Bhatnagar Maalouf, Siddiqui, Souab win

The team of Sophia Hasnaoui Souab (17, Yellow Door Energy), Mujahid Siddiqui (15, PEB International), George Maalouf (20, Go Global Migration & Real21) and Vivek Bhatnagar (15, Newgen) won the 2023 Dubai Sports Council CEO Masters sponsored by FAB at The Els Club, Dubai.

They shot a team score of 102 Stableford points starting from tee 17 in this ‘Shambles’ shotgun format with teams of four players with the best two scores to count on each hole.

All four team members were regular contributors to the victory with: 42 points for Souab, 39 for Siddiqui, 41 for Maalouf and 39 for Bhatnagar.

Over the front nine the team scored 53 points and the back nine 49 points.

The winners won by just one point from three teams in tied second place in this full field event with 27 teams.

Great day

Russell Yeomans, founder of S2B, the event manager of the annual event commented, ‘We had a great day at The Els Club, our sixth edition. Special thanks to the team at The Els Club for hosting this growing event on the UAE golfing calendar. We are especially delighted to have the UAE’s most successful and globally ambitious bank, FAB, sponsoring the 2023 CEO Masters for the first time, as the bank continues to expand and service its client base and launches its business and golf loyalty program in conjunction with Thriwe for SME customers.

“Most importantly we had a full house during the day and the evening with plenty of discussions about business plus having cricket legend Kapil Dev sharing his passion for golf was the icing on the cake.’