The Aviv Dubai Championship returns for a second year to kick-start a Dubai double for the European Tour in successive weeks at Jumeirah Golf Estates. The tournament action begins on Thursday. Here are the key details.
What is it?
Introduced last December, originally as the Golf in Dubai Championship presented by DP World, the tournament represents the penultimate stop on the European Tour’s 2021 calendar.
It replaces the cancelled Nedbank Golf Challenge Hosted by Gary Player in South Africa, which will feature again next year for its 40th anniversary. The Aviv Dubai Championship carries a $1.5 million prize fund.
Competing players will have one final opportunity to secure a spot in next week's DP World Tour Championship, which comprises the leading 50 available players on the Race to Dubai.
When is it?
November 11-14.
Where is it?
The event is played on the Fire course at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
Who is playing?
Race to Dubai winners Tommy Fleetwood and Martin Kaymer headline the field, with European Ryder Cup star Paul Casey another marquee name. European captain Padraig Harrington and Ryder Cup rookie Bernd Wiesberger will also tee it up, together with four-time European Tour winner Matt Wallace.
Past Rolex Series victors Min Woo Lee and Rafa Cabrera Bello, and defending champion Antoine Rozner, also take part. There will be a home hope to cheer for, too, with Emirati Ahmad Skaik given a sponsor’s invite. The UAE’s No 1-ranked golfer, Skaik hit the opening tee shot at last year's event to mark the 49th National Day.
Past champions
Frenchman Rozner triumphed in the inaugural run last year, finishing two shots ahead of compatriot Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Italian Francesco Laporta and English pair Andy Sullivan and Wallace. It was Rozner’s first victory on the European Tour. He added a second earlier this year, triumphing at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
Tickets
Free general admission tickets are available here. To gain entry to the event, all UAE residents and citizens must provide proof at the entrance of a vaccination administered at least 14 days before the event date through the Al Hosn application, or a negative PCR test result within 96 hours of attendance to the first day of entry. Children under 12 do not require proof of vaccination. Gates open at 7am.
RESULTS
5pm: Rated Conditions (PA) Dh85,000 (Turf) 1,600m
Winner: AF Mouthirah, Tadhg O’Shea (jockey), Ernst Oertel (trainer)
5.30pm: Maiden (PA) Dh80,000 (T) 1,400m
Winner: AF Alajaj, Tadhg O’Shea, Ernst Oertel
6pm: Wathba Stallions Cup Handicap (PA) Dh70,000 (T) 1,400m
Winner: Hawafez, Connor Beasley, Abubakar Daud
6.30pm: Maiden (PA) Dh80,000 (T) 2,200m
Winner: Tair, Fabrice Veron, Eric Lemartinel
7pm: Handicap (PA) Dh80,000 (T) 2,200m
Winner: Wakeel W’Rsan, Richard Mullen, Jaci Wickham
7.30pm: Handicap (PA) Dh100,000 (T) 2,400m
Winner: Son Of Normandy, Fernando Jara, Ahmad bin Harmash
Oppenheimer
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MATCH INFO
Uefa Champions League, semi-final result:
Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona
Liverpool win 4-3 on aggregate
Champions Legaue final: June 1, Madrid
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Do your homework
Make sure that you are being offered a fair salary. There is lots of industry data available, and you can always talk to people who have come out of the organisation. Where I see people coming a cropper is where they haven’t done their homework.
Don’t be afraid to negotiate
It’s quite standard to negotiate if you think an offer is on the low side. The job is unlikely to be withdrawn if you ask for money, and if that did happen I’d question whether you want to work for an employer who is so hypersensitive.
Know your worth
Women tend to be a bit more reticent to talk about their achievements. In my experience they need to have more confidence in their own abilities – men will big up what they’ve done to get a pay rise, and to compete women need to turn up the volume.
Work together
If you suspect men in your organisation are being paid more, look your boss in the eye and say, “I want you to assure me that I’m paid equivalent to my peers”. If you’re not getting a straight answer, talk to your peer group and consider taking direct action to fix inequality.
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Completed an electrical diploma at the Adnoc Technical Institute
Works as a public relations officer with Adnoc
Apart from the piano, he plays the accordion, oud and guitar
His favourite composer is Johann Sebastian Bach
Also enjoys listening to Mozart
Likes all genres of music including Arabic music and jazz
Enjoys rock groups Scorpions and Metallica
Other musicians he likes are Syrian-American pianist Malek Jandali and Lebanese oud player Rabih Abou Khalil
