Commercial Bank Qatar Masters 2020 officially opened yesterday and will be held until March 8 at Education City Golf Club. The opening was attended by H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, who inaugurated the Education Education City Golf Club to coincide with the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters 2020 tournament.
Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al Attiyah, member of the Commercial Bank Board of Directors expressed his pride in the continued success of Commercial Bank Qatar Masters golf tournament, which contributed to establishing Qatar’s position for world-class sporting events.
“The tournament is the annual long-awaited sports and social event. The will of our country and its wise leadership inspire us the determination and strength to organise and sponsor such world-class events that raise the name of Qatar on the international map.
The credit in this achievement goes to the wise leadership of the Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and his national vision in making Qatar the focus of attention of the whole world,” he said.
“On behalf of myself and the Chairman and members of the Commercial Bank Board of Directors, I am delighted to acknowledge the great efforts made by Qatar Foundation headed by H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser to enhance education, creativity, innovation and sustainability to serve the community,” Al Attiyah added.
He also congratulated H H Sheikha Moza on the opening of the Education City Golf Club, the new sports facility, as well as her continued efforts in developing the level of sport related to youth.
“Our fruitful and continuous cooperation with the Olympic Committee, Education City, and Qatar Golf Association will certainly help to reinforce and combine our efforts to showcase to the world the endless opportunities that Qatar can offer to the sports sector, as a global destination for international championships,” said Al Attiyah.
He also confirmed that achieving the desired goals will become easier with the opening of the new sports facility at Education City Golf Club, which witnessed yesterday, for the first time the start of the competitions of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters golf tournament in the twenty-third edition of the European Tour with the participation of the best champions and professional golfers competing vigorously to win the unique Mother of Pearls Trophy.
Commercial Bank, in its capacity as the Title Sponsor of the tournament, welcomed the participants in organizing this big event. Joseph Abraham, Group Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Bank said: “Our continued sponsorship of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters tournament over many years demonstrates Commercial Bank’s support for Qatar’s Vision to be a global sports hub and host to major international sporting events.
We are very pleased the tournament is being hosted at the beautiful new Education City Golf course which is the largest in the Middle East with state of the art training facilities which will further enhance golf in Qatar.”
Hussein Al Abdulla, EGM, Chief Marketing Officer at Commercial Bank said: “We would like to thank our colleagues in the Qatar Olympic Committee, Qatar Golf Association, Doha Golf Club, and the European Tour for their cooperation in contributing to the success of this event for the fifteenth year in a row.
Commercial Bank seeks to provide the best golf experience ever for players and attendees alike, and this year we are pleased to host this exciting tournament at the Education City Golf Club, which is a new addition to the tournament.”