Location: Just 400 metres from Abu Dhabi Airport by road
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AL GHAZAL GOLF CLUB Left to right: Captain Juma Mussa, Dennis Cox, Mark Swift, Lady Captain Pauline Jeynes and Anette Rego.
top pointS for rego and Swift ANETTE Rego and Mark Swift won the Ladies and Men’s divisions with 38 and 39 points respectively and cut their handicaps in the process in the first monthly Stableford Eclectic of the season. The Stableford Eclectic is played once a month over the season. The competition is for each competitor to try and better their monthly hole-by-hole points score, the winner will be the one who has the most points at the end of the season. Runners up to Anette and Mark were Anina Bester, 36 points, and Mark Sutherland, 38 points. There were two ‘2s clubs’ recorded on the day by Martin Sutherland on the 16th and Dennis Cox on the third.
THE first Monthly Medal of the new season, sponsored by Nicholas Stevenson, was played in hot and humid conditions but that didn’t deter a field of over 50 taking to the course. In the Ladies Division the in-form Lizette Breytenbach carded a net 68 to win by nine strokes from Anina Bester and cut her handicap to 11 in the process. The Men’s ‘A’ Division saw the best scores of the day with Mark Hayman
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carding a gross 73 for a net 66 to beat Laxman Perera to the title. Hayman was also on the receiving end of a handicap cut and he now plays off 6. Newcomer Keith Hindmarsh won Division ‘B’ with a 76 as he beat Bob Malone by two strokes. Malone took second place after a card countback from Eddie Brown, Jaco Breytenbach and Nicholas Stevenson while in Division ‘C’ Steve Coulson beat Will Murray to the top spot by two strokes after carding a 72.
Club Captains Juma Mussa and Pauline Jeynes flank all the winners on the day.
ShiMizu takeS the inaugural MercedeS-benz Monthly Medal
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IWAO Shimizu scored an impressive net 69 for a one-stroke victory over Brian McClure in the first Mercedes-Benz Monthly Medal last month. With temperatures slowly decreasing playing conditions were a lot more enjoyable and Joe Howell took full advantage as he shot the lowest gross of the day with a 76.
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Robert Turner, Yas Links Tournament Coordinator said: “It was fantastic to see more members participating in the competition this week as we enter our full golfing season in the UAE. It is very pleasing to see improving scores, and it shows that the members are getting used to the links conditions.”
Location: Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, near to the Marina and the Yas Marina Circuit and only 15 minutes from the city centre. contact: Tel : +971 2810 7777 www.yaslinks.com
info: An 18-hole course, a nine-hole academy course, clubhouse, golf academy and floodlit practice facilities, set against dramatic views of the Arabian Gulf – the course combines unparalleled visual glory with the thrill of golf’s ultimate test. DESiGnER: Kyle Phillips.