Moroccan Reda El Hali on Sunday ended day two of the 45th Arab Men’s and 17th Arab Women’s Golf Championships in the lead at the Doha Golf Club (DGC).
Overnight leader El Hali ended the day at 7 under par ahead of UAE's Jonathan Selvaraj (5 under par). Sam Mulani, also of the UAE, is in third place.
The 45th Arab Men’s and 17th Arab Women’s Golf Championships is hosted by Qatar for the first time at DGC continued with the participation of 72 players representing 14 countries.
Moroccan Hugo Trommetter finished fourth while Qatari Saleh al-Kaabi moved up to fifth place, tied with Bahraini Khalifa Al Marisi and Emirati Mohammed Shaikh (2 over par each). Up-and-coming Qatari Daniil Sokolov finished in seventh place with three over.
In the rest of the results of the Qatari national team players, Ali al-Shahrani came in seventeenth place with a score of 11 strokes over par, while Fahad Mir came in twenty-eighth place with a score of 17 strokes over par.
In the women's singles competition, Moroccan Rim Imni took the lead after scoring four strokes under par with a total of 142 strokes, followed by Emirati Intissar Rich in second place with a total of 146 strokes, while Moroccan Maria Harrouch and Emirati Lara El Chaib shared third place with two strokes over par and a total of 148 strokes each, and Moroccan Malak Bouraeda came in fifth place with three strokes over par.
Regarding the Qatari participation, Nada Mir came in thirteenth place with a score of 20 strokes over par, while Moza Al Thani came in seventeenth place with a total of 45 strokes over par.
In the men’s team competition, the UAE team topped the rankings with a total of 429 strokes, three strokes under par, one stroke ahead of the Moroccan team, which came in second with a total of 430 strokes. The Qatari team came in third with a total of 448 strokes, 16 strokes over par, followed by the Bahraini team in fourth place with 23 strokes over par, and then the Saudi team in fifth place with 34 strokes over par.
In the women’s team competition, the Moroccan team topped the rankings with a total of 289 strokes, three strokes under par, followed by the UAE team in second place with a total of 294 strokes, two strokes over par, then the Tunisian team with 33 strokes over par, then the Egyptian team with 43 strokes over par, while the Qatari team came in fifth with a total of 357 strokes, 65 strokes over par.
