Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Set to Begin Tomorrow | All & About

The Education City Golf Club sits in the noticeable shadow of Education City Stadium, one of the host venues of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

The 2020 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters has moved across from Doha Golf Club for the first time in its 23- year history to Education City Golf Club.
Designed by two-time MastersChampion Jose Maria Olazábal, thevenue comprises 33 holes split into three courses; 18 holes, nine holes and six holes.

The Championship Course, which plays 7,307 yards, opened in 2018 and is set up to be a terrific test for the players with sizeable bunkers and green-side water hazards on more than half of the holes.
According to defending champion Justin Harding, wind will be a big factor this week. “It’s a good golf course, I’ve played nine holes and I think the wind’s going to blow,” said Harding. “It’s going to make it challenging for scoring.”

The facility at Education City includes a state-of-the-art learning and practice facility housed in the Centre of Excellence and is at the heart of Qatar’s vision to grow the game in the Middle Eastern country.
The golf club also sits in the noticeable shadow of Education City Stadium, one of the host venues of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The Qatar Masters has a history of record making that began in 2000, when Rolf Muntz became the first Dutch Player to win a European Tour title.
As an event, the 2004 Qatar Masters holds the European Tour record for the fewest number of shots between the halfway leaders and the cut mark – just five. The 36-hole leaders were on 138 (-6), while the cut fell at 143 (-1)

Two years after that tournament, Ernie Els became the next man to play his way in to the record books in Qatar by tying Bernhard Langer’s total of most consecutive cuts in European Tour history at 69. Els would go on to set the record at 82 consecutive cuts, which still stands.

Last year, a total of nine players shared the lead after two rounds of the event – a first on the European Tour.