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Tournaments & Results
THE ULTIMATE
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Dear Members,
I hope that this finds you well, with the cooler season arriving its great to see many members playing the golf course. We have an extremely busy season approaching with our next tournament on the 5th of November.
WINTER TOURNAMENT CALENDAR
NOVEMBER
Saturday, 26th Open Texas Scramble Open Tee Times
DECEMBER
12th -15th WAGR Event Abu Dhabi Amateur Championship Event Draw
Sunday, 18™ Open Turkey Trott 12:30pm Shotgun
Beat the Pros
Saturday, 24th September 2022
Yas Links Abu Dhabi had its annual beat the pros competition. The format was a 4-man Texas Scramble, and the aim was to see if anyone could shoot lower than our Club Professionals (Karl Dunn, Jaco Stander, Danny Jakubowski and Marc Arnold).
The Yas Links Professionals went round in an impressive 13 under with a strong finish of five birdies on the last five holes. A tough score to beat however two teams were successful in doing so. In first place with an absolutely outstanding score of a net 56.9 (-15.1) was the team of Damien Ward, Dan Kirkwood, Yousuf Kerr and Miguel Veronesi. A seriously good score which featured the shot of the tournament with Dan Kirkwood holing out from 130 yards on hole 12 for eagle. The runners up and only missing out the top spot by 0.3 shots was the team of Andrew Lett, Mark McDonagh, Michael Gibson and Kealan Bolger. Their net 57.9 (-14.9) was a card mostly full of birdies and net eagles. A very well done to both teams for their fantastic display of golf round the Links.
On Course Competitions
Nearest the Pin Hole 4 Pol O’Maolagain Nearest the Pin in Two Hole 10 Dan Kirkwood Nearest the Pin Hole 17 Kealan Bolger
Clash of the Titans
Wednesday, 19th October 2022
Yas Links Abu Dhabi hosted round 1 of Clash of the Titans and saw 82 golfers which were separated into four different teams compete on the Championship Links course. These teams were Dubai Creek, Emirates Golf Club, Jumeirah Golf Estates and Viya Golf.
The overall Winner of the Clash of the Titans was the Viya Golf team who shot a very impressive combined 72 under to take home the trophy. The Viya golf team had three fantastic scores of -16 which helped them on their way to victory. Runner up was Emirates Golf Club with some excellent low scores which totalled to -68. In third place it was Jumeirah Golf Estates who scored again a very impressive combined -64 to give them a podium place.
In the individual four player scramble competition it was Jumeirah Golf Estates team of Joe O’Connor, Khaled Ghaleb, Carl Downham and Chris Hoskin who shot a -16 under (BB9). The team had a great finish which helped them secure the win with five birdies on holes 14 to 18. Runner up was the Viya golf team of Lee Matthew Waggott, Alan Tweedie, Mark Cox and Eamonn Sullivan who also shot a -16 under. The team were completely in the zone throughout the middle of the round with an eagle on hole 7 which was followed with birdies on holes 8 to 12. Third place was Emirates Golf Clubs team of Cian Hurley, Jake Carney, Maura Duggan and Frank Duggan who again shot -16 under. Their card was full of birdies with low scores on tough holes such as 18 and 16.
On Course Competitions
Hole #4 Nathan Seldon Hole #8 Andrew Millership Hole #11 Sanjay Dhandsa Hole #17 Darryl Cox
Links Charity Golf Day
Saturday, 22nd October 2022
Yas Links hosted its annual Charity Golf Day. The purpose of the day was to raise money for Operation Smile. A Volunteer-based non-profit organization that believe that anyone born with a cleft condition deserves safe, effective and timely surgery and comprehensive care, regardless of where they call home. The day was packed with luxury silent auction items, raffle tickets and 18 different on course competitions which all helped raise money for Operation Smile.
The format of the Golf Day was a Four Player Team Shambles with the best two out of four scores contributing toward the team score.
In first place with an outstanding team score of 104 points was Keith Speller, Ted Speller, Chris Wilson and Darren Maskell. Keith Speller especially had a fantastic round. One we are sure he never predicted as he stormed his way through the course and finished with a net 58. Runner up and only missing out by 2 points goes to David Evans, Karl Krofton, Arash Saidi and Marthinus Neethling with a combined score of 103 points. Marthinus Neethling was the low man in that foursome as he birdied his way to a net 61. Third place and only missing the top spot by 3 points with a score of 102 was Colin Gow, Russell Stewart, Noel Connolly and Dean Stothard. The team all shot in the 60s with Dean Stothard scoring a 64 to secure them third place.
However, the main aim of the event was to raise money for charity and with that the Golf Day managed to raise over AED 80,000 for Operation Smile. A massive well done to all who were involved in making that happen.
On Course Competitions
Nearest the pin in 2 hole 1 Eion Bolger Nearest the pin in 3 hole 2 Alan Tweedie Nearest the pin in 2 hole 3 Karl Bishop Nearest the pin hole 4 Andrew Banks Nearest the pin in 2 hole 5 Ted Speller Nearest the pin in 2 hole 6 John Ewing Men’s longest drive hole 7 Alexander Banks Nearest the pin hole 8 Karl Krofton Straightest Drive hole 9 Noel Connolly Nearest the pin in 2 hole 10 Pedro Duarte Nearest the pin in 3 hole 11 Manny Ostojic Ladies longest drive hole 12 Lora Al Marzooqi Nearest the pin hole 13 Abdulla Al Marzooqi Nearest the pin in 2 hole 14 Nick Durdu Nearest the pin in 2 hole 15 Ted Speller Nearest the pin in 2 hole 16 Pedro Duarte Nearest the pin 17 Steve Breken Nearest the pin in 3 hole 18 Alexander Banks
