Othman Almulla (; born July 9, 1986) is the first Saudi professional golfer, and was the first
Saudi Arabian and youngest Arab amateur golfer to qualify and play in the
Dubai Desert Classic
The Dubai Desert Classic is a European Tour golf tournament held on Majlis course at Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 1999 and 2000 it was held at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club, all other editions have been held at Emirates ...
, a major
PGA European Tour
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event that was held February 1–4, 2007 at the Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, U.A.E.
Biography
After winning the Qatar Open in January 2008, Almulla qualified to play in the
PGA European Tour's Commercialbank
Qatar Masters
The Qatar Masters is a European Tour golf tournament held at Doha Golf Club in Doha, Qatar. When founded in 1998, it was one of two European Tour events to be staged in the Arabian Peninsula, but was at one point, one of six. From 2005 to 2007 ...
January 24–27, 2008 in Doha, Qatar.
Almulla also won the 2008 Saudi Aramco Invitational held at Aramco's Rolling Hills Golf Club in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on Nov. 7, 2008, becoming the first Saudi national ever to win this tournament long dominated by Bahrainis.
He was also the youngest golfer to win the Pan Arab Amateur Golf Tournament, at age 21.
The child of a
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco ( ') or Aramco (formerly Arabian-American Oil Company), officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is a majority state-owned petroleum and natural gas company that is the national oil company of Saudi Arabia. , it is the fourth- l ...
employee, Almulla was raised inside the
Aramco residential camp at Dhahran and learned to play golf at Aramco's Rolling Hills Golf Club.
Team appearances
Amateur
*
Eisenhower Trophy
The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958 Eisenhower Trophy, 1958, it is nam ...
(representing Saudi Arabia):
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
,
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
,
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
References
External links
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=8§ion=0&article=114036&d=8&m=11&y=2008
http://golfinvestors.com/news/view_news_detail.php?id=30418
http://www.dubaidesertclassic.com/print.php?sid=248
http://www.qatar-masters.com/news_detailed.php?newsid=85
http://www.ugagolf.com/news/ugaSubNews.asp?news_id=1261
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=8§ion=0&article=98298&d=9&m=7&y=2007
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=8§ion=0&article=106094&d=26&m=1&y=2008
http://www.othmanalmulla.com/
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=194082&version=1&template_id=49&parent_id=29
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-m/stat/GL_playerBio.aspx?PlayerID=6595,
http://sport.asiayouthmedia.com/golf/european/players/Othman+Al+Mulla/8980
https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/european/players/Othman+Al+Mulla/8980
http://golfinvestors.com/players/profile.php?id=10121&type=results
http://www.77d.com
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Saudi Arabian male golfers
Amateur golfers
Place of birth missing (living people)
1986 births
Living people
21st-century Saudi Arabian sportsmen