Sport - Golf - Ahmad Skaik
Ahmad Skaik, the UAE's Number One Amateur Golfer Image Credit: Harry Grimshaw, Golf Editor

The Asian Games may have already begun but it’s only just a couple of days to go until the Golf event gets underway.

In total there are 122 participants from 25 countries competing in the 72-hole Men’s & Women’s (Team & Individual) tournaments at West Lake International Golf Course, Hangzhou, China. With the first round getting underway on Thursday 28th September at 06:30 local time.

Proudly representing the Middle East and their respective nationality are 15 athletes from 6 different countries in the 19th Asian Games. See who they all are below.

Jordan:
Mousa Shana’ah

Kuwait:
Salem Alabkal

Palestine:
Joseph Easmeil

Qatar:
Abdulrahman Al-Shahrani
Ali Al-Shahrani
Saleh Alkaabi
Abdulaziz Almuhanadi
Nada Mir

Saudi Arabia:
Othman Ibrahim Almulla
Ali Hassan Alsakha
Saud Abdullah Alsharif
Faisal Mohammed Salhab

United Arab Emirates:
Rashid Aljassmy
Ahmad Skaik
Mohammed Skaik

Defending Champions:
Men Individual – Keita Nakajima (Japan)
Men Team – Daiki Imano, Takumi Kanaya, Keita Nakajima, Ren Yonezawa (Japan)
Women’s Individual – Yuka Saso (Philippines)
Women’s Team – Lois Kaye Go, Bianca Pagdanganan, Yuka Saso (Philippines)