wasl to Sponsor Golf’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic

wasl Asset Management Group (‘wasl’), the largest real estate company in Dubai, is proud to announce its sponsorship of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic 2012. The 23rd edition of the tournament will be hosted at the wasl-owned Emirates Golf Club between February 9th and 12th.

The tournament is a PGA European Tour sanction event, with a prize fund set at $2.5 million. It will host [138] professional players from over a dozen countries, including world number two and three Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood, 2009 and 2011 US Presidents Cup captain Fred Couples, and leading Indian star Jeev Milkha Singh.

H.E. Hesham Abdullah Al Qassim, Chief Executive Officer of wasl said:
“The Omega Dubai Desert Classic is about much more than golf; it is about both raising Dubai’s profile as an international sporting hub and giving back to the local community. We have always enjoyed hosting this tournament at our Emirate’s Golf Club and as one of the most respected landlords in Dubai, we are pleased to be sponsoring it again this year.”

Dubai Golf, a subsidiary of wasl, manages both Emirates Golf Club and Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club. It provides world-class golf courses and luxurious clubhouses, offering a selection of spectacular locations for golf, events and entertainment as well as related services including fine dining restaurants, golf academies, recreation facilities and residential developments.

The multi award-winning Majlis Course at Emirates Golf Club, was the Middle East’s first all grass championship golf course when it opened in 1988 and has hosted the famous Dubai Desert Classic tournament since 1989. In 2011 the Majlis course was recognised as one of the “Top 100 Golf Courses in the World” by Golf World magazine..