Ninety six players participated in the 28th Dubai Duty Free Golf Cup held at Arabian Ranches on Saturday, 11th June.
The event hosted by Dubai Duty Free was played in Individual stableford format with prizes being awarded to Junior, Senior, Men’s, Ladies and Gross divisions.
In warm and breezy conditions, some very impressive scores were had by all the golfers, but the coveted title went to Arabian Ranches member Ross Oates who won with an impressive score of 44 points.
With the champion golfer crowned, the top 3 prizes were also awarded in the Men’s division, with Frederic Fleury taking the victory with 40 points, followed by Andrew Partridge with 39 points in the second place and Bruno Pereira with 38 points in the third place. The Best Gross of the day was won by Ross Grant with a great score of 69 Gross points.
Commenting on the tournament, Dubai Duty Free’s Executive Vice Chairman & CEO, Colm McLoughlin said: ““This is the 28th year that we have been running this golfing event and we are delighted with the turnout. Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to Arabian Ranches for staging the tournament.”
Ten lady golfers competed in the Ladies division with prizes being awarded to the top 3 ladies; Janine Dodson took the victory with 39 points while Isabelle Jeanselme and Suzanne Jackson won by a countback of 37 points, respectively, to take the second and third spot. The Senior’s division was won by Nick Borkhataria with 39 points, while Anna Iatsuliak won the Junior division with 40 points, out of 5 juniors who participated in this division.
The on-course prizes were won by Christopher Benson for the Men’s & Junior Longest Drive, while Isabelle Jeanselme won the Ladies & Junior Longest Drive. Winning the Men’s & Junior Closest to the Pin was Anand Rajagopal, with Suzanne Jackson winning the Ladies & Junior Closest to the Pin.
