Mercedes Trophy Sri Lanka Country Finals 2014

GOLF: The Mercedes Trophy, a renowned international golf tournament, will once again transform a pure porting extravaganza into a 'lifestyle brand experience'. The participants of this tournament comprise of distinguished achievers from all walks of life and many find this event a great opportunity to meet and interact with other Mercedes-Benz owners.

Sri Lanka's top golfing community will be gathered at the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club yesterday (Saturday) for the Mercedes Trophy Sri Lanka Country Finals.

Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC, Authorized Distributor for Mercedes-Benz in Sri Lanka sponsored the Mercedes Trophy this year for the 24th consecutive time.

This event gathered the elite golfing community and boasts to be the most prestigious golfing event in the Sri Lankan sporting calendar.

Participation at the event is limited to owners of Mercedes-Benz, Jeep & Chrysler vehicles. Moreover, this is a highly anticipated tournament Among the golfing fraternity solely due to the prestige and the rewards, which await the winners. Winners stand the chance to compete in the Mercedes Trophy Asian Finals and if successful, to compete in the World Finals in Germany.

The climax of the series is the World Final, which for years has been held traditionally in and around Stuttgart, the "cradle of the automobile".

The sponsorship cheque in this regard was handed over to Christopher Dias, Captain of the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club by Ranjith Pandithage (Chairman - DIMO) recently at the Mercedes-Benz Center - 'DIMO 800'.