Glory Xavier and Yasser Refai will rub shoulders with the top 50 players on the European Tour\u2019s Race to Dubai at this year\u2019s DP World Tour Championship Rolex Pro-Am after being crowned the leading man and woman at the Luckiest Ball on Earth Grand Final.<\/p>\n
Some of the UAE’s best amateur golfers were present at the Grand Final, which was held on the Fire course at Jumeirah Golf Estates on Monday, 21 October, after securing their spots through local qualifying events at 21 clubs across the country.<\/p>\n
Xavier\u2019s 35 Stableford points saw her take top prize on a countback in the Ladies Division, meaning it will be a family affair at next month\u2019s Rolex Pro-Am after her daughter, Hanna Cheryl Alan, topped the \u2018Junior Luckiest Ball on Earth Presented by Zurich\u2019 Grand Final last month. Erika Urbina also finished on 35 points but had to settle for second place while Susan Davidson completed the top three on 45 points.<\/p>\n
Refai will join Xavier and Alan in the Luckiest Ball on Earth Pro-Am team after scoring an impressive 38 Stableford points with Brian Stewart finishing two behind on 36 points following a countback while Michael Bacon had to settle for third on the same score.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank everyone who makes the Luckiest Ball on Earth competition so great,\u201d said Refai. \u201cIt\u2019s been a great initiative and I think I\u2019m going to have to take a vacation from work to get some practice in! I can\u2019t wait to get going in the Pro-Am.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xavier added: \u201cI\u2019m so excited, I never expected to win this. My daughter played really well to secure her spot in the Luckiest Ball on Earth Pro-Am team and I\u2019m going to be joining her which will be nice. I always go to the DP World Tour Championship and see it from the outside but now I\u2019m going to get a real feel for it with some of the best players in the world. It\u2019s such a brilliant series and I want to thank DP World, Jumeirah Golf Estates and the European Tour for giving this amazing opportunity to amateur golfers in the UAE.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Rolex Pro-Am on Tuesday,19 November is the curtain raiser to the US$8 million DP World Tour Championship, a Rolex Series event, to be held on the iconic Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates from Thursday,21 November to Sunday,24 November. The hotly anticipated Rolex Pro-Am will be contested by 46 teams captained by European Tour professionals including the likes of defending champion Danny Willett, Race to Dubai winner Francesco Molinari and Champion Golfer of the Year Shane Lowry.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been really good to have such strong support from the local golfing community in this year\u2019s Luckiest Ball on Earth series,\u201d said Tom Phillips, European Tour Head of Middle East.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis initiative is all about getting those local golfers involved in the DP World Tour Championship and giving them that amazing opportunity of playing in the Rolex Pro-Am. It\u2019s certainly one of the hottest tickets in town to play with one of the top 50 players on the Race to Dubai and we send our congratulations to the Luckiest Ball on Earth Pro-Am team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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