Dubai: Cavit Yildiz shot a gross 77 for 38 Stableford points to win the December round of The Senior Champions Tour (TSCT) at Trump International Golf Club, Dubai.
48 players competed in the tournament with the format of full handicap index with a maximum handicap of 24 and the event was the fourth event of the 2022-2023 TSCT Order of Merit series.
Yildiz, receiving eight shots, started the shotgun start on hole 8 and birdied his second hole, the ninth and played the back nine in 40 shots against the par of 35.
Close contest
Five pars on the last seven holes saw Yildiz take the top prize by 5 points in Division A.
The winner of Division B was Arvind Kittur with 37 points in a closely contested division winning by just one point from Alan Clark.
The gross award was won by Marco Saviozzi with a score of 72.
The next event on The Senior Champions Tour is on January 26 at Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
Good support
TSCT is open to all golfers resident in the UAE, holding a valid EGF handicap who are over 50 years of age.
Vijay Vasu, organiser and co-founder of TSCT said at the event presentation, "We were very pleased with the turn out for this December edition of TSCT and look forward to continuing our season with our January event."
TSCT is managed by Golf & Co and sanctioned by the Emirates Golf Federation with the following sponsors and supporters: Fosroc, RSA, Accor, De Luca Sartoria, Bisdesk, BMW AGMC, eGolf Megastore and Gulf News.
Results (Stableford Points):
Division A:
C. Yildiz 38
S. Hutton 33
D. Krizek 33
S. Ritchie 31
Y. Buchard 31
Division B
A. Kittur 37
A. Clark 36
G. Ber 35
A. Lakhiani 34
Ladies Division
S. Kaur 29
Guest Division
C. Delorme 31
