CLIVE AGRAN The most gifted golf writer either side of the Urals in his words
Abu Dhabi’s first golf club Al Ghazal
FROM SMALL SEEDS GROW Clive ‘Silky Swing’ Agran rather immodestly describes himself as ‘the most gifted golf writer either side of the Urals’. His sports writing career began in 1989 when he joined Eurosport. His immensely popular ‘Single Figures or Bust’ series in Golf Monthly both reduced his handicap and raised his profile. 36
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olf in Abu Dhabi is a comparatively recent phenomenon. Indeed, the place itself has only risen out of the desert in the last quarter century or so as huge oil revenues have financed spectacular construction and all manner of remarkable development. The benign tax regime and appealing lifestyle has attracted a great many overseas workers, especially from Britain. And it was the Brits who initially prompted the construction of the ISSUE 3
