(Dubai, UAE) – Arjun Gupta added to his trophy collection with an impressive win in the Engineers Cup. A competition traditionally played from the black tees of the Majlis course, however this had no effect on the 11 year old as he made pars on 15 holes on his way to a score of 38 points. Also on 38 points but losing out on a count back was runner up Sudhir Vora. A further point adrift was Ashok Ahuja who finished in third place with a score of 37 points.
Arjun Gupta and Director of Golf Barney Coleman
In division A (Hcp 0 – 12) Jignesh Sangani claimed top spot with a score of 36 points with Kabir Nanda in the runners-up position with a score of 34 points. Edwards Hesson was the winner in the B division (Hcp 13-24) with 35 points. Akash Kumar was the runner up with 34 points. Fantastic scoring from all of the winners considering the length of the Majlis course from the black tees.
In addition to the Engineers Cup, all competitors were competing in the ‘Luckiest Ball on Earth’ Qualifier for the chance to play in the DP World Championship Pro-Am. Our winner was Sudhir Vora who will now progress to the final stage.
00adminhttps://egfgolf.ae/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/nav-logo-sm-300x118.pngadmin2015-09-27 11:53:552023-01-08 22:37:22Young Arjun Wins the Engineers Cup
(Duabi, UAE) – The Dubai Duty Free Junior Medal Championship got underway again this week after a long summer break. This series has become very popular since its introduction back in October 2013, and has had a hugely positive start again in 2015. This event welcomed a healthy field of competitors and again this month participants form the Dubai Creek Junior Development programme. With all of the juniors fresh from a long summer break, they were eager to get out and compete in the hope of gaining some all important order-of-merit points as the series draws to a close.
Michael Major (Golf Operations Intern, Dubai Creek), Dhruv Nair (Junior Captain, Dubai Creek), George Horan (President, Dubai Duty Free), Samuel D’Souza (Champion), Rayhaan Thomas (Vice Junior Captain, Dubai Creek), Rashid Hamood (Golf Experience Manager, Dubai Creek)
Samuel De Souza climbed a few places on the board after a superb performance and a winning score of 29.5, which saw him lift this month’s title. Toby Bishop claimed the Boy’s Division title in his 1st event of the series with a score of 32.5. Scoring was very tight on the day with all of the juniors performing very well. Finishing just behind Toby was Ayub Sethi, who was home in 33 to take the Boy’s Runner Up spot. Kabir Nanda was amongst the winners again this month and picked up exactly where he left off winning the Best Gross prize after making a solid level par 35. Aashaka Desai also got back to winning ways and claimed the Girl’s Division prize with a superb 2 under par 33. As well as gaining some valuable experience from a competitive atmosphere, there was also a prize available for the best JDP performer. This was won by 8 year old Mousa Shannah who showed great promise in his performance with a score of 28.
Dubai Creek Junior Captain Dhruv Nair was the nearest the pin winner on hole 5, whilst Aarnav Nath claimed a prize for the same on the 8th hole.
Commenting on the latest edition, Dubai Creek’s Golf Experience Manager, Rashid Hamood commented; “A very warm welcome back to you all of you. It’s fantastic to see such strong numbers for this event. With such good scoring today it’s evident that you have all been working hard on your games over the summer so keep up the hard work. Many thanks as always to George Horan and his team at Dubai Duty Free for their continued support and we wish you all the best of luck for the season ahead”.
00adminhttps://egfgolf.ae/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/nav-logo-sm-300x118.pngadmin2015-09-27 11:46:282023-01-08 22:37:22Dubai Duty Free Junior Medal Championship September 2015
(Dubai, UAE) – The Jumeirah Golf Estates (JGE) hosted the final leg of the Emirates Golf Federation (EGF) Summer Swing on September 25, 2015, sponsored by Rotana Hotels and GolfLan. As summer is ending and fall is upon us, 100 players (50 teams) took to the Earth Course for a Pairs Texas Scramble shootout.
Winners Alan & Sue Kilminster With Luke Plumb from JGE
Jumeirah Golf Estates, the home of the DP World Tour Championship – the final tournament of the European Tour’s Race to Dubai, was the perfect venue for this talented field. With two courses and a newly renovated clubhouse JGE is a golfers paradise.
After a fantastic day of golf, Alan and Sure Kilminster came out on top of the field by shooting a Net Score of 52. The winners received trophies and a 1-night stay at a Rotana Hotels property.
After a count back and finishing in Second Place was Joseph Ridley and Philip Wooler. The pair shot a 56 net score. The Second Place received a lunch for 2 at a Rotana Hotels property.
Also shooting a 56 Net Score and winning Third Place on a count back was Roger Flemming and Stuart Connor. Third place winners won a lunch for 2 at a Rotana Hotels property.
JGE offered vouchers for the Fourth and Fifth Place teams. Coming in Fourth Place after a count back was Peter and Anne Bauer with a Net Score of 56. Rounding off the top five on a count back was Eric and Melissa Smith with Net Score of 56.
Hole-In-One Winner Hoshi Yadav with Luke Plumb From JGE
There were also four on-course prizes given out for the Nearest to the Pin competitions that took place on all four challenging Par 3’s. Nearest to the Pin wasn’t challenging enough of a challenge for one of the junior competitors. Junior Golfer Hoshi Yadav got a Hole-In-One on Hole 4. Nicolas Bruylants won on Hole 6, Colin Gow won on Hole 13, and Jeremiah Kaplan won on Hole 17.
The EGF would like to send a special thanks to the Official Sponsors of the EGF Summer Swing,
Rotana Hotels and Resorts and GolfLan who provided valuable prizes and giveaways for the players. The EGF would also like to thank the JGE and their fine staff for running this event at a top level.
As the EGF Order of Merit starts next month the federation will look to support the Golf Clubs in across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the 2015 – 2016 golf season. For more information on the EGF Order of Merit Calendar please visit the EGF website at www.egfgolf.com.
To see all of the pictures from this event visit the EGF Facebook page at Emirates Golf Federation.
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(Ras al-Khaimah, UAE) – Last weekend saw the pre Winter Season two day opener in the form of the Back To RAK event. The ever popular 2 day, 36 Hole, 4 Person Scramble event saw an excited field ready to take on the different challenges that both the northern emirates courses present. Day 1 took place at the mangrove surrounded Tower Links course in which the eventual overall winners bolted out the traps with a blistering 55.4.
Annie Robin, Gregg Harris, Andy Prescott and Matt Fountain tore the back nine apart carding 7 straight birdies on their way to an opening day, 3 shot lead. Day two saw the Al Hamra members take home advantage on their home course which proved to be very fruitful as 11 out of the eventual 12 winners were Al Hamra members. The first day leaders produced the second best day 2 score of 58.4 for a 113.8 winning total.
Jake and Niilo Maki-Petaja (two of last year’s winners) along with Callum Bird and Christo Pretorius produced the round of the day carding a gross 58 after identical nines of 29. There net score total of 116 would be enough to see them finish second, less than 3 shots adrift. The last of the podium successors came in the foursome of Mike Dunn, Tony Cox, John Kiddie and Ian Midgley, who carded similar rounds of 58.8 and 61.7 for a 120.5 total. The two day prizes were picked up by Joe Wivou and Matt Fountain for their respective nearest the pin efforts.
Tournament Winners
1st Place
Matt Fountain, Andy Prescott, Gregg Harris, Annie Robin – 113.8
2nd Place
Jake Maki-Petaja, Niilo Maki-Petaja, Callum Bird, Christo Pretorius – 116
3rd Place
Mike Dunn, Ian Midgley, John Kiddie, Tony Cox – 120.5
00adminhttps://egfgolf.ae/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/nav-logo-sm-300x118.pngadmin2015-09-24 13:25:532023-01-08 22:37:38Al Hamra Dominate Back To RAK Event
(Sharjah, UAE) – Sharjah Golf and Shooting Club member Anmar Khalid stormed to victory by three in the resent Coral Beach Resort midweek 9 Hole Bogey. Anmar had a superb start with three wins in a row through the first third of the course. The 4th and 6th saw two loses but Anmar responded with three more wins to card 4up and take the Overall Trophy.
Runner up in Division two was Robert Scott who had an up and down round with three loses but backed that up with four wins to finish one up.
Over in Divison one, the champion on the day was guest Per – Olof Svensson who carded just two over gross off six handicap to take top spot by count back with one up.. Runner up was SGSC member Faizeen Bhyat who had a great round and a return to form on one up also.
(Dubai, UAE) – The modified stableford formats continued at Emirates Golf Club with the ladies competing in an 18 hole stableford event on the Majlis course. However, it was only 9 holes that would count towards their final score. The nine holes discreetly chosen by the golf office were the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 13th, 16th and the wonderful par 5 18th.
Ingrid Sjodoff) and lady vice captain Maura Duggan.
The overall winner was Ingrid Sjodoff who scored 20 points over the selected 9 holes. Ingrid winning first place after a countback over the selected holes of the back 9.
Also on 20 points was Veronica Elias who won the Silver division (Hcps 0-23) and Rajni Sud in first place in the Bronze division (Hcps 24-42) with a 9 hole score of 19points.
The ladies now look forward to the first medal of the new season next Monday on the Majlis course.
(Dubai, UAE) – Today, the UAE’s most popular English language national newspaper, 7DAYS, will tee-off the build up to the 2015 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai as part of its ongoing partnership with the European Tour’s season ending tournament until 2017.
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – NOVEMBER 23: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his tee shot at the par 5, 14th hole during the final round of the 2014 DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates on November 23, 2014 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)
The seventh US$8million DP World Tour Championship will see the top 60 players compete on the Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 November.
As Official Newspaper, 7DAYS will provide readers with the very latest information on The Race to Dubai and tournament news in the run up to the DP World Tour Championship via the newspaper, online at 7DAYS.ae, mobile and social media channels.
“We’re thrilled to be partnering the grand final of The European Tour,” said 7DAYS CEO Mark Rix. “It’s fantastic for the region that the European Tour reaches its conclusion in Dubai and it’s something we’re very proud to be a part of.
“We were delighted to partner with the DP World Tour Championship for the first time in 2012 as we believed we could add even more value to what is already an incredibly successful event.
Nick Tarratt, Director of European Tour International – Dubai Office, said “Last year over 50,000 spectators attended over the four days of the DP World Tour Championship, which makes it one of the largest sporting events in the UAE, and we believe that 7DAYS’ promotional activity will continue to be a major contributor to encouraging spectators to attend.”
For the second year running, a highlight of the DP World Tour Championship campaign will be the ‘Race to 7DAYS’ competition featuring amazing prizes from DP World Tour Championship sponsors.
00adminhttps://egfgolf.ae/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/nav-logo-sm-300x118.pngadmin2015-09-21 08:07:432023-01-08 22:37:387 DAYS TEES OFF BUILD UP TO 2015 DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
(Abu Dhabi, UAE) – Friday, September 18th held the always enjoyable Members ECCO Challenge at Yas Links. Some would say the cooler weather was evident though it is still certain that the humidity is treacherous. The format of the day was a four man team stableford with the best two scores to count; so all competitors planned for a great team in the day’s tournament. After the challenge all gathered in Hickory’s for the prize presentation where Yas Links PGA Head Professional Chris Dodd in partnership with ECCO presented prizes to the 1st, 2nd & 3rd place team winners.
First place was presented to trio, Bak Seng Tan, Ying Hoong Fun and Wong Ming Shiang who finished their round with an incredible and solid 96 points, securing their win at a canter by 5 points. Second place title was awarded to Greg Cox, Benjamin Weston, Ian Butler and Daniel Griffiths who took their second place standing with a fantastic 91 points. Narrowing very close behind were foursome, Alyx Bihuniak, Mike Langan, Rory O’brien and Kristian Chorlton who took their third place spot with a notable 90 points.
Another notable announcement today goes to Aart Lehmkuhl who achieved an astounding hole in one on the 13th Hole!
Be sure to join us at the next ECCO Challenge – Pairs on Friday October 16th.
00adminhttps://egfgolf.ae/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/nav-logo-sm-300x118.pngadmin2015-09-20 06:30:542023-01-08 22:37:38ECCO Challenge – Four Man Team (Best two scores count)
(Sharjah, UAE) – My Cho claimed her first victory of the summer in the Centro Sharjah by Rotana Midweek Medal supported by Mekar by shooting an incredible nine hole score of 31 net net. The nine holes included some great golf from My Cho as she carded 5 pars, 3 birdies and one eagle.
My Cho
The Division winners on the day were Amir Inam with 33 net and Chandra Shekar with 38 net.
The next Centro Sharjah by Rotana Midweek Medal supported by Mekar is on Tuesday 29th September..
00adminhttps://egfgolf.ae/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/nav-logo-sm-300x118.pngadmin2015-09-20 05:49:082023-01-08 22:37:38SUMMER WIN FOR MY CHO
(Ras al-Khaimah, UAE) – David Biddlecombe (Disco) has finally been able to silence the critics about his inability to get across the line when the pressure is on as his 22 point tally in the weekly social stableford afforded him his very first Individual win. Disco started less than impressively after finding the water several times on his opening hole, the treacherous 18th, thus being unable to record a score, but what was to follow was truly remarkable.
Precise driving coupled with pin point approach shots enabled Biddlecombe to dominate his remaining holes, with his final 4 holes netting him a whopping 13 stableford points, which included 2 net eagles on holes 15 and 17. Close on the heels of Biddlecombe was the gritty left hander Robbie Cunningham who posted another impressive score of 21 stableford points to fall just shy of the leading mark and will be one to keep an eye on come the pointy end of the season.
Third place was awarded to former Tower Links Junior Hugh Williams, who now resides in the U.K. where he is furthering his studies. An exceptional natural talent, a trait which he has obviously inherited from his mother, Hugh posted an impressive 20 points and will hopefully take that form back to his College matches.
Pin winners were Hugh Williams on the 12th, with his father Paul taking the honors on the 16th, no doubt the car trip home was a memorable one. Spooning on the night was Graham Farrington who obviously struggled with the suffocating conditions as he was only able to record 7 points.
