Khalid Yousuf Wins His Fourth UAE Presidents Cup sponsored by HSBC
(Abu Dhabi, UAE) – On February 8 – 9, 2019 the Emirates Golf Federation (EGF) hosted the 2019 UAE Presidents Cup at Yas Links Abu Dhabi. Sponsored by HSBC, the 7th edition of the UAE Presidents Cup saw it’s the largest number of participants since the event first started in 2013. 89 players competed in the main event and 24 players played in the Par 3 Championship. Winning for his fourth time Khalid Yousuf was the 2019 Champion.
Yousuf fired consecutive rounds of 71 for a championship total of 142, two-under-par. Yousuf seemed to be in control of his game all weekend and the with the weather in perfect scoring conditions nothing could take Khalid out of his game. “It was great to win the UAE Presidents Cup again after a long hiatus. I managed my game extremely well and was able to play very consistently over the two days”, Yousuf said after raising the trophy for the first time since 2015.
“The team at Yas Links did a great job with the course set and running the event very smoothly. With over 110 players competing in five different divisions, it’s always tough for operations but Yas Links continuously manages top-level championships” Yousuf added.