Keegan Fires Low in Mashreq Medal Championship at the Emirates Golf Club
Connor Keegan recorded the best gross and net score of the day in the second event of the ‘The Mashreq Medal Championship in association with BMW’.
The 5-handicapper carded an excellent round over the Majlis course to clinch Division A (handicap 0-10) with a gross 73, net 68.
The youngster started his round on the par three 7th hole with a par but followed it with a double bogey six on the tough 8th hole. However his remaining 16 holes produced 15 pars and a birdie four on the long 13th to result in one over par 73, a fantastic effort.
Mathys Oberholster continued his excellent run of form with a 3-under par 69 to take runners up position in Division A, followed by Nawaf Fawaz in third after his 71.
Kish Bandopadhyay returned his best effort in a monthly medal to triumph in Division B (handicap 11-20) with a 2-under par tally of 70. Haris Michaelidis was one shot adrift and settled for second place with Iain Everingham in third after a level par 72.
Amr Salem won Division C (handicap 21-34) with a 2-under par 70.
Mashreq Bank is the title sponsor for the 2013 Monthly Medals Series that will be held across both Emirates Golf Club and Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club. BMW, long standing supporter of the Monthly Medals at both clubs is continuing its association with this prestigious series. For the first time in a monthly medal at Emirates Golf Club there was hole in one prize on offer kindly donated by BMW on the 15th hole. Unfortunately there was no lucky winner on the BMW 316i this month.
Over a 12 month period there will be a total of 22 monthly medals across the two Dubai Golf managed clubs. During the months of July and August there will also be joint medals where by Dubai Creek members compete against Emirates members and vice versa. Both clubs will run separate order-of-merits and the top 36 players in both order-of-merits will win a place in the grand final. Amr Salem is leading the Emirates Golf Club Order of Merit following two events with a tally of 147 points, seven clear of Connor Keegan.
