Suzanne wins inaugural 27-hole JA Summer Classic in Dubai

 

Respective winners of the inaugural 2020 JA Summer Classic. - Supplied photo
Respective winners of the inaugural 2020 JA Summer Classic. - Supplied photo

Dubai - Wallace shot 32 points on day one over 18 holes and 18 points on day two over 9 holes, to win the overall title by just one point.

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Published: Wed 22 Jul 2020, 6:44 PM

Last updated: Wed 22 Jul 2020, 8:48 PM

Suzanne Wallace (31) scored 50 Stableford points at JA The Resort over the two-day tournament to win the 27-hole inaugural 2020 JA Summer Classic at the JA The Resort Golf Course, Dubai.
Wallace shot 32 points on day one over 18 holes and 18 points on day two over 9 holes, to win the overall title by just one point, according to a press release.
Highlights of Wallace's round included two 4-pointers in her first 18 holes and one 4-pointer on her second day 9 holes with a gross birdie two on the 8th hole, a rarely seen species anywhere in Jebel Ali over the two days. Wallace scored a gross 105 / 52 over her respective 27 holes.
The overall gross winner was Aaenas Cameron (Scr) with 44 gross Stableford points.
A full field of 45 golfers competed over 27 holes in this, first of its kind, two-day event over three loops of 9 holes over two days of the 5,863 yards Resort Course Peter Harradine designed layout.
The event was EGF sanctioned and was deemed a qualifier for handicap purposes.
The prizes were handed out by Geoff Hunter, GM of ProSports International, Middle East, as support sponsors of the 2020 JA Summer Open. Mediclinic were also support sponsors of the event.
Stuart McMurdo, Director of Golf at JA The Resort Golf Course said: "Congratulations to Suzanne for her great golf and to Aaenas for shooting the lowest gross score, as well as credit to all our winners of divisions, sub-divisions as well as novelty prizes."

RESULTS (Stableford Points)
Overall Winner: Suzanne Wallace (31) - 50
Gross Winner: Aaenas Cameron (Scr) - 44
Men's Winner: Mark Williams (Scr) - 49
Men's Runner-up: Martin Kirby (16) - 44
Men's Third: Jesper Kjaedegaard (11) - 44
Ladies Winner: Sue Hopwood (19) - 47
Ladies Runner-up: Suzanne Jackson (32 - 46
Best Day 1; Denise Alcock (22) - 33
Best Day 2: Richard Botting (24) - 17


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