Sweden’s Kistoffer Broberg, winner of the the BMW Masters in Shanghai on the men’s European Tour last month, is part of the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters this year – obviously, not as a player, but as caddie for girlfriend Camilla Lennarth.

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World No66 Broberg, who finished 14th in the Race to Dubai last season, felt that apart from giving him an opportunity to be close to Lennarth, the duty on her bag will also give him a slight edge when he returns on the Majlis course next year for the Dubai Desert Classic.

“It does give me a slightly different perspective of the golf course. I think it will help me a little bit in finding the lines and see how the greens behave,” said Broberg after Lennarth finished her third round with a 73 to lie even-par for the tournament.

This is the third time Broberg is on the bag for Lennarth, but he is still not convinced if he is the right caddie for his partner.

“It is a good experience and I like it, but I think a proper caddie would be better for her,” he added. “The thing is, it is pretty hard to get it right with the wind on this course.”

And because he himself is such a good player, Broberg admits he sees shots differently to Lennarth at times. “We do talk about the shots that she wants to hit. I may give her some tips around the greens, but I mostly let her do her own thing.”

Pink Friday

The Dubai Ladies Masters’ Pink Friday campaign was a huge success.

It has become an annual ritual in the season-ending tournament to create breast cancer and raise money for charities related to the illness.

Almost every player in the field had some form of pink on her, while the ‘golf in DUBAi’ and Ladies European Tour staff were wearing pink uniforms. It wasn’t just restricted to the clothing, either. Even the pin flags on each hole were pink, and so were the tee markers.

Tournament visitors were urged to make donations in the collection boxes placed at various points of the golf course, with all proceeds going to Al Jalila Foundation, the UAE’s first independent multi-disciplinary medical research centre.