The Tunisian opened the tournament with a level-par 72 on Thursday and followed it up with a near-flawless 69 on Friday. His second-round performance included five birdies and one double bogey. He picked up birdies on holes two, six, 11, 12 and 13 but double-bogeyed the 14th. Sokolov, from Qatar shot a level-par 72 on Friday, carding two birdies and as many bogeys. He had opened with a 69. Rabeh Bedoui from Tunisia and Egypt’s Issa Abou El Ela are tied for third place on one-under-par 143, both having posted identical round scores of 73 and 70. Egyptian Amateur Open golf championship has been relaunched after a 15-year absence, joining the Arab Golf Series in a move aimed at boosting the sport’s profile in Egypt and the wider region, the head of the Egyptian Golf Federation announced. Omar Hisham Talaat said the 2025 Egyptian Amateur Open tournament represents a new start for golf in Egypt and the Arab world. “This tournament was and still is part of the story of Egyptian golf, a story of passion, tradition, and excellence,” Talaat said during a launch ceremony on Wednesday evening. He noted that the championship, which first began in 1920, has for more than a century been a “symbol of integrity, sportsmanship, and national pride.”