Feb9 RaceDrivingGolfers

Tour pros are famous for living life in the fast lane, but a group of the European Tour’s best golfers took things a step further after the Qatar Masters a couple of weeks ago.

A group of players including Henrik Stenson, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Stuart Appleby and Paul Casey took part in a BMW driver training day at Doha’s Losail International Circuit.

And while Stenson could be excused for being a little tentative behind the wheel following a road accident in the UAE, Casey more than made up for it with an aggressive stint on the track in a number of cars provided by Alfardan Automobiles, suppliers of BMW, the tournament’s official car.

“I could do this all day,” beamed self-confessed petrol head Casey, even more smug than usual after an impressive piece of drifting in a BMW 5 Series. “The last time I did something like this was with Nigel Mansell and Andy Priaulx at Brands Hatch – I’ve even driven a Formula BMW up the drive at Wentworth, but don’t tell anyone!”

Casey was probably more shaken than he realised by the exxperience. Though he had won in Abu Dhabi the week before, he failed to make the cut in the Doha event which was won by South Africa’s Retief Goosen.