DUBAI: The eagerly anticipated showdown between the world’s top two players has been put on hold as defending champion Ernie Els prepares to win his fifth title of the year at this week’s Dubai Desert Classic.
World number two Els had been set for a mouth-watering head-to-head with Tiger Woods in Dubai, until the game’s best player decided on Sunday to skip the European Tour event because of international tensions in the Middle East.
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