The greens played true and fast and that saw a close contest between Team Gopinathans and Team 36.5.
But the former, with a better last six holes score, emerged the champion of the prestigious 17th GKD Memorial Gold Cup all India team golf championship at the par-72 Coimbatore Golf Club course in Chettipalayam here recently.
The two-day event was played on a nett medal round team event format and the aggregate of the three better scores of the team was picked to determine the winner.
This included at least one score from each of the categories (0-15 and 16-24).
And Team Gopinathans, consisting of R. Gopinath, M. Palaninathan, Peeyush Maniyambath and A. Senthil Nathan tallied 215 for the top honour.
Team 36.5, consisting of K. Shiv Karan, M.R. Chinnaswamy, Riddhi Gautham and Joseph Chakola, with a total score of 215, had to rest content for the second spot.
The championship, sponsored by Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW) Limited in memory of the company’s founder chairman G.K. Devarajulu, attracted a whopping 131 entries.
It clearly goes to show that the championship is loved by golfers from in and around Coimbatore district.
Besides Coimbatore, there were participants also from Kochi and Udhagamandalam.
“We look forward to LMW’s continued patronage as this is very popular tournament in which outstation golfers also compete,” said P.R. Ramakrishnan, the CGC Golf Captain.
And Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu, the Chairman and Managing Director of LMW, said that the company would also continue to sponsor the event in the years to follow.
He was pleased with the outstation participation and said it would facilitate good interaction and strengthen relationship between golfers.
