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Scot Dear and English Dodd on top

It took 3 days and a half to complete the first two rounds of the Open de Mogador. The weather was so bad that players could not play on first and third day of initial schedule. Players, officials, greenkeepers had to sweat it out and waited for better weather conditions. Typhoon has left the area […]

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Maiden win for Dodd

English Lawrence Dodd won his maiden victory with a 3 strokes advantage. He shot 67 for a total of -17 on the beautiful course of Golf de Mogador at Essaouira, Morocco. Gavin Dead finished second at -14. Dear and Dodd were in the last group. Dodd holed two birdies on the first two holes. At […]

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Play suspended for the day

The weather in Morocco this week is kind of unbelievable. As far as residents can rebember, it has been a long time since Morocco had to suffer from such awful conditions. All players were ready to start at 9h45, but unfortunatly, wind was too strong for balls to stand on greens. The area of Golf […]

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Re-start scheduled on Friday

THE SECOND ROUND WILL START AGAIN ON FRIDAY 19TH FEB. AT 8.30 AM. We should finish the 2nd round at noon. And we’ll launch the third round about one hour later in shot-gun to close the tournament after three rounds.

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Players on course!

Gentle wind, sun breaks through the clouds and players of the Open de Mogador finally teed off at 9:00. It is going to be a long day. The weather forecast is good so once the first round is completed, players will start their second round. At Essaouira Agathe Séron

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Bozio takes lead in Morocco

Frenchman Benoit Bozio took a one stroke advantage after the first round at Essaouira. He shot a great 67, -5 and overtook at last minute a group a 4 players. Bozio, 27 years, won twice on the Alps Tour during 2007 season. He played on Challenge Tour in 2008. As said, the odds were good […]

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Regis Verheyden, Golf de Mogador director

Can you tell us about the resort ? “Well, the first 18 holes has opened last June and the second course is planed to open early 2011. The first phase of the domain being developed is initially being built 320 hectares and was conceived with the sensitivity of integrating the course within natural environment.” How […]

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