Dubai: Team Wealth of Wellness (WOW) won the inaugural nine-hole Emirates Amateur Golf League (EAGL) Corporate Invitational held on Saturday at The Track, Meydan Golf, Dubai.
A total team score of 115 Stableford points took the title with all players’ scores counting for the team aggregate. The tournament was played at 3,492 yards, Par 36 with the two female competitors in the field also playing from the men’s tees with five handicap shots being added to their handicaps as compensation.
The runners-up team were Emirates NBD, who finished six points behind the winners on 109 points. The format of the event was individual Stableford with full handicap allowance based on player’s Handicap Index.
The winning team members all win invites for a two night, three day stay with three rounds of golf to Lighthouse Golf Resort & Spa, Bulgaria.
The individual title was won by Rohit Gupta (Emirates NBD, EGC) with 21 points off a handicap of 3 who shot a gross 35 highlighted by birdies on holes 5 and 6.
Sudesh Aggarwal, chairman of EAGL, said at the conclusion of the tournament, “We are delighted with the whole day today. The morning EAGL Junior Championship hosted by Shiv Kapur was a great success with huge potential. The EAGL concept is still new to both us and the marketplace with challenges especially around the live TV broadcast on Dubai Sports Channel and on the EAGL YouTube Channel. This broadcast element is unique to amateur corporate golf around the world. We are all excited with the feedback from a great day at The Track today. It was all about competitive golf, corporate networking and having fun through the platform of golf. Today has exceeded all our expectations.”
“We will now review the feedback internally along with our sponsors and partners and plan ahead for the 2022 season for the EAGL Business Series as well as the EAGL Junior Championship and other EAGL initiatives in the UAE. We thank all our Team sponsors for their trust in this EAGL,” Aggarwal said.
EAGL Ambassador Asian Tour golfer and Dubai resident Shiv Kapur attended all day, including assisting in both prize presentations.
WOW — 115.
Emirates NBD — 109.
Atari Chain — 97.
The winning WOW team consisted of the following eight players:
20 Points: J. Dawda (14).
17 Points: A. Clark (15)
16 Points: M. Burbach (5).
16 Points: J. Burton (6).
14 Points: J. Gupta (7).
14 Points: R. Yadav (8).
13 Points: B. Bhatia (3).
5 Points: S. Juvale (12).
