Dubai Creek win’s the inaugural battle of Dubai Golf

Dubai Creek hosted the inaugural Clash of the Titans on Thursday 19th May where they would take on sister golf club, Emirates in a battle to claim the honors of a new perpetual trophy for their respective clubhouse.

In a team stableford competition where three members played with a professional, all five team scores were added up to decide the winning club. The Creek returned an impressive total of 419 to overshadow Emirates total of 401 to take the honors and bragging rights until the return match.

Joseph Andrade, Dubai Creek Club Captain commented, “Thank you to all the members and pro’s for playing today and it was great to get the two clubs together.  Thank you to Chris May, Mustafa Al Hashimi and Andrew Whitelaw for making the event possible and we all look forward to the return match at Emirates next season.”

The individual professional prizes were generously sponsored by Ara Nakhnikian from Prosports and tied for 1st place with 33 points witnessed Alan Mackenzie, Cyril Rozes and Alastair Brown split the pot.  Michael Kinloch carded 32 points for fourth and tied fifth was Andrew Whitelaw and Kenny Monahan with 30 points.   

Miki Mirza won nearest the pin on the 5th hole and Paul King won the longest drive on the 12th hole.

Group Picture: Dubai Creek and Emirates Golf Club teams alongside Mustafa Al Hashimi, DCGYC Club Manager (far left) and Chris May, General Manager for Dubai Golf. (Far right).

Captain’s Picture: Mike Sim, Emirates Golf Club Vice-Captain presenting the Clash of the Titans trophy to the winning Club Captain, Joseph Andrade.