SHARJAH GOLF & SHOOTING CLUB
Sharif takes the honours ORIENT Travel and Thai Airways teamed up to sponsor the first Orient Travel – Thai Airways Monthly Medal in December. Nabil Sharif (9) shot a net 68 to beat Ransey Yassin (3) by one shot. After a mediocre front nine Sharif stormed around the back nine in 1-under gross 35. This included birdies at the 11th and 14th and one dropped shot on the 16th hole. Sharif also recorded three putts on his way to his 68. Runner-up was Summer Open Champion Ramsey Yassin (3) who shot a gross 72, net 69. Yassin finished his round in superb style with 11 straight pars. His only dropped shot was at the first but he recovered with a birdie at the long seventh hole. Taiwanese golfer George Liu (6) won the best gross with a 79. Liu was playing excellent golf until he scored a nine on the par-5 sixth. But Liu recovered in fine form, only dropping three shots for his remaining holes to win the best gross prize. Pramoth Supyen (Director of Amazing Thailand) and Krisana Jaemkrajang (Accounting Manager UAE Middle East Thai Airways) were both extremely delighted with the new sponsorship of this event and were both on hand to assist Above: (from left) Pramoth Supyen (Director of Amazing Thailand), Nabil Sharif, George Liu, Ramsey Yassin, the prize presentation. Krisana Jaemkrajang (Accounting Manager UAE Middle East Thai Airways) and Martin Duff.
PALM SPORTS RESORT AL AIN
Josie leads team to top spot NINETEEN teams competed in the Ladies Am-Am Team Stableford format which was run alongside the Breast Cancer Awareness and Education day at the Palm Sports Resort, Al Ain. The teams were all made up of three men and a lady Team Captain and it was the fourball of Josie Messam, Ramon Messam, Shaffie Jaapar Muhammad and Ahmed Daud Jaffar who came out on top. The best two scores were taken on each hole except the par 3s where the best three scores, including the ladies, counted. The two best scores from the morning shotgun saw the teams of Anne Quintino, Alex Tinson, Dane Sandford and Lyndon Chalmers along with the team of Michelle Sandford,
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Wayne Whitney, Peter ‘Fairways’ Forrester and John Tooby both return matching scores of 89 points. Steady contributions were made from all eight players towards their overall totals for their respective teams, including an eagle three on the par 5 third hole for Sandford. With both teams fearing they had not quite done enough over their 18 holes the afternoon players started their rounds. An electric pace was set from the fourball of Monina Gudaca, John May, Robert Williams and David Miles as they reached the turn in an impressive 50 points. Leading from the front their team captain Monina had no less than five, three pointers on the opening nine. Unfortunately they couldn’t keep the momentum going and returned with 39 points to
leave another team on a combined total of 89. The other team in contention for a big score from the afternoon was that of Josie, Ramon, Shaffie and Ahmed. With an outward total of 43 they knew they were off the pace slightly but started to get things going quickly from the turn. In their final three holes they moved up another gear to with respective totals of six points, six points and seven points on their final holes to leave them as the fourth team on 89 points. Card countbacks had to be used to split up the four teams and the final order from their back nine scores of 46 points, 45 points and 44 points saw Josie’s team taking first place followed by Anne’s group and finally Michelle’s fourball in third.