The teams have been announced for the Dubai Golf Trophy, one of the most prestigious event in the UAE golfing calendar, which returns 10th & 11th April 2021 on the Faldo course at Emirates Golf Club, and the Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
The Ryder Cup-style tournament, now in its 22nd year, pits the UAE’s top 16 professional players against the top 16 amateurs – this year women compete for the first time in the tournament’s history.
In 2021, the amateur team is gunning for six victories in a row, having claimed another convincing victory last year at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club. Former UAE champion, Ahmed Skaik will captain this year’s amateur team, whilst Mike Bolt from The Claude Harmon Performance Academy at The Els Club will lead the professionals:
| Saturday Foursomes | Professional Team | Amateur Team |
| Match 1 | Dong Lee | Josh Hill |
| Jonathan Craddock | Jay Mullane | |
| Match 2 | Michael Bolt (Captain) | Arjun Gupta |
| Sujjan Singh | Yash Majmudar | |
| Match 3 | Luke Plumb | Viggo Sorensen |
| Phil Waine | Zubair Firdaus | |
| Match 4 | Graham Forbes | Toby Bishop |
| Louis Gaughan | Sam Mullane | |
| Match 5 | David Gray | Steve Kelbrick |
| Ryan Smith | Max Burrow | |
| Match 6 | Purna Sharma | Ahmed Skaik (Captain) |
| Malcolm Young | Khaled Yousuf | |
| Match 7 | Bishnu Sharma | Dan Byrne |
| Sam McLaren | Niklas Korjonen | |
| Match 8 | Michael Major | Gordon Munro |
| Thomas Ogilvie | Jake Wiltshire | |
| Match 9 | Olivia Jackson | Hyeonji Kang |
| Anneke Strobach | Natalii Gupta |
The 22nd Dubai Golf Trophy will be played on the Faldo course at Emirates Golf Club on Saturday 10th April for the morning foursomes and afternoon four-ball matches, and will conclude with the singles matches on Sunday 11th April on the Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
