Final Shot with Othman Alumlla

Louie Chan talks to the first Saudi Arabian golfer to qualify and play in a major European Tour event about how he started playing golf, the highlight of his career and his playing experiences in Hong Kong

The 18th of Royal Greens Golf and Country Club, Saudi Arabia

Do you have a favourite course?

My favourite in Saudi Arabia will be Royal Greens. Royal Melbourne is probably my favourite oversea golf course I have played. I have also played in the Hong Kong Golf Club. It’s so beautiful! How they treat it as a golf club, and the golf course itself. I was lucky enough to tag along with the guys at the Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club during the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship 3 to 4 years ago. It’s one of the most picturesque golf courses in the world. Incredible. And the relationship between the Hong Kong Golf Association and Saudi Arabian Golf Federation has been very good because they welcomed us well when we came. We don’t forget that.

Who would be in your dream fourball?

Tiger Woods, who’s been my hero and I look up to him. I have been lucky to meet him a few times. Maybe Jack Nicklaus and Hideki Matsuyama. We are worlds apart in Asia, but Hideki is the No.1 Asian player. It will be awesome.

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