Tournaments & Results

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Ken Newell, Mens Singles Match Play Champion 2021/22

Ladies Scotch Foursomes Competition

Tuesday, 13th September 2022

Emirates Golf Club hosted the Ladies Scotch Foursomes Competition on the Majlis Course with over thirty ladies competing.

The overall winners were Nonita Chand and Ninu Smith who had 35 points. Their round included gross pars on the Par 3 4th and 11th holes.

In second place, was the pairing of Lady Vice Captain Fiona Berry and Sabine Choudry. They had a total of 32 points. In third place was Josie Tracey and Apoorva Gandhi who also had 32 points but just missed out to Fiona and Sabine on the back nine count back.

Titleist Dubai Golf Pairs Championship 2022

Saturday, 17th & Sunday, 18th September 2022

The annual 2022 Titleist Pairs Championship hosted nearly two hundred golfers on Day One, playing in pairs across Emirates Golf Club, Dubai Creek, and Jumeirah Golf Estates. The top 16 teams from each club then qualified to compete for the grand prize on the Majlis course at Emirates Golf Club on Day Two.

The Results are as follows:

DAY 2 RESULTS

CHAMPIONS Taking the top prize on Sunday was Emirates Golf Club members Huw Roberts and Dorin Matieu with an impressive score of 43 points around a strongly set up Majlis course. Huw and Dorin carded four straight net birdies on the back nine to claim victory on countback over the rest of the field.

DAY 2 BEST NET The runners up spot went to Shane Wilson and David Geraghty who tied the winning score of 43 points. Shane and David amassed 21 points on the back nine with three straight net birdies but wasn’t quite enough to overtake the winners. DAY 2 GROSS The Gross prize went to Glory Xavier and her daughter, Hannah Alan. The two ladies navigated the back nine in just 32 strokes. A score of five under par gross, to claim the gross prize for the event.

36 HOLE BEST NET Karim and Valerie Benbouzyane shot a combined score of 89 points across the two days to claim the combined net prize.

36 HOLE BEST GROSS Jay Chinchankar and Seth Hopkinson finished the event with a total of 77 gross points to collect the combined gross prize.

DAY 1 RESULTS DUBAI CREEK GOLF & YACHT CLUB

FIRST NET Joy Lirio and David Gowans with 43 points

SECOND NET Sandro Wulff and Emanuele Galeppini also with 43 points just missing out on back nine countback.

BEST GROSS Max Burrows and Supharoek Yavichai with 37 gross points. DAY 1 RESULTS JUMEIRAH GOLF ESTATES

FIRST NET George Harding and Ben Scott with 47 points

SECOND NET Bryce Long and Chris Hoare also with 47 points. Missing out on back 6 countback.

BEST GROSS Paul McMahon and Drew Foxcroft with 41 Gross points

DAY 1 RESULTS EMIRATES GOLF CLUB

FIRST NET James Yeldham and Thomas Pashley with 45 points

SECOND NET Anca-Luciana Pirvu and Anca Mateiu with 44 points

BEST GROSS Sanjay Dhandsa and Matt Rice with 40 Gross points.

OMA Emirates Monthly Medal in Association with Christies International Real Estate - September Medal 2022

Saturday, 24th September 2022

Our season opening medal tournament was held around a tough Majlis set up. A total of 82 golfers competed for the first medal of the new 2022/23 season.

The Overall Winner was Dmitriy Korshunov of Division C (hcap. 21 and above) with an overall net score of 69. Dmitriy carded an impressive four net birdies and a net eagle on 18 to edge out the rest of the field.

Julian Stanley clinched the Division A prize with a net score of 71. Julian navigated the back nine in 1 under par gross to win over our runner up Adel Hamdan out on back nine countback. Adel closed out the round with two net birdies and a net eagle in the last four holes. Third place was sealed by Craig Tredenick with a 72 net. Craig claimed the prize with a better back nine on countback over fourth spot.

The winner of the Division B (hcap 11 to 20) was won by Karan Badami with a net 69. Karan carded six net birdies on the day and despite a net bogey on the final hole, did enough to take this years’ Division B medal.

Sekhar Reddy was this years’ Division B runner up, also with a net score of 69.

Sekhar had a very solid day on the Majlis course carding five net birdies against two net bogeys to match the winning score but was just pipped by our winner on back nine countback. George Clarke carded a very respectable net 71 on the day to take this years’ third place.

Rohit Gupta won this year’s best gross prize shooting a very impressive 76 gross to win out over the rest by a single stroke. After a rough start of a triple bogey on the fifth, Rohit fought back with 4 birdies in his next eight holes to take this year’s gross prize. The gents stableford event was won by Mike Kaye. Mike played a very solid round today and despite an eight on the final hole, took home this year’s stableford prize.

The winner of the ladies stableford silver division for the day was Margaret Breen with an impressive 37 points. Margaret carded a three net birdies on the back nine to win the event by four shots over runners up spot. The bronze division was won by Roma Khanna who took it home with a score of 29 points.

Nearest the Pin (Sponsored by OMA Emirates) Hole #7: Sanjay Dhandsa Hole #15: George Clarke

Nearest the Pin (Sponsored by Christies International Real Estate Dubai) Hole #4: Shelton Sacrafamilia Hole #11: Rohit Gupta

Mike Gerbich Cup 2022

Sunday 25th of September saw the playing of the annual Mike Gerbich Cup. The 2022 Cup was competed for around a black tee Majlis course in very high temperatures and humidity.

As many of our members know, Mike Gerbich was a familiar face around Emirates Golf Club for many years. As a long-standing member and former captain of the club, Mike had been both playing partner and friend to many of the members for many years here at Emirates. He would commonly feature around the driving range or challenging the likes of Ryder Cup winner Henrik Stenson to a game around the back tees of the Majlis.

Sadly, Mike passed away in July, 2016, just five days before his great friend Henrik Stenson outplayed Phil Mickelson in an epic Open Championship final round at Royal Troon to lift the Claret Jug for the first time. Henrik kindly dedicated his win to the great man with the statement “This one’s for you Mike!” to conclude his acceptance speech on the 18th green.

Despite the unforgiving weather conditions and black tee set up, there were many players who put very good rounds together. At the conclusion of play, four players came in tied for the lead on 37 points in the Overall Net Event. Our winner by countback for 2022 was Tauseef Khan. Tauseef had an eventful back nine to say the least, carding four net birdies against four net bogeys and only one net par to win out over the rest on back six countback. Max Quack came a close second on the day, losing by a single point on the back six holes. Mustafa Khan claimed the third-place spot, losing out on the top step by just a single point on the back nine count back.

The Division A (Hcap 0 to 14) top spot on the day went to Dalip Tripathi who got off to a fast start of two under par net for the front nine. Dalip held firm on the back nine to finish with 36 points and claim the first prize for the division. Second place went to Paul Byrne with 34 points. Paul carded four net birdies on the day to ensure his spot as Runner up for the event.

Division B (Hcap 15 to 28) saw Robert Staton come out on top with 37 points. Despite a costly run of six’s on 16, 17 and 18, Robert played a very solid round and deservedly claimed division B’s top prize. Ravi Khanna was this year’s division B runner up with 36 points.

Sanjay Dhandsa won the overall gross prize for the event. Despite a rough start with the triple bogey on the fifth, Sanjay persevered with four birdies in the next six holes to finish with a 73.

Ladies Medal supported by Park Hyatt Dubai

Sunday, 25th September 2022

The first Ladies Medal sponsored by Park Hyatt took place with 48 ladies competing on the Majlis Course.

The Silver Division A (Hcap 0 to 14) medal prize was taken by our 2022 vice-captain Fiona Berry. Fiona carded two birdies on the day, the first coming on hole two followed by the second on hole 16. Fiona kept her composure over the closing stretch to shoot -1 net on her final three holes to finish with a very solid score of 72 net. In the Silver Division A runner spot for this year was Glory Xavier. Glory played her way to a 75 around the Majlis course with three net birdies on the day. Yulia Golubeva finished the day in third place after a very respectable round of 76 with a strong finish of a net birdie on 18. The Silver Division A (Hcap 15 to 23) saw Atsumi Aoto come out on top with a net 74. Despite finding trouble on the last two holes with a net bogey and double bogey on #17 and #18, Atsumi had done enough to secure the Division B. Deirdre Kemp was runner up, while Fari Sayeed came third.

The Bronze Division (Hcap 24 to 36) was won by Alison Cowley. Alison carded the finest net score of the day with a net 71. Alison battled her way to a strong finish of two net birdies and a net eagle on the final four holes to clinch this month’s Bronze Division medal. Michele Carlsson finished runner up with a net 73.

Jayshree Gupta won the Overall Gross prize for the event. Despite a tricky start of two sixes recorded on the first three holes, Jayshree responded by playing the next three par 3’s in 2 under par gross to win the prize.

Emirates Golf Club Seniors Championship 2022

Saturday the 1st of October saw the playing of the 2022 Seniors Championship at Emirates Golf Club. A total of 87 golfers faced high temperatures and humidity around a tough Majlis course to compete for this year’s Senior championship prize.

Rohit Gupta, with a very impressive gross score of 76, is this year’s Emirates Golf Club Seniors Champion. Rohit played a very solid front nine consisting of two birdies against two bogeys to make the turn in level par and held on to claim this years’ Senior Championship title. Our runners up spot for this year goes to Veneet Mohan. Veneet navigated his way around the Majlis course in 81 strokes. A birdie on the long par 5 third hole helped Veneet to finish two shots clear of third and take home the 2022 second place trophy. Third place goes to Kush Sama. Kush shot an 83 gross and with the help of a birdie on the tenth, edging out over fourth on back nine countback.

Similar to last year’s event, we have a Super Senior division within this 2022 championship. The Super Seniors division consisted of all players over the age of sixty. Continuing a wonderful theme of his captaincy for this year, club captain Campbell Steedman, wanted to bring an essence of old Scottish heritage to this event. Campbell had a beautiful handmade hickory “Sunday Stick” created for the 2022 Super Senior Winner. “The Sunday Stick” was an old Scottish creation back in the mid19th Century, during which time it was forbidden to play golf on the sabbath. The Scottish people of the time had a solution to this, a wooden walking stick made with a discrete clubhead shaped handle. The “Sunday Stick” to an innocent onlooker would appear a normal walking aid but would allow gentlemen of the time to sneak away and use it to play golf when out of sight. The recipient of this wonderful prize as well as the Super Senior trophy was Nelly Amarnani. Nelly carded backto-back birdies on holes #15 and #16 to finish with a gross score of 85.

The third and final division of this year’s championship is the Overall Net Division. Taking the top spot with a Net score of 70 is Massimo Gallizioli. Massimo collected seven net birdies on the day taking first place by one single point. The Second Net prize winner for this year is Stuart Dunlop. Stuart, on his birthday, gave it his all coming down the stretch with 3 net birdies and a net eagle in the closing five holes to finish with a net 71. Our third-place winner for this year is Kirtan Desai. Kirtan played a solid round of net 74 to take the thirdplace trophy.

Ladies Season Opener 2022

Tuesday, 4th October 2022

The 2022 Ladies Season Opener took place here at the Emirates Golf Club. We had a fantastic turn out of sixty-eight ladies taking part in a fourball scramble event around our Majlis course in honour of our new Lady Captain for 2022, Maria Arias. As is tradition on the season opener, the ladies playing in the event gathered around the first tee to watch Marivi’s opening tee shot. As a sign of friendship and respect for our new Lady Captain, the ladies all wore red and white colours today in honor of Marivi and her home country of Peru. Marivi, amidst a sea of her home colours, hit a wonderful drive straight down the centre of the fairway to great cheers and applause. Following the ceremonious events of the first tee, all ladies headed out onto the course in their teams to compete for today’s prizes. With a tremendous score of 58 net, our winners for today are Genie Owiti, Anne Gely Bouigue, Christine Sprunck, and Noemy Bertuol. Genie and her team played a brilliant round of golf consisting of 12 net birdies and finishing with a net eagle on 18 to win the event by two shots. A fantastic effort by the ladies on a toughly set up Majlis course. Our Runners Up spot for this year goes to Alison Cowley, Laura Mann, Yana Jamieson and Victoria Anikina. The ladies carded a very impressive 8 net birdies and two net eagles on the day to come home with a net score of 60 to claim second place by just a single point. Taking this year’s third spot is the team of Margaret Breen, Sabine Chaudry, Haide Wright and Michele Carlson. Margret and her team finished the event with a net score of 61. The ladies navigated the majlis course with eleven birdies and no bogeys to win third place on back nine countback.

For her Captains Drive, Marivi hit a wonderful drive straight up the middle with a total distance of 197 yards. Closest guess to the correct number and winner of a bottle of MOET Champagne is Alison Cowley with an accurate guess of 199 yards.

A number of on course events took place throughout today’s play. There were prized for nearest the pins on three of the four par 3’s and the par 4 second hole, Straightest drive on the eighth as well as a “Guess the Captains Drive” competition on the first hole. Nearest the pin on the fourth hole after a brilliant shot was Anne Gely Bouigue. Michele Carlsson claimed the nearest the pin on the eleventh, Sabine Choudry was closest on the fifteenth and Maria Petra with a brilliant wedge shot took closest on the second. Phyllis Schulte proved her accuracy by driving the ball within a couple of yards of the rope on hole #8 to take the straightest drive prize.

Following the golf, the buffet reception and prize presentation was held in the new Emirates Golf Club Pavilion. Marivi made a very nice speech complimenting and thanking all the members of the ladies club as well as the Dubai Golf tournament team. The great success of today’s event will hopefully be a sign of things to come heading into a new ladies season.

Mixed Season Opener

October 8th 2022

The 2022 Mixed Season Opener took place at Emirates Golf Club. A fantastic field of over 130 players took part to honour the new Club Captains for 2022, Campbell Steadman and Maria Arias. As is tradition for the Season Opener, Barney Coleman (Club Manager), welcomed Club members to the first tee to witness the ceremonial first tee shots of the new Club Captains.

The winning team with a score of 55 (-17), and courtesy of their better back nine, was Andrew Robinson, Wendy Robinson, Ken Newell and Senga Newell. The team had an exceptional back nine of 11 under net, including a net eagle on the 10th hole.

In runners up spot was the team of Thomas Pashley, Lucas Roberts, Jamil Kabbaj and James Yeldham who carded thirteen net birdies and two net eagles in a fantastic round of 55 (-17). Third Place was taken by Raj Janardhan, Edouard Meyer, Arbaaz Ahmad and Afzaal Ahmad.

Runners up spot went to the team of Thomas Pashley, Lucas Roberts, Jamil Kabbaj and James Yeldham. Thomas and his team carded thirteen net birdies and two net eagles which helped them to clinch second place on final hole countback. Third Place on the day was the team of Raj Janardhan, Edouard Meyer, Arbaaz Ahmad and Afzaal Ahmad. Raj and his team had a very strong closing stretch playing the final three holes in four under par net to take home the final prize of the night.

On course event winners: Nearest the Pin Hole 4: Yana Jamieson. Nearest the Pin Hole 7: Sachin Mahajan. Nearest the Pin Hole 15: Craig Graham. Nearest in two shots on Hole 17: Jonathan Brufal.

Straightest Drive, Hole 3: Bharat Partap. Straightest Drive, Hole 10: Sulafa Hamdan.

The Prize Presentation and introduction of the new 2022 – 2023 Emirates Golf Club Club Captains: Campbell Steedman and Maria Avias, took place in the Emirates Golf Club Pavilion, the recently opened indoor function facility at the club.

Captain Steedman, presented a new trophy to the club, a two-handed Scottish Quaich, to be played for in the annual Mixed Season Opener, with replicas for the winners, a Scottish cup of friendship, symbolising trust on behalf of both the giver and receiver.

The awards were presented by the Captains to all the winning teams and individuals as well as the introductions to the respective Vice-Captains for the coming season: Frank Duggan and Fiona Berry.

Ladies Medal supported by Park Hyatt Dubai

Tuesday, 11th October 2022

The Ladies Medal supported by Park Hyatt took place on the Majlis Course with 41 ladies participating.

The Silver Division A (Hcap 0 to 14) winner was Naima Maya with a superb round of 66. Her round included a gross birdie on the 5th hole as well as multiple net birdies throughout the round. Runner up was Anne Gely Bouigue with a score of 72, while Maura Duggan, celebrating her birthday, came third with a score of 73. The Best Gross score of the day was Glory Xavier with an 83 (BB9).

The Silver Division A (Hcap 15 to 23) saw three ladies, Margaret Breen, Genie Owiti & Sabine Choudry, all tied with a score of 74. Margaret won the division with a better back nine, with Genie runner up and Sabine third.

The Bronze Division (Hcap 24 to 36) was won by Alison Cowley for the second month running – her superb round of 68 saw her finish five shots clear of Martha Wong who was runner up with a 73.

Junior Open supported by Titleist

Sunday, 16th October 2022

The Junior Open 2022 supported by Titleist took place at the Emirates Golf Club. A total of 71 elite junior players battled it out around Faldo Course to claim this year’s Junior Open title.

Taking the top spot and the Junior Open Boys Champion title with a fantastic score of 69 gross is Emirates Golf Club member, Viktor Kofod-Olsen.

Viktor played a very solid round consisting of four birdies and just one single bogey. Runners up spot for the event is Emirates Golf Club member, Lorenzo Lironi.

Lorenzo shot an impressive front nine score of four under par, that was matched with a 38 on the back nine to card two under par on the day and take the runners up spot.

Third place by virtue of back nine countback goes to Emirates Golf Club member, Zach Gould. Zack navigated his way around a toughly set up Faldo course carding three birdies on his way to a 75. With a score of 73 net, our Division A Boys Net winner is Rayan Ahmad. Rayan carded three net birdies and a net eagle in his final twelve holes to win the net prize for this year.

The Boys Net prize for Division B goes to Musa Shariff. Musa navigated his way around Faldo Course in a score of 66 net. Musa came in three shots ahead of second place in his division and is the winner of the division B net prize for this year.

The Girls Champion for the 2022 Junior Open is Emirates Golf Club member, Anca Mirela Mateiu. Anca carded an incredible six birdies on the day to bring home a gross score of four under par.

Irum Kim from Jumeirah Golf Estates brought home a score of 70 net to win the Girls Net Division for 2022. Finishing one shot behind Irum and this year’s second place winner in the Girls Net Division is Jamie Roslyn-Camero. Jamie carded three birdies and an eagle on the tenth to finish with a 71 net and claim runners up spot in the Girls Net Division.

During the round, there was Nearest the Pin competitions on all par 3’s. Winning the prize on hole #2 is Victor Larsson. Lorenzo Lironi proved his accuracy with a mid-iron claiming the Nearest the Pin prizes on holes #8 and #12. Hannah Alan took the final Nearest the Pin prize by getting closest on hole #17.

A big congratulations to Viktor and Anca, our 2022 Junior Open Champions. We look forward to welcoming all players back again to Emirates Golf Club soon.

The Ladies Season is now well underway for 2022. The ongoing theme of positivity, good spirits and low scores was evident once again this week. Next week is the 2022 Pink ball tournament in support of breast cancer awareness. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to Emirates GC for the event next Tuesday the 25th of October.

Ladies Pairs Betterball Competition

Tuesday, 18th October 2022

The Ladies Pairs Betterball Competition took place at Emirates Golf Club on Majlis Course with 22 teams consisting of 44 ladies participating.

The winning team on the day is that of Naima Maya and Martha Wong. The ladies played a very solid round with a final score of 44 stableford points. The round consisted of seven net birdies and a net eagle on the final hole to seal first place for the team on back three countback. Just loosing out on the top spot by a single point on countback was the team of Genie Owiti and Nonita Chand. The ladies played there was around majlis course in 44 points with eight net birdies on the day. Third place goes to the team of Yulia Golubeva and Deirdre Kemp. The ladies carded 5 net birdies on the day to bring home a score of 41 stableford points.

The Ladies Season is now well underway for 2022. The ongoing theme of positivity, good spirits and low scores was evident once again this week. Next week is the 2022 Pink Ball tournament in support of breast cancer awareness.

BMW Championship – Luckiest Ball On Earth

Sunday, 23rd October 2022

Emirates Golf Club hosted the BMW Championship, also a Luckiest Ball on Earth qualifier. The top player in the Male, Female, Boys and Girls categories qualified for the final to be held at Jumeirah Golf Estates on November 5th. From there, the three winners on the day play in the Pro Am of the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeriah Golf Estates in late November.

With an impressive score of 39 points, the winner of the Men’s Luckiest Ball on Earth was Suresh Shewakramani. Suresh played a very solid round consisting of five net birdies to claim victory in the Men’s Division by one stableford point. Genie Owiti is the ladies champion for 2022 with a very impressive 39 points. Genie played a very steady first twelve holes before three net birdies and a net eagle over the next four holes helped Genie to seal the win in the ladies division by five points. The Luckiest Ball on Earth for the Boys category was won by Bjorn Brake. Two birdies on the tenth and thirteenth helped Bjorn to victory on the day. The fourth and final Luckiest Ball on Earth for the Girls category was won by Sophia Zbiri. Sophia played a solid round with two net birdies on the front nine to win her division.

Further to the Luckiest Ball on Earth Prizes, there were net prizes up for grabs today as well. The overall runner up prize by virtue of back nine countback was Gurbax Singh. Three net birdies and a net eagle on the back nine helped Gurbax to back nine of 20 points and enough to edge out over third place by one point. Pranav Rai came home third with a score of 38 points. Pranav started strong with four birdies in the first six holes and held on to take home third place for the event.

The winner of the Division A prize for the event was Karan Badami. Karan brought home 36 points on a tough Majlis course to win the Division A prize by a single point. Mohammed Najib continued his good form, after a hole in one on the 15th hole last Thursday, with solid score of 35 points to take the Division A runner up prize for the event. Division B was won by Sekhar Reddy with 37 points. Sekhar had three birdies on the back nine to win the B Division by one point. Runners up spot for the B Division went to Adilbek Jaxybekov who brough home a good score of 36 points.

There were two on course events for the 2022 BMW Championship. Nearest the Pin prizes were up for grabs on holes 7 and 15 for the day. Mitsuko Emmerson took the prize on the seventh after a very good iron shot. Michael Ryan took home the prize for the Nearest the Pin on hole 15.

From all of us here at Emirates Golf Club, we would like to wish the four Luckiest Ball on Earth winners the best of luck in the final round at Jumeriah Golf Estates. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to Emirates Golf Club for the BMW Championship again next year.

Campbell Steedman (Emirates Golf Club Captain), Bjorn Brake, Sophia Zbiri, Genie Owiti, Suresh Shewakramani and Maria Arias (Emirates Golf Club Lady Captain)

Emirates Golf Club Pink Day

Tuesday, 25th October 2022