The regional qualifiers of one of the most eagerly awaited national corporate
golfing events of the season, The TAKE Solutions World Corporate Golf
Challenge commences at the Eagleton Golf Resort in Bangalore on
20th January 2012. Scheduled to be held over two days -
20th and 21st January - 2012, the event will see the crème
de la crème of Bangalore's corporate world battle it out for a berth in the
national finals of the World Corporate Golf Challenge.
With
golfing teams from Indian and global companies , including TAKE Solutions,
Indian Terrain, Shriram Properties, Shriram Ventures, Ballantine's, Emirates,
Tourism Thailand , IBM, Accenture, Goldman Sachs, Cisco, Credit Suisse,
Capgemini Consulting; Bangalore's own Infosys, Wipro, Kingfisher Airlines set to
tee off, Eagleton Golf Resort will see Bangalore's corporate world converge on
the golf course over the weekend. With confirmed participation of over
220corporate golfers , the competition is expected to be tough and
exciting.
The
TAKE Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge, held
in cities across Indiais
the only official qualifying event in India for the prestigious World
Corporate Golf Challenge which gives corporate honchos a chance to represent
their country on the world stage. The regional qualifiers from various cities
will compete in the national qualifiers for a chance to represent India in the
World Finals of the World Corporate Golf Challenge.
Sponsored
by TAKE Solutions, a leading business technology company with products backed by
a strong domain expertise to provide cost-effective comprehensive solutions for
businesses, the event is now in its 16th edition in India and has
grown bigger and better over the years. From starting out as a single day event
in Delhi, it has expanded to include qualifiers held over two days, across many
cities in India.
The tournament
kick-started in Chandigarh at the Panchkula Golf Course, and the Mumbai
qualifiers were held subsequently at the Oxford Golf Club, Pune between Dec
3rd and 4th, 2011. This was followed by Delhi qualifiers
at Golden Greens Golf Club between December 10th and 11th
2011. Tollygunge Golf Club played host to the Eastern qualifiers on Dec
17th 2011 and the pre-qualifiers for south were held at Kodaikanal
Golf Club on December 29th 2011, and the top two teams from this
round are set to compete in the southern qualifiers, the final regional
qualifiers, at Eagleton, Bangalore.
Thailand
Tourism, and Lebua Hotels and Resorts have jointly come together to host the
National Final of the event at Thailand for the 2nd consecutive year.
Top two teams from each of the day of the regional rounds go on to compete at
the national final on April 10th - 11th 2012 at Lebua
Hotels and Resorts, Thailand to grab the top spot and win themselves an
opportunity to represent India at the World Finals of the World Corporate
Golf Challenge to be held at South Africa's Cape Garden Route.
The
World Finals have been held annually since 1994 at the exclusive La Manga Club
in Spain apart from one edition each in Jamaica, Mauritius and Kuala Lumpur.
Presenting a break from the usual, this year's World Finals will be held at the
much celebrated Cape Garden Route, South Africa.
In
the past, corporate teams such as BPCL, Parle Foods, Standard Chartered Bank,
Mercedes Benz, Deutsche Bank, Indian Airlines, Hero Motors, GE, Credit Suisse,
Golden Peacock & McCann Ericson have represented India at the World
Corporate Golf Challenge.
Team
India has maintained a great record in the World Corporate Golf Challenge since
their debut appearance in 1999. Team Close Up, HUL from Mumbai, which
represented India last year, displayed excellent golfing skills to finish
2nd at the World Finals. In 2010, the Indian Team was tied
1st at the World Finals, but lost out on the title on count back. In
2008, the Indian Team from Credit Suisse became the first and only Indian team
to emerge victorious at the World Finals held at the famed La Manga Club in
Spain. In 2007 the team from Mercedes-Benz finished a creditable 5th amongst the
25 participating countries and were also voted
the most popular team of the
tournament.
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