The emir, a keen sportsfan, has also brought anarrayof big-prize competitionstohisstate, includingfootball, golf and tennis, that tempt the world's topplayers.
This year's field includes a record 73 international players, among 99 of the top 100 players in the latest Official World Golf Rankings and 28 major champions competing.
To get the answer to that question, we first looked at the top 30 players in the Official World Golf Rankings and pulled out those who had yet to win a major.
Westwood, who only seven years ago had dropped out of golf's top 250 players, explained a conversation with manager Andrew "Chubby" Chandler settled things in his mind.