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The “Race to Earth” has been run. Now for the final lap of Jumeirah Golf Estates’s world famous course to find the 19th Xerox Corporate Golf Challenge champions.
After eight months and 12 fiercely fun qualifiers, the last players for this week’s 36-hole Grand Final at JGE have been found.
With a net score of 64, Patrick McCarthy and Theuns Webb won the final qualifier at The Address Montgomerie Dubai. The dynamic Celtic Tools duo edged Alan Salem and Sam Argui Salem (Team Epic) by two strokes while Shane O’Neill and John Fahey (Team Stoncur) also qualified for the decider with a net 67.
Thomas Wiberg and Rune Rasmussen advanced with the best betterball gross score of 72.
The Team Palmers pair will contest the City Tower Cup at the XCGC final on Earth from Dec. 16-1, a popular new division this year which has already achieved it’s remit by enticing low handicap golfers back to the Middle East’s preeminent corporate event.
Visit www.xeroxcgc.com for more info and stay tuned to golfdigestme.com for full coverage from the 2017 Grand Final.
Photos: Mustufa Abidi/Golf Digest Middle East (Motivate)
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- Warm Welcome…
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- Registration
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- Plenty of sponsors’ swag
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- Suits your Sir…
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- Steven Munro signs in a hopeful participant
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- If you knock it this close, you’ll win the nearest the pin for sure…
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- This Tesla Model X was by far the most memorable drive during the warm-up…
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- …although there was some style here
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- Getting a feel for the pace of the greens
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- Relaxed and ready for the battle.
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- But not before a test “drive” of that magnificent Tesla!
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- If only the Tesla was the prize!
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- Oh, the Tesla!
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- And they’re off!
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- Boom!
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- A quick downhiller coming up…
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- Pin seeking..
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- Nice impact position!
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- The flourish!
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- Get in the hole!…
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- …please!
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- Another fairway finder.
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- A long birdie attempt…
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- The finish!
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- Letting it rip!
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- Aligned…now for the stroke
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- Teed up by a great sponsor.
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- Nice shot!
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- A sand save attempt as the sun goes down on the 12th qualifier.
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- Great sponsors acknowledged
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- A classy affair
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- Steven Munro announces the prize winners.
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- The XCGC is always a family-friendly affair
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- Congratulations and see you at Jumeirah Golf Estates for the 36-hole Grand Final on Dec 16-17!
