Qatar’s Saleh Ali al-Kaabi is aiming to win his third successive individual title at the GCC Golf Championships.
The GCC Golf Championships will be held from tomorrow until March 3 at the Doha Golf Club. All the GCC countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates will take part in the four-day event, which will witness golfers vying for team and individual honours in the senior and the junior categories.
Each team in senior event will consist of four players, while junior team comprises three golfers. The championship’s opening ceremony, to be attended by participating contingents along with the Qatar Golf Association (QGA) officials will take place at the Doha Golf Club tomorrow.
Qatar, which hosted the inaugural edition in 1992, is hosting the GCC Championship for the first time since 2016. Qatar’s senior team are two-time defending champions while all eyes will be on Saleh Ali al-Kaabi, who is targeting a hat-trick of individual titles in the senior category. Ali Abdullah al-Shahrani, Abdul Rahman Abdullah al-Shahrani and Abdulaziz Almuhanedi are the other players who will represent Qatar in the team event.
The QGA, which recently hosted the European Tour leg, said preparations have been finalised to host the tournament. “We are happy to host the GCC Championship, which we consider an important event for development of golfers in the region,” QGA media co-ordinator Walid Saad said yesterday.
“All preparations have been finalised and we are ready to stage the event which is the second big competition of the year after the European Tour leg. We are looking forward to exciting action at the weekend in good conditions, and we wish all the best to the competing teams,” he said.
