Great Day for France’s Weber
Wire to wire winner France’s Lionel Weber kept is cool in humid conditions to win the MENA Tour’s 2017 Mountain Creek Open by Golf Citizen with a score of 199 -17.
The second leg of the MENA Tour’s Thailand swing had players from over 22 countries competing, over the three days. Runner up was Luke Joy from England at –10 206 and leading Thai was Pattaraphol Khanthacha in 6th place on 211. Leading Amateur was Michael Harradine from Switzerland, who finished on 210 -6.
‘It was great to be able to play my A game. I had a good final round and I am really pleased to have my very first win as a professional here in Thailand. It will give me a lot more confidence for the future,’ said Lionel Weber.
Weber is ranked 589 in the World and with his MENA Tour World Rankings points as winner, will move up this week. He is also golf Ambassador for Banyan Golf Club in Hua Hin.
His Excellency Pasan Teprak, the Former Thai Ambassador in London and the MENA Tour Patron said,’ The scores were very low and it shows the players on the tour are getting better especially playing here in Thailand.’
Mr. Prayudh Mahagitsiri Chairman of the PM Group and owners of the Mountain Creek Golf Club said, ‘It has been a great honor for us to host this prestigious tournament for the second year running. There were many good players here this week, and I could not believe how low the scoring has been. Of course the global media coverage the MENA Tour brings is an added bonus, for our course and the region as well.’’
The MENA Tour now travels to Chonburi next week for the Pattana Golf Championship to be held at Pattana Golf Club & Resort on May 16 to 19.
Started in 2011 the MENA Tour is affiliated to R&A and the Arab Golf Federation and enjoys the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) status.
A guaranteed spot on the PGA Tour’s 2018 DEAN & DELUCA Invitational (for the MENA Tour champion), multiple European Tour starts, including the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, the Hassan II Trophy, Maybank Championship Malaysia, and the KLM Open, are some of the added incentives that await MENA Tour members, in addition to playing privileges on the Sunshine Tour, and exemptions into the Final Stage of the Sunshine Tour and Asian Tour Q-Schools.
