THE 2022 JUMEIRAH GOLF ESTATES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

12-13/03/22

The much-anticipated Jumeirah Golf Estates Club Championship was played on Saturday 12th March on the Fire Course with the second day of play being held on Sunday 13th March over the Earth Course, the home of the DP World Tour Championship.

Altogether 134 members played in the flagship members event, with the first group teeing off from the first hole of the Fire Course at 6.35am on Saturday 12th March. It was the first time all four Championships were played over one weekend with the Men’s, Ladies, Seniors, and Junior Club Championships all up for grabs.

Stuart Horwood the Golf Course Superintendent, and his team set the golf courses up in wonderful condition for the two-day event. There were a mix of friendly and unfriendly tee selections and some tricky pins that the golfers had to deal with.

The weather was beautiful for both days making it a thoroughly enjoyable experience for all competitors.

“Congratulations to all the winners on their fantastic performance over the two days. Thank you to all that participated in the weekend’s events, it’s been a pleasure watching some beautiful golf.”

Steffan Jones, Golf Services Manager

MEN’S CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

The scoring in the Men’s Club Championship was excellent considering the challenging but fair conditions the course was set up in.

Daniel Dickinson was leading after day 1 posting a score of 71 (-1). One shot behind on level par were Yash Majmudar and Sam Moxon.

After the front nine on day 2 the Championship was still anyone’s to play for. However, Yash managed to compose himself after a double bogey on the difficult 8th hole and finished the round strong coming back in 2 under par and confirmed a five-shot victory in the event. Yash was tipped as one of the favourites of the event, after recently posting a sublime amateur course record breaking 62 (10 under par) in February’s medal.

Sam Moxon and Jayson Hilton finishing the tournament with an overall score of 149, 5 over par to finish 5 shots behind Yash.

The winner of the Men’s Net Division was Oliver Lalani who scored a net 72 on the Fire Course and net 65 on the Earth Course totaling a net 137 (7 under par). Runner-up in the Net Prize was Mohammed Darwish who scored a total 141 net (3 under par) and third place in the net was Ehtasham Uddin who scored a total 143 net (1 under par).

LADIES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Mitsuko Emmerson was leading the Ladies Club Championship after day 1 over the

Fire Course posting a score of 81 (+9).

Two shots behind on eleven over par was

Jumeirah Golf Estates Lady Captain,

Sheila McIlroy.

The top of the leader board changed hands early in the second round with Sheila making a strong start making a birdie on the 3rd hole. Sheila finished the event off extremely well managing to par five of the last six holes to claim her second Ladies Club Championship title.

The winner of the Ladies Overall Net was won by Shiba Wahid who scored a net 81 on the Fire Course and 69 on the Earth Course totaling a net 150 (6 over par). Runner-up in the Net Prize was Evelyn Downham who scored a total 155 net (11 over par).

SENIORS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Leading the Seniors Club Championship after day 1 over the Fire Course with an opening round of 79 (+7) was Julian Mountford. One shot behind going into day 2 were James Finnigan and Peter Martensson.

Julian managed to stay in front throughout the tournament posting a round of 78 (+6) on day 2 over the Earth Course to claim his first Senior Club Championship title. Julian finished on an overall score 157, 13 over par to finish six shots better than last year’s winner, Steve Drake.

Junior Gross Runner-up Jay Chinchankar

Junior Net Winner Vivaan Chhibber

Ladies Net Runner-up Evelyn Downham

Mens Gross Runner-up Sam Moxon Junior Net Runner-up Aayan Dadabhoy

Ladies Gross Runner-up Mitsuko Emmerson

Ladies Net Winner Shiba Wahid

Mens Gross Third Place Jayson Hilton

JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Vedant Pal was leading after day 1 posting a score of 72 (level par). One shot behind on one over par was Jay Chinchankar.

It was a very close contest in the Junior Club Championship with Vedant finishing on an overall score of 149 (+5). It was a nervy ending to Vedant’s round with him double bogeying the difficult 18th hole, despite the tough finish Vedant still took the victory finishing one shot better than Jay.

The winner of the Junior Overall Net was won by Vivaan Chhibber who scored a net 70 on the Fire Course and 74 on the Earth Course totaling a net 144 (level par). Runner-up in the Net Prize was Aayan Dadabhoy who scored a total 147 net (3 over par).