Club News
The Poona Golf Club league concludes in style
Winning Team- Panchshil Aces
Player of the Tournament- Dinanath Mahajan
he Poona Club Golf League
2019’ began on January 25th and
was a 3 day affair that got over
with much aplomb and fanfare.
The 3 day league was played
between eight teams at the magni¿ cent Poona
Club Golf Course which is the only 18 hole
golf course in the city spread across about
100 acres of lush greenery. Andrew Pinto,
Chairman of the league said, “We are proud
that the ¿ rst gol¿ ng league gained so much
popularity and had raised awareness about
this sport. Golf is gaining momentum in the
country and we are happy that we provided
a platform for budding players to hone their
talent for the sport. The league was played
between eight teams with 12 members each.
This platform also gave a big boost to women
and junior players as it was mandatory for
each team to have atleast one lady, one junior
and one senior player in each team. The eight
Ajit Agarkar - player for
Syska Swinging Sultan
teams that competed against each other were
Yohan Poonawalla Eagles, Roary’s Lions by
The Westin Pune, Panchshil Aces, Filtrum
Eye of the Tiger, The Holey Ones by Vascon,
Amazing Albatrosses by the Kalyani Group,
The Angry Birdies by Shirke and Swinging
Sultans by Syska. Some of the marquee
players included Dr. Date for Poonawala,
Rohan Dholepatil for Roary’s Lions, Pratik
Nimale for Panchshil, Shishir Donde
for Kalyani Amazing Albatrosses, Amit
Bhattachrya for Vascon The Holey Ones, Jay
Shirke for Shirke The Angry Birdies, Aaron
Rocky for Syska Swinging Sultans, Col Dhar
for Filtrum Eye of the Tiger amongst other
talented players. The organizing committee
comprised of pro¿ cient members such as
Swastik Sirsikar (Captain), Andrew Pinto
(Chairman), Indraneel Mujgule (Committee
Member), Aditya Deshmukh (Member) and
Aditya Kanetkar (Tournament Director).
Runner Up - Yohan Poonawala Eagles
RESULTS:
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Closest to the pin on hole #4- Jaywant
Thorat- Panchshil Aces
Closest to pin on hole #16- Jay Shirke-
Audio Lounge Shirke Angry Birdies
Straightest drive on hole#3- Nitin
Lunkad- Kalyani Amazing Albatrosses
Longest drive on hole #18- Pranav
Mardikar -Yohan Poonawalla Eagles
Top 3 junior golfers- Ira Joshi - 11
points from Shirke -The angry Birdies &
Rajvir Singh, Urja Saini-9 points each -
Syska Swinging Sultan
Best lady golfer- Bhakti Thorat- Yohan
Poonawalla Eagles
Best senior golfer- Col. Bhandarkar-
Syska Swinging Sultan
Golfer of the tournament- Dinou
Mahajan - Panchshil Aces
DLF HOSTS 14TH INVITATIONAL CADDIE CHAMPIONSHIP
To promote the spirit of golf camaraderie amongst the golf
communities across the country, DLF5 organized 14th Invitational
Caddie Championship at the renowned Gary Player golf course of
DLF Golf and Country Club. Caddies from different states across the
country participated in the one-day tournament.
The tournament was played between 38 teams consisting of 116
players. The players from the golf clubs of cities like Ahmedabad,
Allahabad, Ambala, Bangalore, Kolkata, Karnataka, Chandigarh,
Gorakhpur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Sitapur, Mathura,
Mohali, Nagpur, Pune, Shimla and many more competed against each
other for the trophy and many attractive individual prizes including
a car for ¿ rst prize and a motorcycle for second. The Lyndale Golf
Course Mussoorie was adjudged the winner of the tournament while
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Vikram of DLF and Rajesh of Panchkula backed ¿ rst and second
individual prizes respectively.
“Needless to mention, caddies are an integral part of Golf. All
the operations are majorly dependent upon them. And it`s important
that they know they are part of Golf community as much as those on
greens. This championship is to reward the spirit of sportsmanship
amongst caddies across the country who contribute day and night
in the service of this wonderful game.” said Vishal Bharti, VP
Operations, DLF Golf and Country Club.
DLF Invitational Caddie Championship is an integral part of
DLF Golf and Country Club which started sixteen years ago as a
local tournament for the caddies of Delhi and NCR Golf clubs has
panned out today to encompass clubs from all around the country.