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Ask Rex: Q&A from Abu Dhabi (2:15)
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Senior writer Rex Hoggard tackles your GolfChannel.com and Twitter questions at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship.
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-As always, we appreciate you logging on to golfchannel.com. Rex
Hoggard and Steve Sands here in Abu Dhabi and we
brought the trusty Blackberry back. We're gonna go on to
Twitter. I don't know. It's a phone. We're gonna go
on to Twitter and answer some questions for us, Rex,
alright. Stbio wants to know if you compare the PGA
Tour event this weekend and out in San Diego, how
tough is it there? -I think golf course wise, this
is a very, very demanding golf course. They weren't actually
expecting. They brought the rough up a little bit this
year. The greens may be a little bit harder. And
there's obviously a grain to the greens. Tiger talked a
lot about that, so I would say it's comparable. -The
beamer wants to know are the European Tour players as
deliberate as the PGA Tour players? -Not so much, but
it's just barely. Slow play is still an issue. -BK
wants to know when men in Abu Dhabi play golf,
do they wear traditional robe or do they wear regular
golf clothes? That's a great question. -I have asked 5
people. I'm sorry I can't answer this. No one can
seem to give me a-- a straight answer. My guess
would be no. I can't give you a good answer
though. I'm sorry. -Okay. Well, usually you don't get stumped.
-I tried. -I got-- I've asked 3 people with robes
on. -New segment on golfchannel.com. Stumped Rex. Alright, 3 things--
we've been doing this all this long. Hopefully, you've been
following along here online. 3 things you learned today. One.
-I learned that Rory McIlroy can actually outdo Tiger Woods
right now 'coz if you look what Rory did today
with that round, 25 putts, he turned the 72 in
a 67. That's what Tiger made a career out of
doing. -I learned something not today but last night at
dinner, this man knows how to order red wine and
a 65-dollar steak here in Abu Dhabi isn't nearly as
good as the 65-dollar steak back home in the U.S.
-Nah-uh. -What's number 3? -Last night-- Hole in 1, what
do you think you get when you get a hole
in 1 here? -An oil refinery. -A camel. Lifetime supply
of gasoline. -Sure. -No. 3-night stay each year at the
Royal Palace Hotel. -For the rest of your life? -For
the rest of your life. You know how much that
is a night? -This week, it's 1100 a night. -Thousand
dollars a night. Do the math. You can figure it
out. You're smart. -No. That's too much money. -It's a
lot of money. -Wow. That's-- And that is a fabulous
hotel. -Sergio Garcia did attempt with the hole in 1.
-Tremendous. Thanks a lot, Rex. -Good stuff. -Alright. I appreciate
you being with us here on golfchannel.com.
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