RAK Golf Challenge to be held next year

Ras Al Khaimah - The event will be hosted at Al Hamra Golf Club from Oct. 26 to 29, 2016.

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Published: Tue 1 Dec 2015, 6:23 PM

The inaugural Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge will see the European Challenge Tour, sponsored by Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority, return to the UAE in 2016.
The event will be hosted at Al Hamra Golf Club from Oct. 26 to 29, 2016. This is the first time the European Challenge Tour has visited Ras Al Khaimah and will be one of the emirate's top sporting events in 2016.
The tournament, with a prize fund of $350,000 up for grabs, will be sanctioned locally by the Emirates Golf Federation. It will take up a key position in the 2016 schedule as the Challenge Tour's penultimate event, the week before the season-ending climax, the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final.
Haitham Mattar, CEO of Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority said: "Hosting the European Challenge Tour is part of our commitment to golf tourism in the emirate and highlights the importance we are placing on the sport in 2016 and beyond."
A field of a minimum of 85 Challenge Tour players plus a further 20 sponsors' invitations of professionals and amateurs via the participating Federations can include Arab Nationals and expatriates with an appropriate handicap.
The event will be the Challenge Tour players' final opportunity to secure a place in the season-ending Grand Final at Almouj Golf in Muscat, Oman, open only to the top 45 Challenge Tour players on the Road to Oman Rankings.
Nick Tarratt, Director, European Tour International, Dubai, commented: "The launch of a Challenge Tour event in Ras Al Khaimah will provide the Al Hamra golf course with the opportunity to showcase the club."


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