Thompson-Ferguson wins fourth qualifying round of Xerox Corporate Golf tilt

The pair of Troy Thompson and Michael Ferguson won the fourth qualifying round recently of the 2013 Xerox Corporate Golf Challenge at the Rolling Hills Golf Club in Saudi Aramco Dhahran.
Thompson and Ferguson won on countback from Eric Holthusen and David McLeary after both teams tied on net score of 64 in the 18-hole two person best ball medal format competition that attracted 60 teams and 120 players.
The winning tandem advances to the grand final to be held Oct. 23 at the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai.
Dennis Richard and veteran Saudi golfer Mubarak Al-Ghamdi took the third position on 65.
The prizes for nearest to the pin went to Caroline Nicholson and Eunice Lee, and longest drive to McLeary and Dennis Latendresse.
The tournament is supported by main sponsors AVIS Rent a Car and ABB and co–sponsored by ECCO, Crystal Gallery, Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas, VPAR, Dubai Golf, Scorpio Golf, Khaleej Times and Golf Digest.
The next qualifying round is taking place tomorrow at the Sahara Golf Club in Kuwait. To know more about the tournament and for registration, players can visit www.xeroxgolfchallenge.com.
The Xerox Corporate Golf Challenge began in the UAE in 1997 and was supported by the UAE Golf Association. The event became so successful and has grown to become one of the most prestigious sporting events in the region, with the objective of providing companies with a platform of mixing business with pleasure.
The tournament started with only three qualifying rounds, an additional round was added in 2001, and that number doubled to eight in 2005. Between 2006 and 2012, the concept was rolled out in other regional countries such as: Saudi Arabia, Oman, Lebanon, Qatar, and Bahrain to name a few.
As a result, the event is now a regional network of national amateur golf tournaments promoted and run independently and has been awarded twice as the Best Corporate Golf Challenge in the Middle East. The winners of the qualifying rounds from each territory compete in the grand final for the grand prize.
Winning prizes have ranged from a spot in events such as the Kenya Open Pro-Am Tournament, Dubai Desert Classic Pro-Am and Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship Pro-Am, and a trip to the Open Championship 2012 at Royal Lytham and St. Annes.