2013 CHALLENGE TOUR BREAKS NEW GROUND IN OMAN

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Muscat (OMAN): The Sultanate of Oman will make its debut on the European Challenge Tour when the National Bank of Oman Golf Classic is staged for the first time at Almouj Golf, The Wave Muscat, from October 24th until October 27th, 2013.

Promoted by National Bank of Oman, the tournament will be the first Challenge Tour event of its kind not only in the Sultanate of Oman but also in the GCC and will offer a total prize-money of US$300,000.

With its place on the 2013 calendar (confirmed as the last event on the calendar before the season-end Challenge Tour Grand Final) the National Bank of Oman Golf Classic is set to attract a powerful field of 84 professionals with a further 30 invites available to the title sponsors, including ten for low handicap amateurs