Luxury cruiser hole-in-one prize in Qatar

As well as the famous trophy and a winner’s cheque for US$366,660, players in this month’s Commercialbank Qatar Masters will also have a chance of winning a $150,000 luxury cruiser courtesy of Alfardan Marine, the tournament’s hole-in-one sponsor.

For the first time in the event’s ten-year history, Alfardan Marine is offering a 26-foot Doral Monticello luxury cruiser for the first player able to hole his tee shot on the par-three 17th hole at the Doha Golf Club from January 25-28.

Alfardan Marine's 26-foot Doral Monticello luxury cruiser

“The hole-in-one prize will add extra spice to the occasion and ensure large spectator attendance at the 17th hole over the four days,” said Fadi Alyousfi, Associate Vice President of Alfardan Marine Services.

The presence of the $150,000 cruiser floating in the middle of the lake in front of the 156-yard 17th hole will be the focus of both public and media attention for a hole-in-one prize that is one of the richest on either the PGA European Tour or the Asian Tour – both Tours sanction the Commercialbank Qatar Masters.

“It’s certainly a wonderful prize to offer for a hole-in-one and we are grateful for Alfardan Marine’s support of the tournament in this way,” said Commercialbank of Qatar Group CEO Andrew Stevens. “And with the quality in our line-up, we certainly have the players capable of taking home the keys to what is a stunning boat.”

“I don’t know if Ernie Els, Retief Goosen or Chris DiMarco has a boat like this but I’m sure they would be more than happy to take one away from their visit to Doha this month,” added Qatar Golf Association President Hassan Al Nuami. “Having the boat on display right in front of the green will certainly give the players an incentive to go for it and I’m sure I speak for everyone involved when I say we hope that one of them is able to win what is an unusual hole-in-one prize.”

The $2.2 million Commercialbank Qatar Masters will be the tenth PGA European Tour/Asian Tour event staged in the state of Qatar and has attracted a world-class field including Els, Goosen, DiMarco, Sergio Garcia, Stuart Appleby, Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood.

January 8, 2007

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