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Dubai Classic: Westwood Takes Lead

Written by  Graham Green on Saturday, 11 February 2012
Lee Westwood came from three behind to one in front at the Dubai Desert Classic on Saturday as the overnight leaders Rory McIlroy and Thomas Bjorn lost their shine.

Westwood goes into the final round on 15-under-par after carding a 67. The Englishman had three birdies in his first four holes to move up the leaderboard and then birdied the 13th for a share of the lead with Bjorn before moving ahead by one when the Dane bogeyed the 15th.

"I got off to a very good start, three under after four, rolled the ball well on the greens and hit a lot of good quality iron shots, Westwood Said.

"It was a little bit tougher today, with a tad more breeze up and I guess a few tighter flags. But I coped fairly well with that and 67 is probably about the worst it could have been."

Scotland's Stephen Gallacher (68), Germany's Marcel Siem (68) and Spaniard Rafael Cabrera-Bello (70) are the closest challengers to Westwood on 14-under-par.

McIlroy and Bjorn failed to recreate their second round form and were only able to manage a 72 and 73 respectively. Bjorn is now joint ninth with George Coetzee and Ben Curtis on 12-under-par, while McIlroy shares fifth on 13-under-par with Martin Kaymer, Scott Jamieson and Joel Sjöholm.
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Graham Green

Graham Green

Graham runs the Leaderboard Golf Centre - a very busy 37-bay Driving Range, Retail Store, Custom Fitting and Coaching improvement Centre. 

He also runs the retail side for Reading Golf Club, where Leaderboard have a second shop.

His role consists of a multitude of responsibilities, from standard office work to face-to-face selling, custom fitting and team management. In his own words – "It's a very varied role and always full on, yet extremely challenging and exciting. I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty, so and I'll do most jobs if required - that includes, being a green-keeper, repair man and general Jack of all trades."

Graham started his golf career at Reading Golf Club working with Andrew Wild, who was the head professional there at the time. When Paul and Jennifer Gibbons set up Leaderboard and purchased the driving range in December 1999, Graham jumped at the chance to work for them.

It was Paul Gibbons' enthusiasm for golf, along with his business acumen, which encouraged Graham and meant that he didn't hesitate when he was given the opportunity to work for Leaderboard. Graham believes it's a privilege and a pleasure to be working with such great people on the Leaderboard team.

Graham qualified from the PGA with Distinction in 2003, gaining a Titleist Scholarship. A couple of years later, when Andrew Wild moved across to run Sandford Springs Golf Club, Graham was promoted to General Manager at the Leaderboard Golf Centre.

He describes the favourite parts of his job role with great enthusiasm – "My biggest buzz is seeing amateur golfers of all abilities improving and enjoying the game more. Golf has been very good to me and being able to give back to the sport gives me great drive and determination."

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