Look: Golfers compete for top prizes across the UAE

Emirates Golf Club hosted the Gents Tournament of Champions with 30 golfers competing on the Majlis Course in a Strokeplay format. The overall winner of the 2022 Gents Tournament of Champions was Gary Black with a net 67.

Emirates Golf Club also hosted the annual Captains Matchplay Challenge which saw 32 pairings compete against each other representing either Amarjeet Radia’s Lady Captains Team or Abdulfattah Sharaf’s Captains Team. There was a lot of good golf played on the day with plenty of competitive action but as always most importantly lots of smiles from the faces of our members. It was the Lady Captains team who was victorious by 4 points.

The Ladies Five Club Challenge was hosted by Emirates Golf Club hosted on the Majlis Course with 12 ladies competing in the unique event. The overall winner was Haide Wright with 34 points.

The Member Colleague Scramble took place at Emirates Golf Club with a 108 golfer’s competing on the Faldo Course. The overall winners of the Member/Colleague were Caroline Granger, Marie Benson, Jonathan O’Brien and Oliver Ravenscroft with a net 51.

The Ladies Mutt & Jeff Competition was held at the Emirates Golf Club which saw 16 ladies compete on the Faldo Course in a Stableford format that only allows points to be scored on par 3s and par 5s. The overall winner with a Better Back 6 was Wright who scored 18 points.

Jumeirah Golf Estates hosted The Park Hyatt Dubai Ladies in a fun and exciting Team of 3 Cha-cha-cha format over the Fire Course. The Cha-cha-cha format is the best score on hole 1, best 2 scores on hole 2, best 3 scores on hole 3 back to best score on hole 4 and so on. There were some fantastic scores being posted in the blustery morning weather, however the greens were in beautiful condition. The May edition of The Park Hyatt Dubai Ladies was won by the team of Sheila McIlroy, Sara Chadwick, and Jacqueline de Vries with a brilliant 79 points (7 under).

Winner of Division 1 of the Jumeirah Golf Estates Qualifying Round for the 2022 Emirates NBD Race to Malaysia, Alan McNamara, with officials and sponsors at the prize presentation.

Winners of the five Divisions at the Emirates NBD Race to Malaysia Abu Dhabi Golf Club Qualifying Round, left to right: Damon Mitchell, Ricardo Wyckstandt, Faisal Saeed (Emirates NBD), Eric Hardman, Tony Okill and Michael Brogan.

Englishman Luke Joy in action during the Mena Tour in the Middle East and North Africa.

The victorious Trump International Golf Club 2021 - 2022 Scratch Team at a pre-season photo call: from left to right, back row: Arjun Gupta, Ricky Dominguez, Josh Hill, Toby Bishop, Paul Summerskill, Wayne Platts, Dominic Morton, and Tom Hoban. From left to right, front row: Natalii Gupta, Nick Slater, David Voller, Viggo Sorensen, Graeme Eglintine, David Guinee, Mike Pugliese and Craig Vance.