As part of the National Junior Development Programme (NJDP), the Emirates Golf Federation (EGF) hosted a golf orientation programme this week for over 20 different Emarati families at Dubai Creek.
The EGF has partnered with Golf DXB (the new name of Grass Roots Golf ) to produce a fun and interactive day for new junior golfers. As many as 20 different Emarati families and 32 kids from the ages of three to nine years were in attendance during the day.
Marcus Dunning and Tom Green from Golf DXB were part of the programme and said: “We are very excited about working with the EGF. This will be a terrific venture to develop junior golf across the UAE.”
EGF secretary general, Khalid Mubarak Al Shamsi, added: “It was a great day for the EGF. We wanted to bring families and young kids together to show how much fun golf can be while making it active. It was good to see so much support from the families.”
Ian Haywood and Khaled Tlais secure Etihad Open crowns
With as many as 25,000, 15,000 and 10,000 Etihad Guest Miles on offer for the top three players in each division, it was another close June Etihad Open Stableford competition at Yas Links, Abu Dhabi.
The Division A handicap category (0-14) saw some fantastic scores, but Ian Haywood was the clear winner by one point on 40. Four players tied on 39 points to decide second and third place. Will Royce took third place on a better back six score of 13 points, while Stuart Nimmo was second with a better back nine of 21 points.
Khaled Tlais was the top spot winner for Division B Category (15-36 Hcp) with 39 points, while Lora Al Marzooqi was second with 38 points. John Sommers secured a close third with 37 points.
Herson tops KEGS’ season-ending event at JAGR
The Dubai-based KEGS Golf Society held their end of season tournament at the picturesque Jebel Ali Hotel Golf Resort, where a full field turned out for this very popular handicap stableford scoring event which traditionally marks the end of the KEGS winter golfing season.
Formed almost 20 years ago, KEGS were originally called Khansaheb Evening Golf Society and were named after the UAE construction company for whom most of the players worked.
The overall winner of the event was Phil Herson, hotly pursued by Owen Gildert and Frederik Andersen, who beat Mark Taylor and Andrew Robinson on a countback.
Marc MacCallum was the winner of the lucky draw, receiving a Libhrr drinks fridge from event sponsors Hacker Kitchens.
Field set for inaugural Sharjah Summer Senior Open
More than 40 golfers are expected to compete at Sharjah Golf & Shooting Club this Saturday in the club’s first ever Summer Senior Open Golf Championship.
The golfers, all aged over 50, will start at 15:00 to avoid the most extreme temperatures, and compete over 18 holes of 7/8 net stableford.
Golf events manager Mark Ruddy said: “Our two previous Winter Senior Opens have both been very well supported with full fields, reasonable scoring and not a single no-show – which is extremely impressive. The seniors clearly like competing against each other so we therefore thought we’d try a summer edition.”
Patel is new golf operations supervisor at JGE
After working for over 11 years in various golf clubs in the UAE, including The Montgomerie, Sharjah Golf & Shooting Club and The Els Club, Wilson Patel has joined Jumeirah Golf Estates in the role of golf operations supervisor.
Wilson’s key responsibilities are in the areas of customer journey, golf course control, improving the pace of play and education and training of the golf services team.
