Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The city of Ras Al Khaimah, abbreviated to RAK or RAK City, is the capital of the emirate and home to most of the emirate's residents. It is linked to the Islamic trading port of Julfar. Its name in English means "headland of the tent". The emirate borders Oman's exclave of Musandam, and occupies part of the same peninsula. It covers an area of 2,486 km2 (960 sq mi) and has 64 km (40 mi) of beach coastline. As of 2015, the emirate had a population of about 345,000.
The PGA European Tour is an organisation which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, which is the principal golf tour in Europe; the European Senior Tour, for players aged fifty or older; and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. The European Tour was established by the British-based Professional Golfers' Association through the 1970s, and responsibility was transferred to an independent PGA European Tour organisation in 1984.
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.
The WGC Match Play, currently titled as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's golf tournament that has been held since 1999. It is the only one of the World Golf Championships to have been contested using the match play format. Since 2016, it has been held at the Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas, United States.
José-Filipe Lima is a Portuguese professional golfer. He won the 2004 Aa St Omer Open to gain a place on the European Tour. His best seasons were from 2005 to 2007 when he finished in the top-100 on the European Tour Order of Merit. Successful Challenge Tour seasons in 2009, 2013 and 2016 have promoted him back to the European Tour but, on each occasion he has failed to retain his place on the tour. He was runner-up in the 2007 BMW International Open.
Jens Morgan Dantorp is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the Challenge Tour. He has won three times on the Challenge Tour.
The National Bank of Oman Golf Classic was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It was played for the first time in October 2013 at Al Mouj Golf, The Wave in Muscat, Oman. In 2015, the tournament was superseded by the Challenge Tour Grand Final when that tournament relocated to Al Mouj.
Romain Langasque is a French professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won The Amateur Championship in 2015 and in 2020 had his biggest professional success when he won the ISPS Handa Wales Open.
Ryan Fox is a New Zealand professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia.
Marcus Mikael Kinhult is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won the 2019 Betfred British Masters.
Jordan Lewis Smith is an English professional golfer.
Darius Arjen Joel van Driel is a Dutch professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.
The Oman Open is a European Tour golf tournament, held at Al Mouj Golf in Muscat, Oman. When founded in 2018, it was one of five European Tour events to be staged in the Arabian Peninsula, but is currently one of six.
Sean Crocker is an American professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.
Victor Perez is a French professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won the 2019 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Robert Duncan MacIntyre is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.
Nicolai Højgaard 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.
The 2022 European Tour, titled as the 2022 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 51st season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972 and the 1st edition of the DP World Tour Rankings.
The Ras Al Khaimah Championship is a professional golf tournament held at Al Hamra Golf Club, in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The presenting sponsor is Phoenix Capital.
The Ras Al Khaimah Classic was a professional golf tournament that was held at Al Hamra Golf Club, in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The tournament was intended to be a one-off event and was created in January 2022 as a replacement event on the schedule as the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters was postponed. The event was played the week after the inaugural Ras Al Khaimah Championship.
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