Salman wins Turkish Airlines golf event
The latest stage of the 2016 Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup took place at DHA Golf Club.
The latest stage of the 2016 Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup took place at DHA Golf Club.
The tenth of 100 qualifiers for the global event featured 100 players.
Dr Salman won the individual competition with 41 points and progressed to the Grand Final in Antalya, Turkey, this October and November.
Salman Ahmad was the runner-up, Imram Khawaja was third and Faisal Iftikas won the nearest-the-pin prize.
The first qualifiers took place in Dar Es Salaam, Mumbai and Doha in February and the 2016 series takes place across the globe, in destinations including Hong Kong, Great Britain, South Korea, Japan, China, Spain, the United States, Portugal, Italy, France, Greece, Argentina, Brazil and Turkey.
The overall winners of the Grand Final progress to play in the 2016 Turkish Airlines Open pro-am.
Turkish Airlines launched the World Golf Cup in 2013. It featured 12 qualifying events and was won by China’s Han Liang.
His prize for victory was partnering world number one and 14-time major champion Tiger Woods in the Turkish Airlines Open pro-am.
(Source: The News)
