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Middle East’s Best Par 3s The Gulf Club

Wee Wonders: The Middle East’s best par 3s

Few are short but all are sweet examples of world-class golf design. Welcome to the Middle East’s best par 3s.

June 18, 2020

Courses The Gulf Club

Ayla Golf Club links with IMG Prestige

Ayla Golf Club has joined global golf design, development, marketing and management network IMG Prestige.

June 9, 2020

MENA Tour

MENA Tour eyeing luxury, six-week Aqaba encampment to finish postponed Journey to Jordan season

Plans to bring the MENA Tour’s cosmopolitan membership together to finish the postponed 2020 season at a single venue in a luxury, compound-style bubble are well advanced.

April 23, 2020

MENA Tour

Ryan Lumsden wins his maiden MENA Tour title in Journey to Jordan #2

Scotland’s Ryan Lumsden showed just why he is considered one of the finest emerging talents in the game when he overcame a last-hole hiccup to prevail in the $75,000 Journey to Jordan #2.

March 5, 2020

MENA Tour

PGA Tour-bound Ryan Lumsden has unfinished MENA Tour business to take care of first

Ryan Lumsden has already qualified for a major championship, played the Eisenhower Trophy world amateur team’s championship for his adopted Scotland and has one of the PGA Tour’s premier regular-season events to look forward to later this year.

March 3, 2020

MENA Tour

Shergo Al Kurdi first Middle East player to earn OWGR and Olympic Golf Ranking points

Another piece of history was made on the MENA Tour by Arena when Jordanian amateur Shergo Al Kurdi became the first player from the GCC and Middle East countries to earn Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points with his runner-up finish at the $75,000 Journey to Jordan #1.

February 8, 2020

MENA Tour

Langley dedicates MENA Tour breakthrough to his mum; Shergo Al Kurdi does Jordan proud

Less than two months after the death of his father, David Langley somehow summoned the composure to shut out the emotional chaos bouncing around in his head to seal a dream MENA Tour by Arena debut on Wednesday.

February 5, 2020

MENA Tour

Langley leads while teen Shergo Al Kurdi still has a shot at Journey to Jordan #1 glory

Rookie English professional David Langley has pole-position among a gaggle of five players well-placed to mark their MENA Tour by Arena debuts with victory at the Journey to Jordan #1 Championship on Wednesday.

February 5, 2020

MENA Tour

Jordanian amateur Shergo Al Kurdi headlines tough opening to 2020 MENA Tour season in Aqaba

A two-under 70 has earned the England-born teen a share of the first-round lead at the Journey to Jordan #1 Championship alongside professionals Alex Belt (England) and Sam Locke (Scotland).

February 4, 2020

MENA Tour

With big names missing, Konig and co. keen to make a fast start to the new MENA Tour season

With Josh Hill studying for his GCSE exams and MG Keyser taking a well-earned rest from his ever hectic schedule, the new MENA Tour by Arena season will open in Aqaba on Monday minus last year’s standard-bearers.

February 2, 2020

MENA Tour

Amateur wins medallist honours at second leg of MENA Tour Q-School

It looks like reigning amateur ‘Journey to Jordan’ champion Josh Hill will have some serious competition during this season’s condensed MENA Tour by Arena season.

January 29, 2020

MENA Tour

Konig wins Tour Championship; Keyser and Hill qualify for Desert Classic as Journey to Jordan champions

There was a bitter-sweet finish for Dubai teen Josh Hill and last gasp heartache for Joshua Grenville-Wood as England’s Harry Konig captured the MENA Tour’s Journey to Journey Tour Championship with a dramatic late birdie-barrage.

November 28, 2019