The Ras Al Khaimah Championship is a professional
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournament held at Al Hamra Golf Club, in
Ras Al Khaimah
Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) ( ar, رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة, historically Julfar) is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. It is the sixth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain ...
, United Arab Emirates. In 2021, the presenting sponsor was Phoenix Capital.
The event is played at the same venue which hosted the
Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge in 2016 and 2017 on the
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe.
History
The ...
, as well as the
Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final
The Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final is the season-ending tour championship on the Challenge Tour. The field currently consists of the top 45 players on the Challenge Tour rankings vying for fifteen European Tour cards. It has been played annually ...
in 2018.
Nicolai Højgaard
Nicolai Højgaard (born 12 March 2001) is a Danish professional golfer. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 2018 European Amateur and being part of the Danish team that won the Eisenhower Trophy later in the year.
Amateur career
Hø ...
won the inaugural event, beating
Jordan Smith by four shots.
Winners
References
External links
Coverage on European Tour official site
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European Tour events
Golf tournaments in the United Arab Emirates
Sports competitions in Dubai