Faldo course at Emirates Golf Club Archives - Golf Digest Middle East https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/tag/faldo-course-at-emirates-golf-club/ Golf Instruction, Equipment, Courses, Travel, News Tue, 10 Sep 2019 07:26:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/gd-favicon.ico Faldo course at Emirates Golf Club Archives - Golf Digest Middle East https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/tag/faldo-course-at-emirates-golf-club/ 32 32 Singh on song again with UAE PGA season-opening victory https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/singh-on-song-again-with-uae-pga-season-opening-victory/ https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/singh-on-song-again-with-uae-pga-season-opening-victory/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2019 07:26:40 +0000 https://golfdigestme.com/?p=29033 Former Asian Tour player Sujjan Singh has started the new UAE PGA campaign pretty much where he left off last season by claiming an astonishing fifth title in just his eighth start on the regional circuit.

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]]> Sujjan Singh in action at Abu Dhabi Golf Club last year, one of the four events he won in a thoroughly impressive UAE PGA Tour rookie campaign.

By Kent Gray
Former Asian Tour player Sujjan Singh has started the new UAE PGA campaign pretty much where he left off last season by claiming an astonishing fifth title in just his eighth start on the regional circuit.

The 38-year-old Indian shared the spoils in the 2019-2020 season opener at Emirates Golf Club on Monday, a four-under 68 on the Faldo course matched by Emirates G.C. teaching professional Dong Lee. Lee technically defended his title at his home course but given his impressive introduction to the UAE PGA Tour last season, the headlines were inevitably grabbed by Singh.

Singh and Emirates Golf Club’s Dong Lee at Monday’s prize giving.

The Claude Harmon ③ Performance Golf Academy teaching professional, who finished 32nd in the order of merit in his debut Asian Tour campaign in 2011 and has two Professional Golf Tour of India titles to his name, won at The Els Club, Dubai Hills, Abu Dhabi, and Saadiyat Beach last season.

He finished fifth in the UAE PGA Tour order of merit despite only playing seven events – his worst finish all season was a 4th placing –  so is understandably the raging hot favourite to win the points race this season.

For the record, UAE PGA CEO Luke Plumb (JA Resorts & Hotels) finished third on the Faldo with a one-under 71.

Meanwhile, the new 2019-2020 schedule has been unveiled. It features 21 tournaments including the UAE PGA Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates and Dubai Creek on March 30-31 respectively and the UAE PGA Pairs Championship on the Earth course at JGE on April 7.

The Dubai Golf Trophy, this year on Earth at JGE and Dubai Creek, is also in the diary for April 18-19.  The UAE PGA Pros will be looking to avoid a fifth straight loss in the Ryder Cup-style matches against the Emirates Golf Federation’s leading amateurs.

Related: UAE PGA pros “outfought and outplayed” in singles as EGF amateurs waltz to fourth straight Dubai Golf Trophy

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UAE PGA 2019-2020 – Tournaments

September 2019
Monday 9th: Emirates Golf Club (Faldo). Titled shared by Sujjan Singh and Dong Lee
Tuesday 17th: Al Ain Equestrian Shooting and Golf Club
Monday 30th: Al Hamra Golf Club

October 2019
Wednesday 9th: Dubai Creek Pro-Am – Pm Shotgun
Monday 21st: The Track, Meydan
Tuesday 29th: Saadiyat Beach Golf Club

November 2019
Monday 11th: Tower Links Golf Club
Tuesday 26th: Arabian Ranches Golf Club

December 2019
Tuesday 3rd: Trump International Golf Club
Monday 16th: Al Zorah Golf Club

January 2020
Tuesday 7th: Jebal Ali Golf Resort
Monday 13th: The Address, Montgomerie Pro -Am – PM Shotgun
Tuesday 21st: Sharjah Golf and Shooting Club

February 2020
Monday 3rd: Jumeirah Golf Estates – Fire Course
Tuesday 11th: Yas Links Golf Club
Monday 24th: The Els Club, Dubai

March 2020
Tuesday 3rd: Dubai Hills Golf Club Pro-Am – Pm Shotgun
Monday 16th: Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Tuesday 24th: UAE PGA Matchplay Semi-Finals and Final – TBC
Monday 30th: UAE PGA Championships Day 1 – JGE Earth Course
Tuesday 31st: UAE PGA Championships Day 2 – Dubai Creek

April 2020
Tuesday 7th: UAE PGA Pairs Championships – JGE Earth Course
Saturday 18th: Dubai Golf Trophy Day 1 – JGE Earth Course
Sunday 19th: Dubai Golf Trophy Day 2 – Dubai Creek

 

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Rayhan Thomas’ week didn’t start so well, a six-over 78 at Yas Links on Monday derailing his bid to qualify for next week’s Desert Swing opener in Abu Dhabi. It’s fair to say the 18-year-old world amateur No.17 didn’t dwell on the frustration for long.

By Friday, Thomas was celebrating back-to-back Omega Emirates Amateur Open titles in Dubai and the MENA Tour trailblazer did it in some style too, five strokes his final margin of victory over Zubair Firdaus (Golf Australia, 74-70 – 144) and Steven Kelbrick (69-75 -144). Kelbrick’s new Trump International Golf Club Dubai club-mate Josh Hill (72-73) was fourth on 145.

Emirates Golf Club is a home away from home for Thomas and the Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club member showed why in the 36-hole Emirates Golf Federation order-of-merit event, backing up an opening round of 71 on the Faldo course with a 68 on the Majlis for a 139 aggregate.

The win was made all the more sweet as Thomas had his father John caddying for him.

“It was great carrying his bag today – it’s been a while but I enjoyed it,” John said. “[Rayhan’s] Games in good shape. Always room for improvement – hopefully will be ready for a classic act.”

The four-under loop of the Majlis was indeed timely as it was on the same layout where Thomas will look to repeat his Omega Dubai Desert Classic heroics of 2017 in the 30th anniversary edition of the European Tour event from Jan. 24-27.

The Oklahoma State University-bound amateur, who made the cut in the European Tour event two years ago, is set for a mouth-watering amateur showdown on the Majlis with Jovan Rebula, the nephew of three time Desert Classic winner and four-time major champion Ernie Els.

RELATED: Thomas to take on Ernie Els’ nephew in spicy amateur showdown at 30th Desert Classic

Rebula became the first South African since Bobby Cole in 1966 to win the British Amateur Championship last summer and went on to play The Open Championship at Carnoustie. After the Desert Classic, he’ll also tee it up in The Masters at Augusta National and the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.

Paul Byrne, meanwhile, won the net title at the Omega Emirates Amateur Open with a 145 aggregate, his closing net 70 on the Majlis pipping Emirates G.C. clubmate Chaher Sakkal on a countback. Pavel Foubik Jnr was third on 148.

Rayhan Thomas at his home Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club (Photo: David Cannon/Getty Images)

 

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