The UAE team finished 9th overall in the Team Category out of 11 teams. Skaik who was UAE’s second-best showing had a slow start but finished strong with rounds of 86 – 78 – 77 – 74 – for a championship total of 315.
Competing in his first Arab Golf Championship, Abdulwahed Al Qasem had the pressure of providing the team with its third and final score each day. Al Qasem finished with a total of 386 for the championship.
Winning the overall Team Championship was Morocco. Morocco proved to have strong talent as they won the championship with a score of 847, 42 shots better than the second place team. Tunisia took home the Silver and Egypt won the Bronze.
Moving forward the National Team will turn their focus to the Emirates Golf Federation Order of Merit events. The next international event will be the GCC Golf Championship during March 2018.
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