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3 Nov’ 2026
قطر تستضيف البطولة العربية للجولف للرجال والسيدات للمرة الأولى
الدوحة/ قنا- تستضيف دولة قطر منافسات البطولة العربية الخامسة والأربعين للجولف للرجال والسابعة عشرة للسيدات، التي ينظمها الاتحاد القطري للجولف على ملاعب نادي الدوحة للجولف خلال الفترة من 4 إلى 11 نوفمبر الجاري، بمشاركة 73 لاعبا ولاعبة يمثلون 14 دولة عربية.
وتشهد منافسات الرجال مشاركة 52 لاعبا، فيما تضم منافسات السيدات 21 لاعبة يمثلن تسع دول، في منافسات على لقبي الفردي والفرق، وسط تطلعات إلى تقديم مستويات فنية متميزة.
وتعد هذه المرة الأولى التي تستضيف فيها دولة قطر البطولة العربية للجولف، حيث يبدأ البرنامج الرسمي بوصول الوفود اعتبارا من غد الأربعاء، على أن تقام الجولات التدريبية يومي 5 و6 نوفمبر، فيما يقام حفل الافتتاح يوم الجمعة المقبل.
وتنطلق المنافسات يوم 7 نوفمبر الجاري، وتختتم منافسات السيدات يوم 9 نوفمبر، فيما تقام منافسات اليوم الأخير للرجال يوم 10 نوفمبر، الذي يشهد أيضا حفل الختام وتوزيع الجوائز.
وأكد السيد حمد عبدالله المانع رئيس الاتحاد القطري للجولف، اعتزاز الاتحاد باستضافة هذا التجمع الرياضي العربي للمرة الأولى في قطر، مرحبا بالوفود المشاركة، ومتمنيا لها التوفيق والنجاح وطيب الإقامة.
وقال إن الاتحاد أكمل استعداداته لاستقبال المنتخبات المشاركة، وإنه على أتم الجاهزية لتقديم بطولة تليق بمكانة الجولف العربي، وتوفير الظروف المناسبة للاعبين واللاعبات لتقديم أفضل مستوياتهم، معربا عن تطلعه إلى منافسات قوية تسودها الروح الرياضية، وتسهم في تعزيز أواصر الأخوة والتعاون بين الاتحادات العربية.
وأضاف أن استضافة البطولة تمثل محطة مهمة في مسيرة الاتحاد القطري للجولف، كما تتيح للاعبي ولاعبات المنتخب القطري خوض تجربة تنافسية على أرضهم وبين جماهيرهم، فضلا عن توطيد التعاون الرياضي العربي ودعم تطور اللعبة.
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