Davitt shot two excellent rounds of 39 and 40 for a total of 79, to win the title for the second time.
Dermot Davitt (third from right), poses with the trophy alongside Colm McLoughlin, Executive Vice President and CEO of Dubai Duty Free (third from left). – Photograph supplied
Dermot Davitt clinched the 29th edition of the Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup held on 24 and 25 November.
Davitt shot two excellent rounds of 39 and 40 for a total of 79, to win the title for the second time. He had previously won the title in 2013.
The Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup is always one of the most anticipated events in the duty free industry calendar and this year’s edition was no exception.
Over the two days, nearly 100 players competed to be crowned this year’s champion. The first round was played at Emirates Golf Club on the Faldo Course on 24 November and culminated at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club for the final round on 25 November.
The two-day Stableford event, organized by Dubai Duty Free, allows its industry guests to enjoy two stunning golf courses in a fantastic atmosphere surrounded by friends, guests and colleagues with an incredible selection of prizes up for grabs respective men and women. and Senior Divisions.
Commenting on the success of the tournament, Colm McLoughlin, Executive Vice President and CEO of Dubai Duty Free, said: “Thank you to our Dubai Duty Free team and Dubai Creek Golf Club and Emirates Golf Club for the success of the 29th Dubai. Duty Free Golf World Cup. Congratulations to Dermot and all our friends in the duty free industry for taking part in this tournament and I look forward to seeing you all next year as we celebrate our 30th anniversary.”
Meanwhile, the overall local winners in the men’s and women’s divisions were Ghurbax Singh (33 and 40) and Smurthy Thomas (22 and 22 points) who both played excellent golf. The visitors were also able to provide some brilliant golf with Steve Flanagan taking the overall visitors prize in the men’s division with rounds of 41 and 37 points and Charmaine Bruwer in the ladies division with rounds of 34 and 25. There were no easy wins with Damien Fox. (74 overall) and Ian Walton (68 overall) taking runner-up and 2nd overall men’s positions respectively and Linda Bowland (56 overall) and Fiona Furnival (52 overall) taking runner-up and 2nd runner-up positions respectively. -Up positions in the general female division respectively.
As always, we had several categories of senior golfers to celebrate those who can continue to play well into their lives. The overall senior winner (50+) was Marius Fouche with rounds of 38 and 31, our overall super senior winner (65+) was Brian King with rounds of 40 and 30 and the overall winner of super super senior (70 +) with rounds of 27 and 34, it was Dennis Marnane.
The gross prizes on day 1 were Maria Vandooren in the Women’s category and Francisco Giles in the Men’s category. The day 1 stableford was won by Jeannie Archer and Lucas Roberts, with Carmel King and Peter Zehnder taking second place.
Day 2 saw the golfers return to the always tricky Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club. Taking home the best filly awards on day 2 were Barbara Foley and Michael McGinley and the stableford was won by Sanne Smith and John Sutcliffe with Satnam Kaur and Roek Van Wieringen runners up.
Charmaine Bruwer, Dennis Marnane, Steve Flanagan, Maria Vandooren, Richard Newman, Michael McGinley, Smurthy Thomas, Linda Bowland, Shibu Thomas and Phil Haine won the Pin and Longest Drive competitions over the two days.