December Carpetland Open Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club

The December event was always going to be particularly special as the top three teams would gain a place in the Grand Final of the famous ‘Golden Ticket’ which will be played in late January at Yas Links in Abu Dhabi.  

The top junior and adult in the ‘Golden Ticket’ Grand Final will then qualify to play alongside one of the European Tour’s top players in the prestigious Emirates Airline Invitational.

As always in the Carpetland Open it was a pairs event and this month the format was better ball Stableford.  Winning by just one point was the Creek-member team of Yves Aboukhaled and Pierre Abou Jaoude.  Their score of 38 points beat Madhav Nair and Shashi Raghavan into the runner spot on 37 points.  In third place and also winning their spot in the Golden Ticket Grand Final were Dave Gowans and Joy Lirio who also had 37 points although lost in a countback to Nair and Raghavan.  The special on course nearest the pin and longest drive competitions were won by Adonis Nasr and Shahin Khodjasteh.

Tournament Director of the Emirates Airline Invitational James Bowring joined Carpetland’s Shahriar Khodjasteh to present the awards and the special invitations.  Bowring commented; “It is wonderful to have Carpetland as a sponsor of this year’s event.  The ‘Golden Ticket’ competition has proved hugely successful and given the normal golfer a chance to rub shoulders with some of the games elite players.”