UAE Junior Golfers win the recent GCC Golf Championship in Oman
The UAE juniors proved their mettle by claiming the champions’ title at the recent GCC Golf Championships, by a clear margin of 12 shots. The team comprising of Abdulla Al Qubaisi, Ahmed Skaik & Ahmed Al Budoor, produced some stunning performance over the Al Mouj golf course at Waves Muscat.
Hosts Oman took runners up position and Bahrain was placed third further 2 shots behind.
UAE team also won the Net division over Oman.
Abdulla Al Qubaisi won individual third (gross) and individual runner up (net) prizes while Ahmed Skaik took individual third (net)
Khalid Mubarak Al Shamsi, Secretary General, Emirates Golf Federation & UAE National Team manager, expressed his delight over the remarkable feat by junior team, “We are extremely proud of this achievement. Our juniors have ascertained that with clear focus, dedication and rigorous training we can achieve our goals. In 2012 our junior team was placed in third position, in a year they have made a great stride. We hope for bigger honours in future,”
DAY 1 GROSS
AHMED SKAIK 79
ABDULLA AL QUBAISI 83
DAY 2 GROSS
ABDULLA AL QUBAISI 79
AHMED AL BUDOOR 81
TOTAL UAE GROSS 322 (won by 12 shots)
2nd OMAN 334
3rd BAHRAIN 336
4th KUWAIT 382
TOTAL UAE NET SCORE 287 (won by 11 shots)
2 OMAN 298
3 BAHRAIN 308
4 KUWAIT 346
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS – UAE
Abdulla Al Qubaisi – 3rd place (gross)
Abdulla Al Qubaisi – 2nd place (net)
Ahmed Skaik – 3rd place( Net)
Picture caption – Junior team Ahmed Albudoor, Abdulla Al Qubaisi, Ahmed Skaik with Khalid Mubarak Al Shamsi & Jason Froggatt
