{"id":379993,"date":"2025-12-30T08:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/379993\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T08:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:09:11","slug":"building-the-next-generation-of-arab-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/379993\/","title":{"rendered":"Building the next generation of Arab golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The Arab Golf Federation continues to place a real emphasis on developing homegrown talent by creating pathways that help young players move confidently from the amateur ranks into the professional game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">That commitment was reflected clearly this past season, with over 20 Arab players earning spots in the 2025 Saudi Open, a US$1 million event on the Asian Tour, offering them valuable experience at a world-class level.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109716\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-Saudi-Amateur-Open.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Saudi Amateur Open\" width=\"740\" height=\"500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-109716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2025 Saudi Amateur Open<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The progress on display began well before tournament week. The <a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/golfdigestme.com\/egypt-palestine-and-tunisia-take-top-honours-in-saudi-amateur-open-at-dirab-golf-club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saudi Amateur Open<\/a> again showed how Golf Saudi and the Saudi Golf Federation are building a complete structure that gives emerging players the opportunities they need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The event sits within the Arab Golf Series, sanctioned by the Arab Golf Federation, and awards official regional ranking points. Those points carry real weight as they raise a player\u2019s standing and strengthen their chances of qualifying for stronger fields across the region and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109797\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Othman-Almulla-Saudi-Open.jpg\" alt=\"Othman Almulla - Saudi Open\" width=\"740\" height=\"500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-109797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Othman Almulla \u2013 Saudi Open<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The 2025 Saudi Open highlighted the speed at which the sport is evolving in the Arab world and Saudi Arabia\u2019s influence as a host of international golf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">This year\u2019s field brought together standout players from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, joined by a strong Saudi lineup that included professionals Othman Almulla, Saud Al Sharif, Faisal Salhab, Khalid Attieh and Shergo Al Kurdi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">A promising group of Saudi amateurs also competed, highlighting the work underway and reinforcing the wider effort to create an integrated ecosystem that prepares Arab players for the professional stage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109887\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Adam-Bresnu-1.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Bresnu - Saudi Open\" width=\"740\" height=\"500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-109887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Bresnu \u2013 Saudi Open<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Al Kurdi and Moroccan amateur Bresnu were amongst five regional competitors to make the cut alongside the UAE\u2019s Joshua Grenville-Wood, Qatar\u2019s Daniil Sokolov and El Mehdi Fakori, also of Morocco.<\/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: Golf Saudi<\/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 Arab Golf Federation continues to place a real emphasis on developing homegrown talent by creating pathways that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[101588,64,63,755,101592,151959,204614,204615,164945,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-379993","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-arab-golf-federation","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-golf","12":"tag-golf-digest-middle-east","13":"tag-golf-saudi","14":"tag-growing-arab-golf","15":"tag-growing-golf-in-saudi-arabia","16":"tag-saudi-golf-federation","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379993","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=379993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}