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The husband and wife pairing of Matt and Rachael Doyle narrowly claimed first place in the NHSC Monday Madness Night Golf Series competition at the Royal Golf Club (RGC) with a score of 23 points. The winners of the previous quarter’s series, Rajinder Sachdeva and Naeem Khan, took the runners-up spot with 22 points on countback, while Iftikhar Butt and Mohammed Akeel came third, also on 22 points.
The competition was played in the ‘rainbow challenge’ format on the floodlit back 9 holes of the club’s Montgomerie championship course. Nearest the pin side contests on holes 12 and 16 were won by Tony Bridgens and 2014 Lady Captain Dena Wales respectively.
The presentation ceremony was attended by Jason Mejia, RGC’s tournament co-ordinator, and NHSC sales executive Sooraj Gopinath gave away the prizes.
The 9-hole NHSC Monday Madness Night Golf Series is open to non-members at a cost of BD20 per night and tee off every Monday with a 6.30pm shotgun start. To register, contact the club’s golf events department on golfevents@theroyalgolfclub.com.
Al Qutami clinches inaugural tournament in styleHamad Fares Al Qutami was the medal winner in the inaugural Hisham Cup tournament at the Awali Golf Club with an excellent gross 73.
The competition has been introduced to the club’s calendar of events this season and sponsored by Hisham Abdulrahman. The format of play was 18-holes singles strokeplay and players competed with seasonal greenery still in evidence around the course.
Yong Back Kim continued to show improvement and emerged the overall net winner, carding a nett 66. Bill Scarth also maintained his good run of form coming in second shot behind with a nett 67.
Prizes were presented by Ateeq Majali on behalf of Abdulrahman. Differing from the usual practice in strokeplay competitions, they were not allocated on a flighted basis. Also, as part of the conditions for the day, the sponsor had specified that prize-winners would only be able to claim their prize if present in the clubhouse at the prize-giving, which resulted in a couple of happy players clutching a prize that they were not expecting to receive.
Results: Overall Cup winner and best gross: Hamad Fares Al Qutami (67/73), 1st Nett: Yong Back Kim (nett-66/gross-81), 2nd Nett: Bill Scarth (67/84), 3rd: Salah Al Shaer (67/78), 4th: Mahmood Falamarzi (68/82), 5th: Diab Sagar Al Noaimi (69/73), 6th: Peter O’Brien (69/74), 7th: Dave Spittal (70/75), 8th: Paul Warman (70/87), 9th: Isa Ahmed (70/81).
