February 20th 2016, Chennai, India: On a bright Saturday morning golfers teed off at the Tollygunge golf club to participate in the Kolkata leg of the LLOYD Business Today Pro-Am.
The 18 hole, 70 par 100 acre all season golf course, challenging for golfers of all skill levels yet rich in natural appeal, is an oasis of green nesting in the heart of urban Kolkata. A floodlit driving range and illuminated putting and chipping green give you an opportunity to hone your skills even after the sun has gone down.
Played on Stableford format with Double Peoria handicap, the event witnessed golfers sweating it out to compete for individual as well as team prizes.
Winning Team (100 points):-
• Sharad Jhawar (Usha Carriers)
• Dasho Sonam Tshering (Royal Government of Bhutan)
• Lav Jhingan (Contemporary Brokers)
• Satbinder Singh (Sen & Singh Engineers)
Winning Team: Lav Jhingan (L) & Satbinder Singh (R) with Nitin Trehan of Lloyd
The winners for individual prizes under various several categories were:-
• 11-18 Handicap: A.K. Sareen (Ceratizit India) - Winner with 34 points
• 19-24 Handicap: Praveen Agarwal (T P Shaw) - Winner with 36 points
• 4moles.com Closest to Pin: Mayukh Roy (DBS Bank)
• Nautica Most Stylish Golfer: Rajan Vaswani (Wesman Group)
Runners up Team (L-R): Prem Ratan Bagree, Prasan Lohia & Harsh Jhunjhunwala
Nobody made a hole-in-one on the 18th hole to claim the S-Cross, up for grabs for a Hole-in-One prize.
Some of the other eminent golfers who participated amongst the corporate bigwigs of Kolkata included Siddharth Punshi (MD - JP Morgan), A.K. Sareen (MD - Ceratizit India), Amit Basu (Chief Internal Auditor - Tata Steel), Binod Bansal (Director - New Tea Company), Chirinjiv Singh Bedi (MD - Rossell Tea), Deep Banerjee (Senior Associate Director - Standard Chartered Bank), Dinesh Agarwal (Partner - Ernst & Young), Indranil Chakravarty (AVP - Cognizant Technology), Joydeep Mukherjee (Head Coach - Cricket Association Of Bengal), Karma Tshering Namgay (Consul General - Royal Bhutan Consulate), S K Menon (Independent Director - Tata Bluescope).
