DOCTOR ON COL; GOLF: QATAR MASTERS Message a real tonic for Scot.Byline: BY BERNIE McGUIRE ANDREW COLTART Andrew Coltart (born 12 May 1970) is a Scottish professional golfer. Coltart was born in Dumfries. As an amateur, Coltart won the 1987 Scottish Boys Championship and the 1991 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship, and participated in the 1991 Walker Cup. believes he has a second appointment with the Qatar Masters The Qatar Masters, is a golf tournament held at the Doha Golf Club in Doha, Qatar. The tournament was established in 1998, and is one of three European Tour golf tournaments which are staged in the countries of the Persian Gulf, the others being the Dubai Desert Classic and the Abu trophy after his title bid was boosted by the tonic he received from a doctor's phone call. The Scot was first out on day two and added a 69 to his opening-round 66 to stay in the lead for more than six hours on nine under before South African Louis Oosthuizen Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen (born 19 October 1982) is a South African golfer. Oosthuizen was born in Mossel Bay, South Africa. In 2000 he was a member of the South African team that won the World Amateur Team Championships. posted a 65 to finish three ahead of Coltart. Big-hitting Spaniard Alvaro Quiros (67) and Australia's Brett Rumford Brett Rumford (born 27 July 1977) is an Australian golfer. Rumford was born and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He started playing golf at age ten. In 1999 he won the PGA Tour of Australasia's ANZ Players Championship as an amateur, and he turned professional the (69) are on eight under. Eleven years ago Coltart won the inaugural Qatar event and as he walked off the Doha course he handed his glove and ball to then 12-year-old Randa Murahid. Now 23, Dr Murahid is practising medicine in the Sudan desert city of El Obeid. And after Coltart shot an opening-round 66 on the edge of the Doha desert she phoned the Scot at his hotel wishing him luck and reminding the Edinburgh golfer she still has the glove and ball from his 1998 victory. Coltart said: "When her father told her my score she phoned me to congratulate me on my good start. "It was wonderful of her to do that and it's been great encouragement for me. Hopefully if I win again this week I'll make sure to save my glove and ball for her. "There was a question whether I could follow my first round with a decent second round and I managed that. "So after coming off a 66 on Thursday I was quite proud of it. I had a couple of scrappy moments but you can't play the same from one day to the next. "But I got the job done today and I'mhappy going into the weekend." Colin Montgomerie crashed out after hitting three bogeys and no birdies in a 75 for a 146. However, Stephen Gallachermade it two cuts from two events with a 69 for a three-under total. CAPTION(S): UNDER DOCTOR'S ORDERS: Coltart has an incentive to win in Qatar |
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