Winning Team Arnav Chatterjee (first from Left) & Mihir Jayaraman(second from right) presented with the Trophy and invitation to the Duke of Edinburgh Cup 2024 World Final by Saif Mehkri Founder & Director – Bio-gen Extracts (2nd from Left) and Suresh Sud, Managing Director – Swagelok (Last from Left)
The 13th annual Duke of Edinburgh Cup in aid of Christel House Charity Golf Tournament hosted at Karnataka Golf Association (KGA), Bangalore last week ended with record funds collected to benefit Christel House India’s school for underprivileged children. Once again Bangalore’s corporate community led by Swagelok and Bio-Gen Extracts came together to support a great cause, collecting over Rs 61 lacs in donations.
Runner-up Team From L-R – Saif Mehkri & Arjun Malik with Suresh Sud, Swagelok
The tournament saw 112 golfers tee off, with one of the Bio-Gen teams, Arnav Chatterjee and Mihir Jayaraman claiming victory and earning the trip to Windsor Castle, England to represent India at the Duke of Edinburgh Cup World Final.
From L-R – Ronak Mittal presented with the Best Individual Nett Trophy by NP Thimmaiah, MD-Manjushree Technopack
Ronak Mittal and Shyam Ramakrishna stood out as the top performers in the Nett and Gross Individual categories, respectively.
India’s top ranked star lady amateur Avani Prashanth, a brand ambassador of Cholamandalam Investment & Finance and Asian Games team member Khalin Joshi made special appearances at the tournament.
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Recognised as one of the leading charity golf events in the world, the two winners from this event will once travel to play in the prestigious ‘ Duke of Edinburgh Cup’ Charity golf World Finals in London which includes a round of golf at the private golf course of the Royal Family at Windsor Castle followed by a black tie sit down champagne dinner with a member of the Royal Family in the state ballroom of Windsor Castle – a unique , once in a lifetime, money can’t buy experience.
In photo – Palo Alto Straightest Drive Winner Sunil Shetty presented with an Amazon Echo Show by Vineet Kshirsagar of Palo Alto Networks (on Left)
The tournament was played in a two member team format with the 18 hole total stableford scores of both team members adding up for the team score.
In photo from L-R – Panthera Projects Closest To Pin Winner Parv Sud receiving his trophy from Aashray Goel, Panthera Projects
From L-R – Rishi Narain and Indur Hirani present a cheque of Rs. 61 Lakhs to Raju Shahani and Jaison Mathew of Christel House India
TEAM WINNERS –
CATEGORY NAME POINTS TEAM TOTAL
Winning Team Arnav Chatterjee 37
Mihir Jayaraman 39 76
Runner Up Team Arjun Malik 39
Saif Mekhri 35 74
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS –
CATEGORY NAME SCORE
Best Individual Nett Ronak Mittal 39 Nett points
Best Individual Gross Shyam Ramakrishna 30 Gross points
ON COURSE CONTESTS-
CATEGORY WINNER
Panthera August Closest To Pin Parv Sud-10 inches from the Hole
Bio-gen Longest Drive Vijay Devaiah-244 Yards
Palo Alto Straightest Drive Sunil Shetty-1cm From the line