Lady Captain’s Message

Sunday, 22nd May 2022

Emirates Golf Club hosted the Gents Tournament of Champions with 30 golfers competing on the Majlis Course in a Strokeplay format.

The overall winner of the 2022 Gents Tournament of Champions was Gary Black with a net 67. Gary played an incredible round of golf which consisted of three net birdies and one gross birdie in his last five holes.

Runner up was Kabir Luthra with a net 71, the highlight of Kabir’s round came on the 10th hole where he made a gross birdie. Narrowly missing out in second place was Mustafa Khan with a net 71.

Mustafa had a great start to his round where he made three gross birdies in his first four holes.

The best gross score of the day came from Anil Shivanna with a gross 74. After playing the front nine in three over, Anil bounced back shooting a gross 36 in the back nine to take victory.

Member Colleague Scramble

Wednesday, 18th May 2022

Emirates Golf Club hosted the Member Colleague Scramble with a 108 golfer’s competing on the Faldo Course.

The overall winners of the Member/ Colleague were Caroline Granger, Marie Benson, Jonathan O’Brien and Oliver Ravenscroft with a net 51.

The team put in an incredible performance, shooting a gross 57, which included a gross eagle on holes 3 and 10.

Runner up was Christopher Foll, Gary Black, Jaco Grove and Dmytro Shevchenko with a net 52 (BB9). The team found a staggering ten gross birdies!

They went on a particularly strong run in the front nine, where they had three gross birdies in a row.

In third place was Thomas Pashley, George Clarke, Joe Way and Rady Hamad with a net 52. The team managed to have an incredible back nine which consisted of three net eagles and four gross birdies. ON COURSE EVENTS:

Nearest the Pin on Hole 2: Dyenzen Davidson Nearest the Pin on Hole 8: Dyenzen Davidson Nearest the Pin on Hole 12: Ado Maputol Nearest the Pin on Hole 17: Tess Longest Drive on Hole 3: Greg Gonzales Longest Drive on Hole 16: Rodel Straightest Drive on Hole 10: Akhtar Ali

Captains Matchplay Challenge

Saturday, 21st May 2022

Emirates Golf Club hosted the annual Captains Matchplay Challenge which saw 32 pairings compete against each other representing either Amarjeet Radia’s Lady Captains Team or Abdulfattah Sharaf’s Captains Team.

There was a lot of good golf played on the day with plenty of competitive action but as always most importantly lots of smiles from the faces of our members.

It was the Lady Captains team who was victorious by 4 points (LCT 10.5 – 7.5 CT).

Amarjeet and Lady Vice Captain Maria Arias led the team out strong with an early victory over their opponents. The biggest victory of the day was by Bill and Martha Wong who beat their opponents 8&7. Congratulations Amarjeet and your Lady Captains Team.

ON COURSE EVENTS:

Nearest the Pin on Hole 4 (Ladies): Martha Wong Nearest the Pin on Hole 11 (Ladies): Christiane Verhaagen Nearest the Pin on Hole 7 (Men): Sanjay Dhandsa Nearest the Pin on Hole 15 (Men): Ken Owiti Nearest the Pin in 2 on Hole 9: Priyam Godiwala Nearest the Pin in 3 on Hole 18: Jamil Kabbaj Straightest Drive on Hole 10: Arman Singh

Friday, 20th May 2022

Emirates Golf Club hosted for the first time the Majlis Revenge tournament. The event consisted of a nine hole pairs Texas scramble with a twist! There were a variety of challenges across the nine holes including pitch mark repairs across greens, holes in bunkers & time limits on playing shots to name a few.

The aim was to kindly remind our members of the problems caused by not following general golf course etiquette the club expects all players to follow. In first place was Westley Burke and Paolo Pedroni with a Net 31 (-4). The gents played a solidly around the Majlis front 9. Most noticeable was the net eagle the pair made on hole 5.

In second place was Ronak Shah and Apoorva Ghandi with a Net 32 (-3). Narrowly missing out on 1st place the pair made 5 net birdies, 3 pars and one double bogey.

ON COURSE EVENTS:

Nearest the Pin on Hole 4: Badru Hilal Nearest the Pin on Hole 7: James Yeldhams

Ladies Three Little Cubs

Tuesday, 31st May 2022

Emirates Golf Club hosted the Three Little Cubs on the Majlis Couse with 31 Ladies competing in the unique format. The overall winner was Caroline Granger with 36 points.

Caroline played an incredible round of golf which consisted of four net birdies in her back nine which led to 21 points.

In the Silver Division (21 Below), Margaret Breen was victorious with 35 points. Margaret had a great start to her back nine where she made three net birdies in a row. Runner up was Nonita Chand with 34 points (BB9). The highlight of Nonita’s round came on the back nine where she made two net birdies in the space of three holes.

In the Bronze Division (22 Above), the winner was Jane Harding with 33 points (BB3). Jane had a great finish to her round which included net birdies on holes 16 and 17.

Narrowly missing out in first place was Sue Hopwood with 33 points. Sue went on a great run in the middle of her back nine where she made net birdies on holes 14 and 15.

End Of Season Scramble

Saturday, 28th May 2022

Emirates Golf Club hosted the End of Season Scramble which saw 116 golfers competing on the Majlis Course.

The winning team was Dean Hall, Victoria Johnson, Daniel Rice and Stuart Bolton with a net 52. The team put together an excellent back nine performance, shooting a gross 31, including two net eagles, four gross birdies and two net birdies.

Runner up was Genie Owiti, Ken Owiti, Luiz Bertuol and Noemy Bertuol with a net 54. The team managed three net eagles, which included a great run on the back nine where they made three gross birdies in a row. In third place was the team of Akash Kumar, PT Jain, Veneet Mohan and Sudhir Vora with a net 55 (BB3). The team put together a particularly strong front nine, shooting a gross 32, with the highlight of the round coming on holes 1, 5 and 9 where they made net eagles.

ON COURSE EVENTS:

Nearest the Pin on Hole 4 (Ladies): Nicsha Russouw Nearest the Pin on Hole 11 (Ladies): Arathi Appaiah Nearest the Pin on Hole 7 (Men): Adel Hamdan Nearest the Pin on Hole 15 (Men): Eivind Hoiback Straightest Drive on Hole 10: Erwan Dantan Nearest the Pin in 2 on Hole 17: Sitong Fan Nearest the Pin in 3 on Hole 18: Vedant Pal (Eagle)