20-year-old Coby Carruthers (Jordan Springs / Concord GC) was among a select few amateurs invited to play in the Abu Dhabi Challenge tournament in Abu Dhabi, which is an event on the 2025 Hotel Planner Tour.

Coby shot rounds of 69 / 72 to finish at 1-under-par 141, just 2 shots away from making the 36-hole cut.

All of the amateurs ultimately missed the cut, although Coby finished as the equal 2nd-highest ranked amateur after the first 2 rounds, just 1 shot behind 30-year-old Issa Abou El Ela (Egypt).

Coby’s two rounds included 7 birdies, 23 pars, 4 bogeys and 2 double bogeys (both times on the 16th hole) in his otherwise impressive performance.