PING DUBAI CREEK JUNIOR OPEN

“Thank you all for playing today and to our sponsors Ping, for their generous support. We are always delighted to welcome a strong field of junior golfers to Dubai Creek. Well done to Hannah and to all of today’s winners! We look forward to seeing you all next year.”

Thomas Hall, Assistant Golf Services Manager

On Saturday we were delighted to welcome 26 junior players from across the UAE to Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club, ensuring a strong field for this year’s junior open. Well done to all of our competitors, a fantastic day which was tightly contested and played in great spirit. Some fantastic prizes were on offer and so firstly, a huge thank you to Ping for their generous support of this year’s event.

Now for the results…

On course, both a Boys and Girls Nearest to the Pin prize was on offer. Demonstrating some fantastic iron play, our Girls winner on Hole 8 was Sakura Kawakami and on Hole 14, Lorenzo Lironi took the prize in the Boys competition.

The Net Division was highly contested and a winner was decided by the narrowest of margins. Finishing Runner-Up, and missing out on countback after shooting a solid 1 over 72 was Bjorn Brake. With the better back nine, therefore, our Net Winner was Wenji Li, also with a +1, 72. Well done Wenji!

The Ping Dubai Creek Junior Open is a gross competition and finishing RunnerUp, therefore, in the Overall Division with a great round of 74 (+3) was Emanuele Galeppini. However, as the tournament progressed, one competitor emerged as a clear winner. After falling behind early on in her round, Hannah Alan was able to finish in style with a 3 under par back nine to post a superb round of 70 (-1). Hannah is the Ping Dubai Creek Junior Open Champion for 2022!