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Gulf News seniors golf event starts today
The 2008 Gulf News Men's Seniors Open Golf Championship will be started today by a 12.30pm shotgun at Arabian Ranches Golf Club.
- Staff Report
- Published: 23:39 December 10, 2008
Dubai: The 2008 Gulf News Men's Seniors Open Golf Championship will be started today by a 12.30pm shotgun at Arabian Ranches Golf Club.
This tournament is an individual stroke play event for male amateur golfers in the UAE, aged 50 years or over, the event is supported by TNT and Xerox.
The tournament has been deemed a handicap qualifier by the organising club with play over the 6,531 Blue Tee Course which is in very good condition.
Duleep George, Executive Director Marketing & Sales, said: "We are delighted to be supporting this event for the second year in succession. The Seniors Golf tournament is an ideal platform for a special segment of our readers and subscribers and will once again encourage a great response.
Proud
"Gulf News is the sponsor of major international golfing events in the region including the Dubai Desert Classic, the Dubai Ladies Masters and the Abu Dhabi Golf Tournament. We are also proud of our involvement with local events including the Black Tee Challenge, Midnight Madness, Autumn Golf Challenge and of course the Seniors Open Golf Championship at Arabian Ranches."
Arabian Ranches' Elliott Gray said: "We look forward to welcoming all competitors to Arabian Ranches for this Open Golf Championship. We have a good mix of handicaps for the event. We will be crowning two champions of equal status at the Tournament - both a net and gross champion and thanks to the support of sponsors TNT and Xerox we have agreed to present five gross and five net prizes to create a fair and balanced array of prizes for all entrants."
Favourites for the gross title are home player Steve Bennett who was runner up in 2007 (ARGC- 2), Mike Massie (ADGC - 2), Rai Legnar (EGC - 4) and the on form Wayne Morris (ARGC - 4)
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