Sri Lanka's most exclusive golfing event concludes at Nuwara Eliya

Their love for competition, challenge and peak performance brought the top golfers of Sri Lanka together in Nuwara Eliya. Mercedes-Benz cars, their passionate owners and DIMO recently brought the town alive with the Mercedes Trophy Golf Tournament, which is considered to be one of Sri Lanka's most exclusive and prestigious golfing events.

The Tournament was held recently at the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club and this year marked the 25th year of the tournament which was initiated in the year 1990. Over 75 golfers and their spouses were hosted by DIMO at the Grand Hotel Nuwara Eliya for two days over the weekend.

The Nuwara Eliya Golf Club was the ideal setting for the 25th anniversary tournament with stunning landscapes and breathtaking scenery. Mercedes Trophy is yet another opportunity for DIMO to pamper their customers, who enjoy driving the most valuable luxury marque. The Mercedes Trophy is a worldwide exclusive series of golf tournaments with more than 65,000 Mercedes-Benz customers from all over the world.

The tournament was played under 4 handicap groups, while the winner and the 1st runner up of each handicap group will participate at the Mercedes Trophy Asian Finals in Brisbane - Australia, and if successful there will compete in the World Finals to be held in Germany in October 2015. The complete list of winners is as follows: Division A (Handicap Group 0-12) Winner - Maj. Gen. Srinath Rajapakse, 1st Runner up - Thusith Wijesinghe and 2nd Runner up - Kamalesh Johnpillai; Division B (Handicap Group 13-20) Winner - Dr. Rohitha Silva, 1st Runner up - Rohan Fernandez and 2nd Runner up - Ivor Maharoof; Division C (Handicap Group 21- 24) Winner - HE Chang Won Sam, 1st Runner up - Chandima Rodrigo and 2nd Runner up - Iftikar Ahamed; and Ladies Group Winner - Petra Morhard, 1st Runner up - Suwen Selvaratnam and 2nd Runner up - Usha De Silva.