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Leaders from the golf, sport and business worlds came together yesterday at the award-winning Saadiyat Beach Golf Club to join tournament host, course-designer, sporting icon and Grand Slam champion Gary Player, for the Gary Player Invitational, in support of the Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care and Special Needs (ZHO). Held under the patronage of the His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Cabinet Member and Minister of State for Tolerance, and in association with the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, the UAE stop of the world’s leading charity golf series saw 72 golf pros, along with their amateur teammates tee off to raise funds for The Player Foundation, which, to date has raised more than $64 million worldwide. British Masters champion Eddie Pepperell’s team took top honors and along with the win, took home the event series’ coveted baobab tree trophies. This year’s event, held during the UAE Year […]

A star-studded line-up representing the who’s who of the golf, sport, celebrity and business worlds is confirmed to participate in Abu Dhabi’s Gary Player Invitational, the world’s leading charity golf series. Set to take place Sunday, January 13, 2019, the event will also pay homage to the United Arab Emirate’s Year of Tolerance through a number of unique events and activations. Taking place at the award-winning Saadiyat Golf Beach Club, a Gary Player-designed course, 2019’s union of golf and giving will see 72 golf pros, celebrities and business leaders join tournament host, sporting icon and Grand Slam Champion, Gary Player in raising funds for The Player Foundation which has selected local event beneficiary, the Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care and Special Needs as its charity of choice. Among the male golf pros confirmed is the 2018 European Ryder Cup Captain Thomas Bjorn; Matt Wallace, the reigning champion of the […]