Dubai: Pro golfers Wade Ormsby, Richard Green, Marcus Fraser and Peter Hanson put down their clubs and took a rest from the driving range to do a different kind of driving at Dubai Autodrome on Sunday.
Ahead of competing in the European Tour’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic event at Emirates Golf Club this weekend, the quartet enjoyed a Formula 1-style single-seater experience at Motor City.
The golfers donned race suits and helmets and drove laps of the Autodrome under the watchful eye and guidance of Middle East champion driver and Autodrome instructor Tarek Al Gammal.
Afterwards, 1997 Dubai Desert Classic winner Green wrote on Twitter: “Thanks heaps @tarekelgammal for the skid around tonight loads of fun. Get yourself to @Dubai_Autodrome and learn from the best.”
Al Gammal said: “I was extremely impressed by the professionalism and speed shown by professional sportspeople from a totally different sporting discipline than motorsport.
“All of them were super quick by the end of the session and I had to push very hard in order to keep pace. I have the utmost respect for the mental and mechanical ability Richard, Peter, Wade and Marcus showed and can see why they are such successful professional sportsmen.
“I wish them all the best in the Dubai Desert Classic this week and I’m sure they will be back at Dubai Autodrome again after hearing their enthusiasm for the single-seater experience.”
