{"id":151422,"date":"2025-09-18T05:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/151422\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T05:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:58:07","slug":"general-abdullah-al-hashmi-appointed-president-of-egf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/151422\/","title":{"rendered":"General Abdullah Al Hashmi appointed President of EGF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The Emirates Golf Federation (EGF) has announced the appointment of General Abdullah Al Hashmi as its new President. General Al Hashmi, who previously served as Vice President of the EGF, succeeds His Excellency Sheikh Fahim bin Sultan Al-Qasimi.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96263\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/General-Abdullah-Alhashmi-and-Dubai-Golf-at-2025-Masters-.jpg\" alt=\"General Abdullah Alhashmi and Dubai Golf at 2025 Masters\" width=\"740\" height=\"500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-96263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">General Abdullah Alhashmi and Dubai Golf Team at 2025 Masters Tournament<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Alongside his new role, General Al Hashmi also serves as Vice President of the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation and as the Arab Golf Federation Asia-Pacific Representative. His international positions strengthen the UAE\u2019s voice within the global golf community and reflect his commitment to advancing the game regionally and worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95050\" class=\" wp-image-95050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/R-L-President-of-the-Lebanese-Golf-Federation-Karim-Salaam-EGF-Chairman-His-Excellency-Shaikh-Fahim-.jpeg\" alt=\"(R-L) President of the Lebanese Golf Federation Karim Salaam - EGF Chairman His Excellency Shaikh Fahim Bin Sultan Al Qasimi - Vice Chairman General Abdullah Alhashmi\" width=\"740\" height=\"877\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-95050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(R-L) President of the Lebanese Golf Federation Karim Salaam \u2013 Former EGF President His Excellency Shaikh Fahim Bin Sultan Al Qasimi \u2013 Former Vice President General Abdullah Alhashmi<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Since its establishment in 1995, the EGF has been the governing body of golf in the United Arab Emirates, operating under the UAE Ministry of Sports and in affiliation with The R&amp;A, International Golf Federation, USGA, Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation, GCC Golf Committee, and the Arab Golf Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Golf Digest Middle East on social media<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/golfdigestme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GolfDigestME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">X<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GolfDigestME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GolfDigestME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main Image: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>\nSubsribe to Golf Digest Middle East Newsletter\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Emirates Golf Federation (EGF) has announced the appointment of General Abdullah Al Hashmi as its new President.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[101588,64,63,101589,101590,101591,755,101592,85],"class_list":["post-151422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-arab-golf-federation","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-emirates-golf-federation","tag-general-abdullah-al-hashmi","tag-general-abdullah-al-hashmi-emirates-golf-federation-president","tag-golf","tag-golf-digest-middle-east","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}