{"id":2634,"date":"2018-02-11T09:01:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T09:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2018-02-11T09:01:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T09:01:48","slug":"former-dubai-junior-star-heisele-has-point-to-prove-in-nbo-oman-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/former-dubai-junior-star-heisele-has-point-to-prove-in-nbo-oman-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Dubai Junior Star Heisele Has Point To Prove In NBO Oman Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UAE&#8217;s greatest golfing success, Sebastian Heisele, is determined to make amends in this week&#8217;s NBO Oman Open, when the European Tour makes its debut in the Sultanate at Al Mouj Golf from February 15-18, after narrowly missing out on a European Tour card there in the final event of the Challenge Tour last season before going on to gain promotion through Qualifying School.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I came 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0on the Challenge Tour&#8217;s Road to Oman last year as a result of my tied 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0finish in Oman, which meant I just missed out on qualifying for the European Tour,&#8221; said Heisele. &#8220;However, luckily I advanced through Q School and got my card that way so hopefully my time at Al Mouj Golf can be a bit more relaxing this time around!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the spectacular Greg Norman-designed Al Mouj Golf course doesn&#8217;t hold the fondest of memories for the towering 6&#8243;6&#8242; German, he is thrilled to return and be reunited with some old friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The course is certainly up to European Tour standard, it&#8217;s a very narrow course that is just off the coast so as soon as the wind picks up it can get very tricky,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m looking forward to playing there again as it&#8217;s always nice to play on a course you know and I&#8217;ll be cheered on by some friends from Oman which will be nice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 29-year-old, who finished 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final in 2016 and 2017 respectively, is one of the finest products of the Emirates Golf Federation&#8217;s Junior Development Programme. He grew up in Dubai and was three-time club champion at Emirates Golf Club before going\u00a0on to play on the Challenge Tour and now, the European Tour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2635 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Heisele-in-action-in-Oman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Heisele-in-action-in-Oman.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Heisele-in-action-in-Oman-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Heisele-in-action-in-Oman-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Heisele-in-action-in-Oman-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UAE&#8217;s greatest golfing success, Sebastian Heisele, is determined to make amends in this week&#8217;s NBO Oman Open, when the European Tour makes its debut in the Sultanate at Al Mouj Golf from February 15-18, after narrowly missing out on a European Tour card there in the final event of the Challenge Tour last season [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2636,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634\/revisions\/2636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}