The Qatar Golf Association will host the GCC Golf Championship (Senior and Under-18) at the Doha Golf Club from March 2-5. The four-day event has attracted a total of 37 players (20 senior and 17 junior) from the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman besides hosts Qatar.
While the senior team will play four rounds, the junior team will be playing three rounds on the par-72 DGC course. Each country has sent two senior teams and one junior team for the four-day event, the opening ceremony of which will be held tomorrow at 3.30pm.
The Qatari challenge will be led by the promising Ali al-Shahrani. Abdulrahman al-Shahrani, Ghanim al-Kuwari and Saleh al-Kaabi are the other members of the team.
The Qatar junior team is made up of Saoud al Muhannadi, Sami Hussam and
Arnev Jain.
Qatar Golf Association officials announce the details of the GCC Golf Championship starting at Doha Golf Club on March 2. PICTURE: Jayaram
