A young golfer who first took to the sport after watching Rory McIlroy on the fairways of Dubai is hoping to prove he belongs when he plays in his first DP World Tour event this week.
Zubair Firdaus qualified for the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship after winning the amateur tournament at the same course in Riffa in October.
Entry into the second tournament on the tour’s Desert Swing is the prize for winning the Bahrain Amateur Open. The only stipulation is the player must maintain that status to play.
Firdaus, 23, is intent on turning professional straight after, and is targeting playing on the Mena and Asian
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