AMATEUR GOLFERS HEAD OFF TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

NEWS RELEASE

Nineteen amateur golfers - including four Scots - head off to the United Arab Emirates next week for the experience of a lifetime as they participate in the prestigious grand final of the 2012 League to Dubai (January 11-17).

The all-expenses-paid trip to the emirate is the golfers' reward for battling their way through local leagues and regional finals during 2012. The trip includes return flights; six nights' half-board accommodation at the five-star Grand Midwest Tower - Media City Hotel; gala dinner and presentation; and a competitive round of golf on each of three championship courses: the Wadi by Faldo Course at the Emirates Golf Club; Dubai Creek Golf Club; and the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

Nine of the competitors will compete in the singles' competition with the remaining 10 playing as five teams in the pairs' event. 

The handicaps of the golfers range from a very respectable two to 24.

Singles finalists: 
Matthew Hazell (Malton and Norton, North Yorks) Stuart Wilson (Ardeer, Ayrshire)
Malcolm Gregg (Hallamshire, South Yorks)
Jon Balmforth (Ramsdale Park, Notts)
Phil Broadley (Deer Park, West Lothian)
Jeremy Platt (East Berkshire)
Andy Clements (Cottesmore, West Sussex)
Lee Myers (Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear)
Richard Harris (Cams Hall Estate, Hampshire). 

Pairs finalists:

Martin Derrick and Andy Gilbert (Dyke, East Sussex)

Malcolm Crowson (Wychwood Park, Cheshire) and Colin Peace (Willow Valley, West Yorks)

Darren Murray (Boat of Garten, Inverness) and Graeme Lawson (Grangemouth, Falkirk)

Chris Wall and Mark Green (Middlesbrough, Teesside)

John Woodward (Castle Combe, Wilts) and Gary Prescott (Kendleshire, Avon).