Playing in the biennial R&A Junior Open fifteen year old Oman National Team player Adam Al Barwani produced a fine performance to win the Eastern European and Middle East Trophy. Played every two years at a venue close to that of The Open the junior championship is open to the best under 16 golfers from each of The R&A’s affiliates. The 2024 event was played at Kilmarnock (Barassie) on the outskirts of Troon and was contested by 120 players from 70 countries.   Despite facing the same challenging weather conditions that the competitors at the 152nd Open experienced, Adam recorded ..read more

Established in 1994, The R&A Junior Open is played every two years at a golf course close to The Open venue. With the 2024 Open Championship being held from July 18th to 21st at Royal Troon, Scotland, The R&A Junior Open will take place just down the road at Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club from July 15th to 17th.   The three round event is contested by representatives from Golf Federations around the world with each able to select their best under 16 boy and girl to participate. Currently 120 players from 71 countries will be represented in the 2024 event.   Through his perfo ..read more

During a recent visit to Oman hosted by His Highness Sayyid Azzan bin Kais Tarik Al Said, Chairman of the Oman Golf Association (OGA), Mr Neal Graham, The R&A Development Manager for the Middle East and India, was thanked for the support given by The R&A to the OGA to grow the game of golf in the Sultanate. Through this support the OGA is pleased to announce that from the start of the next academic year it will be introducing golf into local schools through The R&A Unleash Your Drive in Schools Programme. The programme which has been created by The R&A in collaboration with th ..read more

His Highness Sayyid Azzan bin Kais Tarik Al Said, Chairman of the Oman Golf Association (OGA), and his fellow OGA Board Members recently hosted Mr Neal Graham, The R&A Development Manager for the Middle East and India, at the Oman Olympic Committee headquarters in Muscat, Oman. Together The R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA) govern the sport of golf worldwide. Based in St Andrews Scotland, the home of golf, The R&A engages and supports activities to ensure that golf is a thriving sport 50 years from now for all on a global scale, with 165 overseas affiliates, across ..read more

The Oman Golf Association (OGA) took a significant step forward in its drive to introduce more women and girls to the game of golf with the signing of Renaissance Services as sponsor of their GOladies programme. Under their mandate to grow and govern the game of golf within the Sultanate, the OGA are committed to offering a wide cross section of the population an opportunity to experience golf. This commitment was underlined in 2018 when they became an early signatory of the Women in Golf Charter. Championed by The R&A, golf’s global governing body, the Charter aims to inspire an industry ..read more

Oman National Team players Ahmed Al Wahaibi and Azaan Al Rumhy have travelled to Japan to participate in the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship Academy held at Taiheyo Club. The goal of the week long Academy is to further enhance the abilities, skills and prepare the players for the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) that will be played at the same venue later in the year.   The players received their invitations from the AAC Executive Committee to participate in the Academy, and subsequently compete in the Championship, by virtue of their standings within the official World Amateur ..read more

Oman's team of Adam Al Barwani, Mahir Sampat, Mohib Al Kathiri, and Pransh Jagwani added to Oman's medal tally in the inaugural GCC Youth Games held in the UAE by winning the team Silver Medal in the golf event. The event was contested by teams of under 18 players from the UAE, Oman, Saudi, Kuwait, and Qatar, with the hosts the United Arab Emirates winning the Gold Medal and Saudi taking the Bronze. Ahmed Al Jhdhamy, General Secretary of the Oman Golf Association, said "The team succeeded in adding a medal to Oman's tally, our players performed well but the hosts had the advantage. We ap ..read more

Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz upstaged Louis Oosthuizen and Joaquin Niemann to record a convincing victory in the $2 million International Series Oman – the first of this year’s International Series events. Ortiz, co-leader at the start of day with Oosthuizen and with a host of big-name players breathing down his neck, showed no fear and shot a 7-under 65 to top the leaderboard at 19 under. He beat Oosthuizen, one of the pre-event favorites, by four, after the South African carded a 69 at Al Mouj Golf, on the Muscat coastline, when the wind was up. Niemann fired a 67 to take third place outright ..read more

With just over two weeks to go until the curtain rises on the opening International Series event of the 2024 season a handful of deserving golfers have received their invitation to compete against the best of the Asian Tour, and a good few LIV players too, at Al Mouj Golf, Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman.   Regional representation has become a cornerstone of the International Series events and one that the Oman Golf Association are greatly appreciative of. Mundhir Al Barwani, Chairman of the Oman Golf Association is quoted as saying “We are very grateful for the support that the Asian To ..read more

The International Series 2024 will tee off at Muscat’s iconic Al Mouj Golf with some of the biggest names in the game after it was confirmed that the International Series Oman will return to the Asian Tour schedule on 22-25 February 2024.   A number of Major winners, LIV Golf stars and the cream of the Asian Tour will tee it up in the US $2million Oman tournament, the season opener on the 2024 schedule of The International Series, ready to test themselves on the Greg Norman-designed course which was joint winner for the Asian Tour Players Choice Course of the Year award in 2023.   S ..read more