publish time

28/02/2023

author name Arab Times

publish time

28/02/2023

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 28: Toyo Golf Tournament was organized on Friday, Feb 17 at the Sahara Golf Club. Held in February each year for commemorating the National & Liberation Days, the trophy is appropriately called the Liberation Cup. It was the 38th year of this prestigious event, which started in 1983 and since then has been held each year with the exception of 1991 and the pandemic years. The tournament is quite popular among golf enthusiasts, as it is limited not just to Sahara Club members but open to golfers from all over. This year particularly there was an overwhelming request for participation, as it was being held after a gap of 3 years.

Group photo of the winners

The game was played in the ‘Stableford’ format as usual with the players categorized into two divisions based on their handicap levels : Division A (Handicap 0 to 14) and Division B (Handicap 15 to 28). The highlight of the day was a superlative performance by Andrew Barr who scored a brilliant 34 points net to win the trophy in Division A. Not only that, he won the prize for Longest Drive (Men’s) also. Andrew was followed by Farhan Al-Shammari who was the runner-up with a score of 32 points.

In Division B, Mustapha Tomsu was the winner with 34 points, followed by Vasudha Malhotra on 31 points. Among other prizes, Nearest to Pin (Men’s) was won by Matthew Compton and Longest Drive (Ladies’) by Ali Peterson. Thankfully the cold weather system which had developed over Kuwait over the last week had subsided, giving way to pleasant playing conditions over the week-end with ambient temperature and a mild cool breeze.

Prize distribution was organized in the afternoon in the gracious presence of the Chief Guest H.E. Mr. Morino Yasunari, Ambassador of Japan to Kuwait, who is a keen golfer himself. Also, gracing the event was Mr. Shoji Hirao, General Manager, Toyo Tires, who had specially flown in from Japan for the tournament. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Kuldeep Lamba, Managing Director, Al- Mailem Group expressed his satisfaction at the enthusiastic response, and complimented Razmic, Richard, Leonard and other Sahara Club staff for their professional administration of the game.