DUBAI: The venue of The Dubai Desert Classic, a European Tour event, and The Omega Dubai Ladies Classic, the Emirates Golf Club-Majlis hosted the final round of the GEC Open World Final-Dubai Corporate Golf World Cup 2017 on Thursday.
Yukol Ying Yong Kij (73) of Thailand was the winner. Verlito Quindoza (73) from Saudi Arabia was the runner-up, while Susan Drummond (70) from Azerbaijan finished third. Anmol Puri was the highest placed Indian at No 5. Played in a stableford format (total of 69 stableford points), the player with the lower handicap wins.
The event in the ‘City of Gold’ hosted winners from qualifying rounds held from August to early December across 18 countries. With an aim to ply their trade on the coveted venue and be crowned global champion of the Global Enterprise Connect Golf Tour, as many as 60 top executives got together for the two-day extravaganza.
Competing on a challenging par-72 layout designed by Karl Litten, the first grass golf course in the Middle East, Tushar Sahoo, managing director, GEC Open, said, “At the fourth edition of this global tournament, we are thankful to all participants for making this journey to be with us in celebration of another year of outstanding golf, networking and new friendships.
It is not every day that you get a chance to represent your country on the world stage against competitors from other nations.”
The GEC Open is an annual global corporate tournament held across several countries among top corporates and industry stalwarts. The event made its debut in 2014 with one round in Dubai. In 2015 and 2016, the event grew in popularity and was played in six and eight countries, respectively.
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