ABU DHABI, UAE — In November, three teams of Troon associates and two member teams completed every single hole of golf in the Troon Abu Dhabi portfolio in one day to raise awareness for Prostate Cancer & Men’s Health. To date, the team have raised AED10,947 for the chosen charity, Friends of Cancer Patients & Shanab. The Friends of Cancer Patients charity (FOCP) is a non-profit organization supporting cancer patients since 1999. The FOCP was founded under the directives and patronage of Sheika Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi and is highly committed to helping cancer patients and their families get through the long and arduous journey of cancer treatment irrespective of their nationality, gender, age, religion or ethnicity. The 15 golfers completed rounds at the three Abu Dhabi championship venues; Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, Yas Links Abu Dhabi. For the final round they played the 9-hole ‘Garden Course’ and took advantage of the floodlights at the at Abu Dhabi Golf Club to finish under darkness. The Troon associate challengers comprised of Francisco de Lancastre David, cluster general manager; Clinton Southorn, complex director of agronomy; Matthew Waters, group director of golf; Danny Jakubowski, group director of instruction; Daniel Wright, cluster senior sales & marketing manager; James Durkin, group retail manager; Barry Barnard, ADGC tournament coordinator; Daniel Richards, SBGC tournament coordinator; and Bradley Hudson, YLAD golf shop associate. Francisco de Lancastre David commented: “We’re all exceptionally grateful to take part in this charity initiative for the first time at Troon Abu Dhabi. It was a long day but I’m proud of the team supporting each other and raising vital funds for the Friends of Cancer Patients charity. “Cancer is certainly something that unfortunately will have affected us all in some capacity so it means a lot to support an incredible charity like FOCP who have committed to going above and beyond to help cancer patients and their support systems.” — SG