As the first edition of the Toyota IGU National Club Challenge, promoted by the Indian Golf Union and co-sponsored by Votary Tech reaches its business-end, seven clubs from across Bangalore, Mysore, Hyderabad and Coimbatore will tee-off on 18 January 2014 at The Eagleton Golf Resort, Bangalore for the two available spots at the National Finals, scheduled to be held on 12 April 2014 at Classic Golf Resort, Gurgaon.
Competing Teams include Mulberry Woods Karnataka Golf Association, Adarsh Group Bangalore Golf Club, Tourism Malaysia Boulder Hills Golf and Country Club, Hyderabad, Votary Tech Hyderabad Golf Association, Etios Liva Coimbotore Golf Club, MK International Group JWGC, Mysore and Prestige Golfshire Club, Bangalore. The seven teams comprise of 6 players each - 5 players chosen based on their winning scores in internal club qualifiers in handicap categories, 0-6, 7-10, 11-15, 16-20 & 21-24 and the sixth being a 'club choice', a club nominated player who will also be named captain of the team.
At the 18-hole Zonal Finals, the two teams with the best nett stableford points (5 best individua scores out of 6) will save themselves a berth at the National Challenge where they shall play against two challengers each from the North, East & West and two teams from the Army, to be adjudged champions of the National Club Challenge.
The Toyota IGU National Club Challenge, which kicked-off in October 2013 provided an opportunity to club members at 25 major golf clubs (Seven from the South, Six from the North, Seven from the West and Five from the East) across the country to represent their clubs as teams at a national level, a great honour in the amateur club circuit.
With the clubs teeing-off for national pride, on the sidelines of the tournament, is an invitational tournament for members of the Toyota Kirloskar Motor extended family and multiple individual prices including The Adarsh Group Closest to Pin on the third hole. The Votary Tech Longest Drive on the sixth hole, Mulberry Wood Closest to Pin/Hole in One on the seventeenth hole, Tourism Malaysia Closest to Pin on the twelfth hole and the Indian Terrain closest to pin contest on fifteenth hole.
Competing Teams include Mulberry Woods Karnataka Golf Association, Adarsh Group Bangalore Golf Club, Tourism Malaysia Boulder Hills Golf and Country Club, Hyderabad, Votary Tech Hyderabad Golf Association, Etios Liva Coimbotore Golf Club, MK International Group JWGC, Mysore and Prestige Golfshire Club, Bangalore. The seven teams comprise of 6 players each - 5 players chosen based on their winning scores in internal club qualifiers in handicap categories, 0-6, 7-10, 11-15, 16-20 & 21-24 and the sixth being a 'club choice', a club nominated player who will also be named captain of the team.
At the 18-hole Zonal Finals, the two teams with the best nett stableford points (5 best individua scores out of 6) will save themselves a berth at the National Challenge where they shall play against two challengers each from the North, East & West and two teams from the Army, to be adjudged champions of the National Club Challenge.
The Toyota IGU National Club Challenge, which kicked-off in October 2013 provided an opportunity to club members at 25 major golf clubs (Seven from the South, Six from the North, Seven from the West and Five from the East) across the country to represent their clubs as teams at a national level, a great honour in the amateur club circuit.
With the clubs teeing-off for national pride, on the sidelines of the tournament, is an invitational tournament for members of the Toyota Kirloskar Motor extended family and multiple individual prices including The Adarsh Group Closest to Pin on the third hole. The Votary Tech Longest Drive on the sixth hole, Mulberry Wood Closest to Pin/Hole in One on the seventeenth hole, Tourism Malaysia Closest to Pin on the twelfth hole and the Indian Terrain closest to pin contest on fifteenth hole.