-68--280 | | | -8 | | 37. Colin Montgomerie | 10,148 | | 72-67-70-71--280 | | | -8 | | 37. Rodney Pampling | 10,148 | | 70-72-71-67--280 | | | -8 | | 37. Oliver Wilson | 10,148 | | 69-71-70-70--280 | | | -8 | | 42. Mark Brown | 8,677 | | 72-69-70-70--281 | | | -7 | | 42. Alastair Forsyth | 8,677 | | 75-66-69-71--281 | | | -7 | | 42. Pablo Larrazábal | 8,677 | | 71-69-72-69--281 | | | -7 | | 42. Mikael Lundberg | 8,677 | | 66-69-73-73--281 | | | -7 | | 42. Jarmo Sandelin | 8,677 | | 67-75-69-70--281 | | | -7 | | 47. Michael Jonzon | 7,501 | | 74-69-72-67--282 | | | -6 | | 47. Damien Mcgrane | 7,501 | | 70-72-70-70--282 | | | -6 | | 47. Robert Rock | 7,501 | | 67-75-71-69--282 | | | -6 | | 50. Jamie Donaldson | 5,883 | | 69-72-71-71--283 | | | -5 | | 50. G. Fernandez-Castano | 5,883 | | 71-71-71-70--283 | | | -5 | | 50. Ignacio Garrido | 5,883 | | 67-70-73-73--283 | | | -5 | | 50. Trevor Immelman | 5,883 | | 72-69-71-71--283 | | | -5 | | 50. Thomas Levet | 5,883 | | 69-74-71-69--283 | | | -5 | | 50. Andrew Mclardy | 5,883 | | 68-70-72-73--283 | | | -5 | | 50. Chapchai Nirat | 5,883 | | 70-72-71-70--283 | | | -5 | | 50. Scott Strange | 5,883 | | 73-66-72-72--283 | | | -5 | | 58. David Dixon | 4,559 | | 70-69-73-72--284 | | | -4 | | 59. Magnus A. Carlsson | 4,265 | | 72-71-75-67--285 | | | -3 | | 59. Søren Kjeldsen | 4,265 | | 72-69-71-73--285 | | | -3 | | 59. Hennie Otto | 4,265 | | 73-66-73-73--285 | | | -3 | | 62. Aaron Baddeley | 3,677 | | 72-71-73-70--286 | | | -2 | | 62. Martin Erlandsson | 3,677 | | 71-71-75-69--286 | | | -2 | | 62. Shiv Kapur | 3,677 | | 72-70-77-67--286 | | | -2 | | 62. Gary Orr | 3,677 | | 75-68-72-71--286 | | | -2 | | 62. Simon Wakefield | 3,677 | | 71-72-71-72--286 | | | -2 | | 67. Paul Mcginley | 3,236 | | 69-73-74-71--287 | | | -1 | | 68. David Drysdale | 3,015 | | 72-70-74-72--288 | | | E | | 68. Mads Vibe-Hastrup | 3,015 | | 72-71-72-73--288 | | | E | | 70. Nick Dougherty | 2,794 | | 74-69-74-72--289 | | + | 1 | | 71. Chinnarat Phadungsil | 2,684 | | 72-70-72-76--290 | | + | 2 | | 72. Alejandro Cañizares | 2,205 | | 73-69-73-76--291 | | + | 3 | | 72. Daniel Vancsik | 2,205 | | 72-69-78-72--291 | | + | 3 | | • • • | | | | | | | | Missed the cut | | | | | | | | 74. S.S.P. Chowrasia | | | 75-69--144 | | | E | | 74. Stephen Dodd | | | 72-72--144 | | | E | | 74. Niclas Fasth | | | 74-70--144 | | | E | | 74. Richard Finch | | | 71-73--144 | | | E | | 74. Miguel Angel Jiménez | | | 74-70--144 | | | E | | 74. David Lynn | | | 73-71--144 | | | E | | 74. Paul Waring | | | 72-72--144 | | | E | | 81. John Bickerton | | | 72-73--145 | | + | 1 | | 81. Ariel Canete | | | 75-70--145 | | + | 1 | | 81. Robert Dinwiddie | | | 71-74--145 | | + | 1 | | 81. Rafa Echenique | | | 72-73--145 | | + | 1 | | 81. Peter Hedblom | | | 71-74--145 | | + | 1 | | 81. Wen-Chong Liang | | | 70-75--145 | | + | 1 | | 81. Sam Little | | | 71-74--145 | | + | 1 | | 81. Ross Mcgowan | | | 72-73--145 | | + | 1 | | 81. Alexander Noren | | | 74-71--145 | | + | 1 | | 81. Steve Webster | | | 74-71--145 | | + | 1 | | 91. Benn Barham | | | 78-68--146 | | + | 2 | | 91. Grégory Havret | | | 72-74--146 | | + | 2 | | 91. Raphaël Jacquelin | | | 72-74--146 | | + | 2 | | 91. Henrik Stenson | | | 76-70--146 | | + | 2 | | 91. Miles Tunnicliff | | | 71-75--146 | | + | 2 | | 91. Jean Van De Velde | | | 73-73--146 | | + | 2 | | 97. Grégory Bourdy | | | 79-68--147 | | + | 3 | | 97. Markus Brier | | | 77-70--147 | | + | 3 | | 97. Kenneth Ferrie | | | 70-77--147 | | + | 3 | | 97. Anton Haig | | | 76-71--147 | | + | 3 | | 97. Mikko Ilonen | | | 71-76--147 | | + | 3 | | 97. Steven Jeppesen | | | 71-76--147 | | + | 3 | | 97. Maarten Lafeber | | | 72-75--147 | | + | 3 | | 97. Pablo Martin | | | 76-71--147 | | + | 3 | | 97. Peter O'malley | | | 75-72--147 | | + | 3 | | 97. Marcel Siem | | | 75-72--147 | | + | 3 | | 97. Alvaro Velasco | | | 72-75--147 | | + | 3 | | 108. Thomas Björn | | | 73-75--148 | | + | 4 | | 108. Michael Lorenzo-Vera | | | 73-75--148 | | + | 4 | | 110. Scott Drummond | | | 77-72--149 | | + | 5 | | 110. Jose Manuel Lara | | | 76-73--149 | | + | 5 | | 110. Jean-François Lucquin | | | 78-71--149 | | + | 5 | | 110. Richie Ramsay | | | 76-73--149 | | + | 5 | | 114. Christian Cévaër | | | 73-77--150 | | + | 6 | | 114. Per-Ulrik Johansson | | | 74-76--150 | | + | 6 | | 116. Paul Broadhurst | | | 75-76--151 | | + | 7 | | 117. Lee Slattery | | | 76-78--154 | | + | 10 | | 118. Jamie Wood | | | 78-85--163 | | + | 19 | | 119. Michael Campbell | | | 73-WD | | | | | 119. David Howell | | | 75-WD | |