The first leg of the Palms Knockout Challenge supported by BMW Motorrad was played at The 18 hole Palms Golf Club and Resort in Lucknow in early January featuring 48 players divided into teams of two each. The teams went head-to-head across 12 singles matches, with the winners of each match advancing to leg 2.
Former pro Bharat Thapar, and amateur IGU players Anuj Dubey, Raghav Jaggi and Kartik Lohumi all participated in the match play event, raising the level of competition.
The team of Col. Tushar Vig and Col. Mahender SNPDE won the toughest first round match, beating Mr.Devendra Singh and Mr.Neeraj Gupta 1 UP. The most dominating first round match was won by the team of Mr.Anand Kumar Shukla and Mr.Ashish Khemkha, who beat Mr.Abhinav Srivastava and Mr.Anubhav Srivastava 9 & 8.
The second leg was played on Jan. 23rd, and the finale is scheduled for Feb. 6, 2022.
Palms Knockout Challenge Leg 1 – Match 1 winnersThe second leg was played on Jan. 23rd, and the finale is scheduled for Feb. 6, 2022.