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Othman Almulla (Arabic: عثمان الملا; born July 9, 1986) is the first Saudi professional golfer, and was the first Saudi Arabian and youngest Arab amateur golfer to qualify and play in the Dubai Desert Classic, a major PGA European Tour event that was held February 1–4, 2007 at the Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, U.A.E.[1][2]
Biography
editAfter winning the Qatar Open in January 2008, Almulla qualified to play in the PGA European Tour's Commercialbank Qatar Masters January 24–27, 2008 in Doha, Qatar.
Almulla also won the 2008 Saudi Aramco Invitational held at Aramco's Rolling Hills Golf Club in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on Nov. 7, 2008, becoming the first Saudi national ever to win this tournament long dominated by Bahrainis.
He was also the youngest golfer to win the Pan Arab Amateur Golf Tournament, at age 21.
The child of a Saudi Aramco employee, Almulla was raised inside the Aramco residential camp at Dhahran and learned to play golf at Aramco's Rolling Hills Golf Club.
Team appearances
editAmateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Saudi Arabia): 2006, 2008, 2018
References
edit- ^ مؤسسة الجولف في دبي تدعم الملا - جريدة الاتحاد Archived 2012-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Othman Al Mulla - European Tour - Golf - Yahoo SportsArchived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edithttp://www.arabnews.com/?page=8§ion=0&article=114036&d=8&m=11&y=2008
http://golfinvestors.com/news/view_news_detail.php?id=30418
http://www.dubaidesertclassic.com/print.php?sid=248
http://www.qatar-masters.com/news_detailed.php?newsid=85
http://www.ugagolf.com/news/ugaSubNews.asp?news_id=1261
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=8§ion=0&article=98298&d=9&m=7&y=2007
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=8§ion=0&article=106094&d=26&m=1&y=2008
http://sport.asiayouthmedia.com/golf/european/players/Othman+Al+Mulla/8980
https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/european/players/Othman+Al+Mulla/8980
http://golfinvestors.com/players/profile.php?id=10121&type=results