The Bangalore leg of the TAKE Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge presented by The Collective got underway in the city recently and lived up to its reputation of being one of the most talked about golfing events in the calendar. The 3 day event held at the pristine greens of the Eagleton Golf Resort saw the participation of several corporate leaders, business honchos and who is who of the Bangalore social circuit.
The TAKE Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge is the only official qualifier event in India for the World Corporate Golf Challenge held in Spain and India has been sending teams to this annual World Championship of Corporate Teams for the past 9 years with the one last year emerging victorious amongst teams participating from more than 25 countries across the world.
The event comprises of regional rounds in major Indian cities that comprise representatives from respective zones and culminate with a National Final, the winners of which go on to play the world championship at an exotic golf destination. Apart from Bangalore the event this year will be played over three days in Delhi at Jaypee Greens on Feb 6th, 7th and 8th, at Amby Valley Lonavla on Feb 28th & March 1st and finally the National Finals on March 7th at Amby Valley Lonavla.
The team from Oracle comprising S Krishna Kumar, Harish Shetty, Rathan Kumar and B.K Satish emerged victorious in the Bangalore leg of the tournament followed closely by V. Shashikanth, R.G Venkatesh, David D'Souza and Sunil Vasant from UB Global. Both these teams have earned themselves a berth at the National Finals to be held in Amby Valley. The other winners of the event were Mark Enzerink from IBM and David Hanson from Cisco for the Ballantine's Long Drive Challenge. Teertha Prasad from Eagleton and Mr Krishnan from GJ Multiclave were the winners for the TAKE Solutions Straightest Drive Contest. Winners of the Epson Closest to the Pin were Ms. Satoko Tomonaga belonging to Toyota's team and Mr. Mohan Krishnan from Titan's team.
A highlight of this year's event was the cocktails & awards Organised by the presenting sponsors The Collective- India's first lifestyle destination store for men. Invitees were given out gift hampers ranging upto Rs Ten thousand for free purchases of goods from the store which stacks some of the most enviable brands from across the world.
The other highlight of the event was the Ballantine's Long Drive Challenge that puts the raw skills of every golfer to test. A shorter version of the game, the Ballantine's Long Drive is about hitting the ball farthest from the tee and the winner lays his hands on fabulous prizes in a matter of few drives.
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