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136 golfers in fray as Arabian Ranches championships kick off.


Dubai: Arabian Ranches Golf Club held the first round of the Club's fifth Annual Club Championships on Friday. A field of 136 players playing at eight-minute intervals, competed over the desert-style links.

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 2007 and 2008 Men's Champion - opened play on the first tee at 7am.

Round of the day in the Men's Championship came from Andy Burrow (3) returning a superb 2 under par 70. Burrow started out quick with birdies at the second and third, at the par five eighth Burrows Burrows is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and formally came into existence in the provincial election of 1958. The riding is located in the northern part of Winnipeg.  slotted his putt for an eagle to turn in 33.

On the back nine a birdie at the par five thirteenth was followed by one over on 3 bogeys on his card, he completed the back nine in 37 and takes a 3-shot lead going into tomorrow's final round from defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título

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 Mills, 73.

In the Junior Championship Calum Mills successfully defended his title with an impressive 2 over par 74. Mills also got off to a quick start with a birdie at the first and eighth, a couple of slips on holes 5 and 9 gave him a level par front nine holes. Mills bogeyed the eleventh and eighteenth and hopes to be the first junior at the club to win the Junior and men's championships.

In the Ladies' Division, Lady Captain Adele Mc Kelvey returned the lowest gross score of the day with a seven over par 79, this despite a penalty shot on the twelfth hole, she starts the final round 2 ahead of closest challenger Jo Schoeman who returned an 81.

Elliott Gray, golf operations manager See datacenter manager. , commented: "What a great start to the Championships. It is very open tomorrow, and we hope for an exciting finish, my thanks [go] to Darren Smith Darren Smith can refer to any of the following people:
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  • Darren Smith (field hockey); currently the vice captain of the New Zealand field hockey team.
  • Darren Smith (flight instructor); an aviation safety counselor.
, golf course manager, for the excellent playing surfaces today."

All details of the 5th Annual Club Championships can be viewed at www.arabianranchesgolfdubai.com

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