Battle Of The Continents

The ink is barely dry on the 2016-17 result and the first qualifiers for the 6th edition of the NMT Battle of the Continents still six months away.

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But when global golfing glory is at stake at Sharjah Golf & Shooting Club, it seems the banter never sleeps.

The captains for the club’s popular intercontinental teams event have been unveiled with Mike Robson (pictured in white shorts) to skipper two-time defending champions Europe against Sammy Ramadas (Asia/second left), Nathan Fisher (Africa and Middle East/ right) and Thomas Murdoch (Australasia & Americas/left).

Each continent holds an open qualifier to find three gross and five net players to join their respective captain in a grand final in early 2018. The nine final fourballs then includes a player from each continent playing a unique version of matchplay with four points awared to the player with most stableford points over 18 holes, with three points for second and so on.