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Golf, Gagli seasonal debut in Abu Dhabi

Seasonal debut on the European tour for the professional golf player Lorenzo Gagli. The Florentine player is on the Abu Dhabi Golf Club for Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship (January 26-29).

Gagli has finished 35° (72-73-67-73 shots) with -3.  Robert Rock won the competition with -13 ahead of Rory McIlroy (-12), Tiger Woods, Thomas Bjorn and Graeme McDowell (-11).

Gagli (Florence Ugolino golf club) spent 2007 on the Alps Tour, where he finished fourth on the Order of Merit. As a result, he was promoted to the Challenge Tour, where he played for the 2008 season. He graduated from the qualifying school in 2008 to earn promotion for the European Tour in 2009, but struggled for form at that level and divided his season between the European and Challenge Tours.

He again came through qualifying school at the end of 2009, but once again bounced between tours for 2010. A strong finish to the year left him 17th on the Challenge Tour rankings, which earned him promotion to the European Tour once more for 2011. His best finishes on the European Tour are a T3 at the 2011 Barclays Scottish Open and sole 2nd at the 2011 Madrid Masters. Gagli has been featured in the top 150 of the Official World Golf Ranking. In 2012 the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship is the first appearence on the European Tour.

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