As many as 20 teams, featuring some of the city’s best golfing talent will vie for top honours at the pristine Delhi Golf Club as the Second Edition of the ‘Lloyd Delhi Golf Club League – Powered by Vredestein Tyres’, tees off at the historic venue on September 29, 2022. The League, which will feature 13 competitive days of hard-fought golf, will conclude in a Grand Finale on October 22, 2022.
The “Lloyd Delhi Golf Club League 2022” will feature 20 teams (two more than the inaugural season) locking horns for supremacy. Each team will comprise of 20 players, supported by one Mentor and one Coach. The tournament will be played on a “Four-ball better-ball Matchplay” Format.
“The Lloyd DGC League prides itself for having incorporated the best practices in the format to make it fair, competitive and enjoyable for the entire golfing ecosystem at DGC. The mentoring programme of the League has some of the finest golfers in India sharing their knowledge and expertise with all the members, a fantastic learning opportunity, especially the Juniors” said the outgoing Captain of DGC, Maj Gen AP Dere (Retd).
“The Delhi Golf Club has been producing champions for Indian golf. We have produced as many as 14 Arjuna Awardees and golfers from our stable have competed in and won on nearly every Major Tour worldwide,” said Lt. Gen. Balbir Sandhu, Chairman – Tournament Organizing Committee, Delhi Golf Club League. “Through the Lloyd Delhi Golf Club League, we wish to further hone our talent and continue to provide Indian and World golf with Champions”.
The League will be played in two stages – a Round Robin stage followed by a Knock-out stage. During
each playoff match between two teams, each team will field 7 pairs (14 players). One pair from each
team will play against a pair from the other team in a “Four-ball better-ball” Matchplay format with
all the players playing off 75% of their original handicaps. The teams will get points for their wins.
The 20 teams have been divided into 4 groups. After the Round Robin stage, 2 teams from each group will qualify for the Knock-out stage starting with the Quarter-finals. The Finals will be played on the 22 nd of Oct 2022.
The 20 teams competing in the League are: ‘The A-Team’, ‘Sterling Swingers’, ‘Baale Golf’, ‘Eagles & Birdies’, ‘Christie’s Golf’, ‘SwingKKings’, ‘Shiva Motocorp. Land Rover’, Bajaj Foundation’, Tee Birds’, The Pioneers’, Team Coca-Cola’ ’24 Secure Lions’, ‘TEEm EDC”, Athletic Drive’, ‘BMW-Deutsche Motoren’, ‘Delhi Tigers’, ‘Birdie Machine’, Ardee Par Excellence, robo4me and B i Luxury, with the last three being new entrants into the field.