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Emirates NBD wins corporate challenge
A total of 19 teams braved the steamy conditions at Arabian Ranches Golf Club to take part in the UAE finals of the Diners World Corporate Golf Challenge last week.
- Staff Report
- Published: 22:51 May 7, 2009
Dubai: A total of 19 teams braved the steamy conditions at Arabian Ranches Golf Club to take part in the UAE finals of the Diners World Corporate Golf Challenge last week.
After a great afternoon of golfing action - played in a four-ball, three-quarter Stableford Handicap format -it was the team from Emirates NBD, made up of Glyn Sowerby, Colin Cloete, Madhab Nair and Shashi Raghavan, which emerged as winners with 103 points.
The quartet will now go on to represent the UAE at the World Corporate Golf Challenge finals in La Manga, Spain, having bagged the first prize of an all-expenses paid trip to the tournament, which will take place from June 29-July 3.
Sowerby also claimed the Nearest to the Pin prize for his shot on the seventh hole.
Following close behind the winners was the McDonald Interior Solutions team of Usman Akbar, Kevin White, Cameron Alder and Casey Greenberg, who finished in second place with 101 points, while third spot went to the team from 7 Days represented by Marc Rix, Francisco Giles, Fred Watt and Wim Boogaerts with 100 points to their credit.
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