Saturday 04 / May / 2024
Muscat: The Muscat Hills Golf and Country Club recently conducted the eighth and final qualifying round of the Volkswagen PowerPlay 2016 Series, a unique golfing tournament exclusively sponsored by Volkswagen Oman, represented by Wattayah Motors.
The recent game marks the end of the qualifying events of the 2016 tournament and saw Mark Evans, Puli Sharma, and Nick Lewis as the top scorers with 52, 51 and 49 points respectively. As with the previous qualifiers, this latest event saw the participation of over 40 talented golfers from across the capital. The Grand Final is to be played in October 2016.
Commenting on the tournament, Andrew Squires, the General Manager of Volkswagen Oman, said: “The Volkswagen PowerPlay tournament is easily one of the most unique and technical golf tournaments in Oman, offering players a unique risk versus reward mechanism that adds a new layer of depth to the game. Launched in 2014, the Volkswagen PowerPlay Series has grown in popularity over the past two years and has emerged as one of the must-play golf tournaments in the country.”
“On behalf of Volkswagen Oman, I would also like to congratulate the winners of each of the qualifiers so far, as well as wish the very best of luck to all the players in the upcoming Grand Final,” he added.
The Volkswagen PowerPlay series sees players enjoy an innovative format of gameplay, which is unique in the Sultanate. The format for the Grand Final will see all Order of Merit contestants offered the chance of additional risk holes, with unlimited PowerPlay options available across all 18 holes in the final. This exciting format of golf adds another dimension to the game, which makes it dramatic and intensely competitive, with winners more often than not being decided on count backs.
Now that all eight Volkswagen PowerPlay qualifying rounds have concluded, each player’s best four rounds will be collated, which will then produce a Grand Final Order of Merit. Through this unique format, any player within the top 30 stands a chance of winning the Grand Final, which will consist of up to 60 players in the main field in October 2016.
