Mercedes Trophy in Ahmedabad and Chennai

From L-R: Amrit Baid (GM – Marketing, MBIL), Ashish Desai ( Winner Div A), KS Cheema (Chairman & Executive Director, Central Star), Jatender Jeet Kaur (Winner Div B), Ritvik Desai (Winner Div C) and Yashovardhan Bichu ( CEO, Landmark Cars)

 

Kalhaar Blues & Greens Golf Club, Ahmedabad 

Mercedes Trophy, India’s biggest amateur golf series, will bring roughly 2,000 golfers to the tee across 11 cities this season as the tournament marks its 25th edition with 20 qualifying rounds.

The 2026 run opened in Mumbai at Bombay Presidency Golf Club on January 7–8, before travelling to Royal Calcutta Golf Club in Kolkata (January 13) and Qutab Golf Course in Delhi (January 14).

 

Picture-perfect moments at the signature Mercedes-Benz Star

 

Big swings, bright smiles — golfers strike a pose at the HONMA Longest Drive contest

 

Kalhaar Blues & Greens Golf Club was in great condition !

 

Ahmedabad Results – 

Category Position Name Nett Score
Division – A Winner Ashish Desai 74.1
Runner-up Sachin Shah 74.4
Division – B Winner Jatender Jeet Kaur 74.5
Runner-up Anish Patel 74.8
Division – C Winner Ritvik Desai 78.8
Runner-up Savan Godiawala 79.4

ON COURSE CONTESTS

Honma Longest Drive: Yash Shah (293 y)

HSBC Straightest Drive: Abhijit Vasa (On the line)

Omega Closest to Pin: Ayush Agarwal (4.2 ft)

Johnnie Walker Longest Drive: Parin Sheth (280 y)

 

TNGF Cosmo Golf Club, Chennai

 

(From L-R) Sujan Roy (CEO, Titanium Motors), Fredy Varghese (CEO, Sundaram Motors), Pradyumna Prakash (Winner, Division A), Duraisamy A (Winner, Division B), Veeraraghavan N (Winner, Division C), Vikas Kumaria (General Manager, MBIL), and S. S. Ramasubramaniam (Group CEO, Sundaram Motors).

The circuit then moved south to Prestige Golfshire in Bengaluru on January 21–22, returned to Mumbai for Willingdon Sports Club on January 27–28, and continued with stops in Ahmedabad at Kalhaar Blues & Greens Golf Club on February 1 and Chennai on February 4 at TNGF Cosmo Golf Club.

 

Chennai Results –

Category Position Name Nett Score
Division – A Winner Pradyumna Prakash 72.8
Runner-up Karthikeyan Krishnaswamy 73.8
Division – B Winner A Duraisamy 73.4
Runner-up Raj Kumar 74.3
Division – C Winner Veeraraghavan N 76.9
Runner-up Shraya Rattha 79.3

ON COURSE CONTESTS

Honma Longest Drive: Venkatesh Sundaravadhanam (276 y)

HSBC Straightest Drive: Santosh Ukkur  (1ft 7inch)

Omega Closest to Pin: TC Seshadri (2 ft 11 inch)

Johnnie Walker Longest Drive: Anish Iyer (281 y)

 

(R) Radhika Mehta (Country Head – Honma) presenting the Longest Drive award to Venkatesh S. (L)

 

Omega watches were compelling to try on 

 

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