Inaugural inter club golf tees off today
The Sri Lanka Golf Union will conduct the inaugural Sri Lanka inter
club championship today at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) course.
Royal Colombo Golf Club, Nuwara Eliya Golf Club, Victoria Golf and
Country Resort, Eagles Golf Links, Sandy Bay Golf Links and Army Golf
Club Diyatalawa will be represented and the Championship conducted in
the Stable-ford points format.
The best 11 scores from each team will count and the team with the
best total aggregate score will be the inaugural winners of the Sri
Lanka Inter Club Golf Championship Challenge Shield.
The RCGC is expected to field two teams of 25 players each while NEGC,
VGCR, EGL, SBGL and AGC will field one team each.
Bally's Entertainment the title sponsor for the Bally's Sri Lanka
Open 2015, has facilitated the participation of Professional Golfers
playing in the Indian Pro Tour to make a bid for the prize money on
offer which will amount to Rs 2,5 million.
United Tractor and Equipment is a co-sponsor along with Associated
Motorways - X-Trail and CML Walkers.
K.Prabagaran from Nuwara Eliya will defend his title having won the
Sri Lanka Open in 2013 and 2014 while Anura Rohana attempts to win the
Sri Lanka Open for a record eighth time with the legendary Nandasena
Perera.
N. Thangaraja a winner on the Indian Pro Golf Tour along with Lalith
Kumara, Vijitha Bandara, Jehan De Saram (RCGC Club Pro), K.Chandradasa,
Sisira Kumara and N. Ranga are also in the fray.
The International challenge is led by Sandeep Syal, M.Dharma, Saqib
Ahmed, Manav Jaini and Pradyumna Barbora from the Indian Pro Tour and
Aadil Jahangir and Wasim Rana from Pakistan.
Mithun Perera will not be in the field as he is currently playing in
the US$ One Million Singapore Open.
The UTE CAT Challenge Trophy 2016 and Pam Fernando Challene Trophy
sponsored by United Tractor and Equipment will be conducted concurrently
along with the Sri Lanka Senior Open on February 2 and 3.
The Pam Fernando Challenge Trophy is contested by lady members adding
more colour to the tournament in the SLGU golfing calendar.
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