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Emirati tour professional Ahmed Al Musharrekh hails the accessibility and
quality of the UAE’s newest golf course
The UAE needs to create more accessible golf
facilities such as The Track if the country is to produce a string of local
golf stars, according to Emirati professional player Ahmed Al Musharrekh.
Al Musharrekh recently became the first Emirati
professional golfer in history and is well aware of the challenges young Arabs
face in taking up the sport.
“Golf is a popular global game, but it is still
finding its feet in this part of the world,” he said ahead of the UAE Nationals
Golf Day this Saturday at the Meydan course – which is the only pay-and-play
facility in the country.
“In order to grow the game and develop more
professional Emirati and Arab golfers for the future, we must have more
facilities like The Track.
“There are no membership fees and green fees are great
value so it has all the hallmarks of a good breeding ground for the future of
golf here at all levels.”
Despite the growing number of high-profile
international golf tournaments taking place in the UAE, there are few
facilities that cater for people who are completely new to the sport.
The Track also recently launched a schools initiative
with the Rashid School for Boys in Dubai, introducing golf to their curriculum
for the first time.
More than 20 boys from the school train for an hour a
week at the course, under the guidance of UAE National Golf coach Jason
Froggatt and The Track golf professional William Bruce.
The Track recently launched its golf academy, Academy
by Troon, a brand new school of golf with junior classes and starter packages
at the heart of the offering.
“In other parts of the world facilities like this and
school initiatives are common,” he added.
“But that is not the case yet in the UAE. If we are to
catch up and start to regularly produce Arab golfers we need more courses like
this.”
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