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Khaleej Times
20-03-2025
- Sport
- Khaleej Times
England's Callum Farr wins Clutch Pro Tour's Al Ain Championship
Callum Farr (Eng) shot rounds of 67, 67 and 64, for a 12 under par total of 198, to win the Clutch Pro Tour's Al Ain Championship held at Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting and Golf Club, Abu Dhabi. The 54-hole tournament locally sanctioned by the Emirates Golf Federation (EGF), saw an oversubscribed field of 154 players competing – both males and females with plenty of UAE players competing alongside the best of the Clutch Tour – their first tournament of the 2025 season. Farr, representing Trinifold Sports, started the final round in the fifth from last group. He played the first nine of his last round in 32 shots with three birdies. Further birdies on holes 11, 15 and 16 saw him home in another 32 for a 64 and a 12 under par week and a one-shot victory from both Haider Hussain (The Kendleshire) and Jack Cope (Eng). On the local scene the leading score came from Sana Tufail (Am, Yas Links Abu Dhabi) who took the Ladies Divisional Award in tied 36th on three under par and Thomas Buchard (Am, The Els Club) was the leading local male UAE player on two under par in tied 42nd. Shane Peacock, Director of Golf, Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting & Golf Club, said after the final round, 'We have a tremendous three days of golf at the highest standard. To have three players break 200 over three days is excellent golf anywhere. It is rewarding to see some home-grown UAE talent holding their own against the champions of the future. 'Congratulations to all the winners and high performers for their scores etc. All the players must be very proud of their results. We will certainly be watching all the players who competed this week in Al Ain – many of them will probably go to the highest levels of world golf – perhaps even sooner than we think to the most elite Tours in the game, around the world.' Farr immediately goes to the top of the Clutch Pro Tour Rankings with 440 points, with Hussain and Cope tied for second with 247.50 points. The tournament boasted a prize fund of £50,000 (approx AED 237,988.95) Farr won a first prize cheque of £8,000 (approx AED 30,000), and an invite to return to Al Ain next month to play in the HotelPlanner Tour event (formerly named the Challenge Tour). The next event of the Clutch Pro Tour starts on 25th March at La Vie in Oman, followed by another tournament in the Sultanate, the following week at Al Mouj Golf. Final Results (Par 70). C. Farr (Eng) 67. 67. 64. 198. H. Hussen (Eng) 66. 68. 65. 199. J. Cope (Eng) 65. 65. 69. 199. O. Sullivan (Eng) 68. 67. 65. 200. J. Gough (Eng) 67. 66. 67. 200. J. Yule (Eng) 64. 68. 68. 200. A. Chesters (Eng) 66. 66. 68. 200.
Khaleej Times
18-03-2025
- Sport
- Khaleej Times
Four players tie for lead at Clutch Pro Tour UAE Championship in Al Ain
Four players shot an opening round of six under par 64 to lead the Clutch Pro Tour's GB Pounds 50,000 UAE Championship, held at Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting & Golf Club, Abu Dhabi. UAE. Round one was suspended due to darkness with all players unable to complete their first rounds. Play will resume at 6.40 am for the players to complete their first rounds with the round two tee times remaining as originally published. Jack Yule (Eng), Sam Hessian (Eng), George Mason (Eng) and Mark Power (Ire) are at the top of the leaderboard as the tournament stands. The most attractive card of the day was handed in by Mason, representing Wath Golf Club, who started on tee 10 and went out in 30, five under par. Mason had five birdies without reply in his opening nine holes and secured three birdie twos on holes 13, 15 and 17 – to set up his impressive round. A bogey on hole 1, his 10 th hole was the only blemish to his card – with further birdies on holes 5 and 6 to hand in the joint best round of the day. Yule, representing Kings Lynn Golf Club, starting on hole 10, had just one bogey on his card, the second hold on the card – his 11 th . Hessian, representing Sunningdale Golf Club, and Power, representing Mount Juliet Golf Club, both had clean cards of six pars and no bogeys. On a day of strong scoring, 53 players beat the strict par of 70. The 54-hole tournament locally sanctioned by the Emirates Golf Federation (EGF), saw an oversubscribed field of 154 players competing – both males and females with plenty of UAE players competing alongside the best of the Clutch Tour – their first tournament of the 2025 season. On the local scene leading scores came from a regular supporter of events in the UAE, James Nash (Ormskirk Golf Club, England), with a 66 in tied ninth, as well as amateur Viktor Larsson (The Els Club, Dubai) a 68 in tied 26 th alongside on the same score Alkyonie Aharidis (The Els Club, Dubai). For all LIVE Scoring Visit: Leaders (Par 70). The list of players includes J. Yule (Eng), S. Hessian (Eng), G. Mason (Eng), M. Power (Ire), J. Lando Casanova (Fr), J. Galbraith (Eng), J. Cope (Eng), J. Ayres (Eng), A. Chesters (Eng), M. Gauntlett (Eng), R. Brooks (Eng), H. Hussein (Eng), J. Nash (Wales), and J. Claridge (Eng).
