Chandigarh Golf
Club Wins, Inter Club Golf Championship
Chandigarh
The Inter Club Golf Championship which is an
annual event was played at the Chandigarh Golf Club on 21st October.
A total of five teams played namely Panchkula Golf Club, SEPTA Chandimandir,
KEPTA Ambala, BETA Patiala and Chandigarh Golf Club. CGC President Birinder
Singh Gills said “this tournament is conducted to promote camaraderie and
understanding amongst the senior Army officers and officers from civil and
allied civil services from the region”. Each team was represented by 20
players, 18 men and 2 Ladies, five players from each of the four categories
(handicap 0-6, handicap 7 – 12, handicap 13-18, above 75 years). The best 4
cards of each team were counted to calculate the winning team.
The Chandigarh Golf Club Team won the
Championship with a team best score of 172 points played by the four best
players of the team namely GS Ruppal (45points), Hazel Chauhan (44 points), JS
Sandhawalia (42 points) and Ashwani Sharma (41 points). Panchkula Golf Club and
Chandigarh Golf Club both had identical scores of 172 points but the Chandigarh
Golf Club won this championship due to the better back 6 score. In addition to
this there were prizes in each category. In the gross category Saurabh Singh
Mangat was the winner (74). In the 0-6 handicap category Lakhmehar Pardesi (40
points) won and Col. AS Bajwa (39 points) finished runners-up.In the 7-12
handicap category Col. AS Dhillon (42 points) took the pole position while
Vivek Sharma (41 points) finished runners-up.In the 13-18 handicap category
Shobhit Ghai (47 points) was the winner whereas Hazel Chauhan (44 points) came
second.GS Uppal (45 points) was the winner in the above 75 years category
leaving DS Brar (42 points) in the runners-up position.