Record 232 players attend Captains Day at Emirates Golf Club
Club Captain Moshe Kohli raised the bar for Captains Day at Emirates Golf Club by hosting a shamble tournament over both the Faldo and Majlis courses attracting a staggering 232 players.
This remarkable turnout reflects the strength of the membership at Emirates Golf Club as well as the popularity of Captain Kohli.
The starting field was split into two groups with Group A playing the ‘front nines’ of the Faldo and Majlis and Group B competing on the back nine holes. On paper the front nine holes are usually the toughest but this was not reflected in some fantastic scoring. The quartet of Gerard Kehoe, Selma Kehoe, David Richardson and Jenny Richardson signed for a superb score of 113, 29 under par. The competitors experienced some excellently hospitality on the course including food and beverage stations and a massage station sponsored by Midcom. The Midcom team also enjoyed the format and Vikram Arora, Anand Kapoor, Anvita Kapoor and Akash Kumar combined to card a tally of 114 to claim runners-up place. Third place in Group A went to Maura Duggan, Frank Duggan, Paul Byrne and Saeed Fahim after signing for a 115 tally.
Group B (Majlis and Faldo back nine holes) was also closely contested with two shots separating the top three teams. Trevor Hardwick, Bob Curtis, Janet Curtis and Andrew Robinson claimed top prize with a 116 total. Two teams carded a score of 118 and after a count back on the second nine holes the team of Anand Lakhiani , Nelly Amarnani, Ishu Rupani and Jamshed Batliwala claimed runners-up position. Mike Pearce, Lesley Pearce, Kevin Thorp and Liz Thorp came third in Group B.
The day of celebration started with the traditional Captains drive in and Captain Kohli couldn’t match his season opening tee shot of 281 yards, the 230 plus spectators may have added a little pressure and he pulled his tee shot before it settled 230 yards from the tee. Gurmukh Ghuldu won the champagne on offer for guessing the yardage correctly. The event also raised a total of Aed 12,500 for the junior staff fund through a raffle and on course activities.
Further Prizes:
Longest Drive – Trackman on Range
Winner: Chris Turlik 270 Yards
LONGEST DRIVE – FOR PAST CAPTAIN’S
HOLE # 10 (MAJLIS ) : Jenny Ayres
HOLE # 3 (FALDO) : Mike Tracey
HOLE PRIZES (GROUP “A”)
NEAREST THE PIN HOLE # 4 (MAJLIS ) : Vikram Pradhan
NEAREST THE PIN HOLE # 7 (MAJLIS ) : Husam Al-Sayed
NEAREST THE PIN HOLE # 2 (FALDO ) : David Richardson
NEAREST THE PIN HOLE # 8 (FALDO ) : Mahabir Singhal
HOLE PRIZES (GROUP “B”)
NEAREST THE PIN HOLE # 11 (MAJLIS ) : Kish Bandopadhyay
NEAREST THE PIN HOLE # 15 (MAJLIS ) : Ian Scott
NEAREST THE PIN HOLE # 12 (FALDO ) : Veneet Mohan
NEAREST THE PIN HOLE # 17 (FALDO ) : Bill Wong
