Emirati golfer, 21-year-old Khalid Yousuf, will go toe-to-toe with the world's best golfing talent at next week's Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, after clinching a wild-card entry into the European Tour-backed 2011 season opener.
After dominating the local junior golfing scene, Yousuf, a member of the Emirates Golf Club, has established his credentials as one of the Gulf's leading players. He has already recorded impressive performances in several worldwide tournaments, including The Pan Arab Junior Golf Championship in Tunisia, The World Amateur Team Championship in Buenos Aires, The GCC Golf Championship in Bahrain and the Dubai Desert Classic.
And even with the Abu Dhabi event boasting its strongest-ever line up - including six of the world's top 10, as well as, for the first time in the region, all current Major winners - Yousuf is confident he can make the cut when he takes to Abu Dhabi Golf Club's National Course, 20-23rd January.
"It's an amazing opportunity for me to be playing at this tournament and a wonderful feeling to know that I am representing my country," he said. "I never thought I would be playing against so many legends of the game at the age of 21."
