Rolling Hills Golf Club retains Oasis Cup

Dharan: Arab News

DHAHRAN: Rolling Hills Golf Club made sure the Oasis Cup didn’t leave town as it dominated its semi-annual golfing exhange event with Dirab Golf & Country Club here.
The two-day tournament held at the weekend began Thursday afternoon with 7 men’s and 1 ladies four ball better ball matches.
Friday, the sides returned to the course inside Aramco for the singles matches — 14 in the men’s and 4 in ladies.
The overall score had the hosts winning by 14-7.0 in the men’s division and 3-2 in the ladies.
The awards ceremony took place at the RHGC clubhouse after Friday’s matches.
Bouchaib El Jadiani captained the DGCC from Riyadh while Minhaj Khan led RHGC.
Results:
Men’s team match (Rolling Hill names first) — Minhaj Khan, Tahir Bukhari 0.5 Murad Mirza, Tariq Khan 0.5; Michael Ferguson, Terry Haskell 0.5 Il Joong Kim, John Morris 0.5; James Ingram, Saleh Al Thenayan 1 Tariq Butt, Medwyn Rowlands 0; David McLeary, Konstan Zompalas 1 Ali Belharith, Rami Al-Saihati 0; Lee Kirk, Gary Lorenz 1 Rabie Fares, Fahad Almansour 0; Gregg Skinner, Carlos Quezada 0 Shaan Bukhari, Ali Al Sahli 1
Rolling Hills 5, Dirab 2
Ladies team match — Rodziah Daud, Apichaya McDonald 1 Denise Holding, Christine Bell 0
Rolling Hills 1, Dirab 0
Singles men’s (Rolling Hills names first) — Mubarak Al-Ghamdi 0.5 Bouchaib El Jadiani 0.5, Timmy Williams 0 Shaan Bukhari 1, Paddy Rogan 1 Ali Belharith 0, Gary Lorenz 1 Fahad Almansour 0, Matt Bushell 1 Henry Nie 0, James Ingram 0 Ali Al Sahli 1, Andy Poulton 1 Rabie Fares 0, Saleh Al-Thenayan 0 Medwyn Rowlands 0, Minhaj Khan 1 Tariq Butt 0, Jim Pemberton 1 Ill Joong Kim 0, Michael Ferguson 1, Tariq Khan 0, Tahir Bukhari 1 Murad Mierza 0, Fred Browne 0 John Morris 1, David Evans 0.5 K. Zompalas 0.5
Rolling Hills 9, Dirab 0
Singles ladies — Beatriz Niemeyer 1 Denise Holding 0, Lorilee Cole 1 Christine Bell 0, Rodziah Daud 0 Mi Ra Jung 1, Bev Ingram 0 Jane Kirk 1
Rolling Hills 2, Dirab 2
Overall total:
Men’s — Rolling Hills 14 Dirab 7.0
Ladies — Rolling Hills 3 Dirab 2
1st SGBS Golf Tournament
Meantime, the newly-formed group, Saudi Golf Business Society, will hold its first tournament at Dirab Golf & Country Club in Riyadh today.
Valuable prizes will be at stake in the individual stroke play competition that will have staggered tee times starting at 6 a.m.