Rahm Reaches Lofty Heights

Despite the Mercury dropping to record lows and the wind blowing with enough ferocity to blow a dog off a chain, Christopher Rahm posted two brilliant scores to claim the RAK Maritime City Men’s Open for 2016.

 

Opening with a score of 74 on Day 1, Rahm started the second round 1 shot adrift of Ryan Hunter, but an exceptional outward nine of 34, 2 under par had him sitting 3 shots ahead with the tricky inward nine to play.

 

Hunter quickly reduced the deficit after a solid par on the 10th as Rahm could only muster a bogey, with the pair pretty much trading blows up until the Par 3, 16th, where an untimely bogey by Rahm allowed Hunter to edge to within 1 shot of him.

 

Fortunately for Rahm, he was able to navigate the treacherous 17th hole in Par compared to the bogey of Hunter, which increased his lead back to 2 shots with only the reachable Par 5, 18th hole to play. After reasonable drives from the tee, both players were unable to extract a birdie from the hole allowing Rahm a comfortable 2 shot victory and his first win in the event.

 

Results:

DAY (1) Nearest To Pins

NEAREST THE PIN 4TH HOLE                                                        Arkesh Bhataia

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE                                                        Julian Hawlitzky

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE                                                      Jamie Hopkins

NEAREST THE PIN 16TH HOLE                                                      Tiago Lobo

DAY (2) Nearest To Pins

NEAREST THE PIN 4TH HOLE                                                        Dave Faulkner

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE                                                        Barry Cotter

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE                                                      Ryan Hunter

NEAREST THE PIN 16TH HOLE                                                      Chris Rossmesil

BEST GROSS DAY 1

Tiago Lobo                                                                                          76 c.b

BEST NET DAY 1

Alister Barker                                                                                     71

BEST GROSS DAY 2

Matthew Baxter                                                                               74

BEST NET DAY 2

Derek Fisher                                                                                      69

NET DIVISION

3rd                                                         Fadi Azzam                                                                                         144

2nd                                                        Jihad Azzam                                                                                       143

1st                                                          Owen Gilbert                                                                                     134

GROSS DIVISION

3rd                                                         Ben David                                                                                            152 c.b

2nd                                                        Ryan Hunter                                                                                       149

1st                                                          Christopher Rahm                                                                           147