Dubai: The Gulf News and Carpetland teams recorded impressive victories in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic Pro Am event at the Emirates Golf Club yesterday.
Spearheaded by 1997 "Classic champion" Richard Green, the Gulf News team comprising Ashok Bakshi, Asim Arshad and Fred Watts, carded a fantastic score of under 20 to beat their nearest challengers by a good two shots.
The Omega team, led by India's Jeev Milkha Singh, finished second, over Emirates NBD on a countback.
Scores:
Morning shot gun:
1. Carpetland (Branden Grace - pro, Shariar Khodjasteh, Tejan Fadl Al Deen and Alan Stanton) under 20
2. DUBAL (Paul Lawrie — pro, Thomas Lee, Ian Tan, Richard Tay) under 19 (countback)
3. Omega (Johan Edfors - pro, Steven Lee, Stephen Schaerrer and Satyajit Pendharkar) under 19
Afternoon shot gun:
1. Gulf News (Richard Green - pro, Ashok Bakshi, Asim Arshad and Fred Watts) under 20
2. Omega (Jeev Milkha Singh - pro, Tarun Khanna, Chris Turlik and Ishwar Jodha) under 18 (countback)
3. Emirates NBD (Lee Westwood - pro, Grant Robertson, Rob Jefferson, Rosemary Turlik) 18 under.
