From L to R – Arun Murugappan, Director, Chola Investments & Finance Company with the 3 winners, Shiv Moola, Norraine Fazal & Varun Mammen along with Navnit Nakra, CEO, One Plus
100 corporate and business leaders including 24 players who travelled from Chennai, teed it up in cool and cloudy conditions at the second regional round of the 21st annual Chola World Corporate Golf Challenge – India at the scenic Prestige Golfshire, Bangalore on Sunday, Nov. 28th.
Four winners from Bangalore will join four winners from each round in Mumbai, Pune and Delhi at the National Finals at ITC Classic Golf & Country Club, Gurgaon on Dec. 12th. Two winners from the National Final will represent corporate India at the World Finals of Corporate Golf to be held in Portugal in summer 2022.
Indian teams have won the World Final on 3 occasions, the last time in 2016.
The World Corporate Golf Challenge is the longest running multi-city corporate tournament in India having kicked off in 1999.
The next regional round will be held on Saturday Dec. 4th at Oxford Golf Resort in Pune, Maharashtra.
RESULTS –
Winners – Category A&B – Norraine Fazal & Varun Mammen
Runners Up – Category A&B – Shiv Moola & Subhashish Ghosh
Best Gross – David D’Souza
David D’Souza (Best Gross) with Arun Murugappan, Director, Chola Investments & Finance Company
On Course Contest Winners –
White Oak Capital Straightest Drive – Venky Rajagopal – 1 foot
Prateek Pant, Chief Business Officer, White Oak Capital awards Venky Rajgopal of Indian Terrain
Indian Terrain Longest Drive Challenge – Lanka Lingam 280 Yards
Venky Rajgopal (Indian Terrain) presenting a prize to Lanka Lingam
Ballantine’s Longest Drive – Shyam Powar – 281 yards
One Plus Closest To Pin – Rahul Thomas 4ft
All Cargo Closest to Pin on Second shot – Nikhil Cherian – 6 ft4 inches
Pro golfer Pranavi Urs presents the Allcargo Trophy to Nikhil Cherian
Anurag Mathur, CEO, Savills with Ajay Vij (Lucky Draw Winner)