Titleist Dubai Golf Pairs Championship 2020
Friday 18th & Saturday 19th September
Dubai Golf hosted the first ever Titleist Dubai Golf Pairs Championship this past weekend. Over 400 golfers were competing to be crowned the 2020 Champions.
Round One was held on Friday 18th September across the three Dubai Golf clubs, Emirates, Jumeirah Golf Estates and Dubai Creek. A pair’s betterball format, sixteen pairs from each club would then qualify for Round Two at Emirates Golf Club held on the Majlis the following day (Saturday 19th).
Day One Qualification
Jumeirah Golf Estates
At Jumeirah Golf Estates on the Earth Course, scoring was low with 41 points required to qualify. The best net score was from Nadeem Masud and Ehtasham Uddin who had 48 points. Klaus Hansson and Haiyan Mujarkech came second with 47 points. The best gross score was won by Andrew Sharp and Ben Wills who had 38 points (bb9).
Dubai Creek
At Dubai Creek, 40 points was enough to qualify. Mother and daughter partners Janet Kim and Hyeonji Kang won with 44 points. The second best net score was by Scott Naude and Victor Axmalm with 43 points. Vihaan Sharma and Aarnav Nath combined to win the best gross with 37 points.
Emirates Golf Club
Emirates hosted the qualifying round on the Faldo, with only 39 points required to qualify for Day Two. The best net score was won by Jeremny Llewellyn and Craig Tredenick who had 44 points, while Asif Raza and Anil Kumar were runner up with 43 points (bb6). Liang Wei Liu and Jamie Camero won best gross with 38 points.
Overall/Day Two Results
With a superb score of 46 points, it was the Emirates Golf Club pair of Ken Babcock and Robert Staton who were crowned the 2020 Champions. In doing so they each won a set of Titleist irons from the event’s sponsor Titleist. Ken, a member of the Emirates Scratch League team, fired a gross 38 points himself and was supported superbly by Roberts’s birdies throughout the game.
In runner up spot (net) was Russell and James Yeomans, also from EGC, who had 45 points. The best day two gross score was Mike Mezei and Dean Bell (EGC) who had 39 points.
Although the scores did reset after Day One, there were also prizes for the best 36 hole scores. The best 36 hole net score was by Holly Colvin and Paul McMahon from JGE who had scores of 44 & 41 for a 85 points total. The best gross score was from Martin Stewart and Ross Grant (JGE) with 38 & 39 points for a 77 points total.
Each of the above prize winners were rewarded with superb prizes from the event’s sponsor Titleist. Ken and Robert took home a set of irons each, while many others were rewarded for their excellent golf with Woods, Hybrids and Wedges.
After the prize presentation, Cian Hurley, Golf Services Manager at Emirates Golf Club commented, “Firstly, it is fantastic to host such an event with over 400 golfers competing across the three Dubai Golf Clubs. Ken and Robert are certainly deserving winners after playing some excellent golf. We look forward to continuing the event next year after its success. Of course the event would not be possible without the sponsor Titleist, so a big thank you goes to them.”
