Toyota Karnataka Golf Festival 2011 – Celebrating Karnataka as a World-Class Golfing Destination
The Third Edition of Toyota Karnataka Golf Festival kicked off on 1st September, 2011. The event that endeavor’s to promote Karnataka as a premier, golfing destination, was a roaring success with participation from a record 454 golfers. The 4 day long Golfing extravaganza saw top Indian amateur Golfers Khalin Joshi, Chikkarangappa, lady golfers Aditi Ashok, Sharmila Nicollet, Nikki Ponappa celebrities Ashwini Nachappa, Syed Kirmani, Venkatesh Prasad, Sunil Joshi, E. A. S. Prasanna and Sujith Somasundara and VIP’s like Dominique Causse, Consul General De France, tee off at the best Golf course in South Asia – The Karnataka Golf Association.
Top CXOs from Toyota, Oracle, Goldman Sachs, ING Vysya Bank, Nike, IBM, Cisco, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, RBS and Senior Govt. Bureaucrats also participated.
Besides representing India in 5 Handicap Categories in the forthcoming World Golfers Championship at Durban, South Africa, all the participants were also playing as 4 member Teams, to win the Top team Prize of a special Journey on the Golden Chariot, “Pride of the South”.
The commencement of the Third edition of Toyota Karnataka Golf Festival 2011 was announced through a press conference held at the swanky Park Plaza, Bengaluru. The panelists for the conference were Rishi Narain – Founder, Rishi Narain Golf Management Pvt. Ltd., N C Muniyappa – IAS, Principal Secretary of Tourism, Government of Karnataka, K. Chandra Prakash – President, Karnataka Golf Association, Austin Roach – Chairman, Park Plaza Bengaluru, Snehal Mantri – Director, Marketing, Mantri Developers Pvt. Ltd. and Shekar Viswanathan – Deputy Managing Director (Commercial), Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd., The press meet saw an attendance from major Newspaper dailies and TV News and Sports channels of Bangalore.
The event concluded with a lavish dinner party at the Park Plaza, Bengaluru with celebrities Syed Kirmani, Senior Govt. Bureaucrats, NC Muniyappa, K. Jothiramalingam, V. Umesh, K Viswanatha Reddy, Subir Hari Singh and the Mantri family, lending more sheen to the event. The five talented Golfers who would represent India in WGC, South Africa, were announced at this grand Awards ceremony. This was followed by the announcement of the team that had won a weeklong trip on South India’s only Luxury Train, the Golden Chariot “ Pride of South” ,courtesy Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation..
Results
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Winning Individual in each of H’Cap Categories |
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(Trophy + TaylorMade Umbrella each) |
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1st September 2011 |
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Handicap category |
Name |
Stableford Scores |
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0 to 5 |
Akshay Kilachand |
34 pts |
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6 to 10 |
Krishna Prasad |
37 pts |
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11 to 15 |
Sandeep Kulhalli |
36 pts |
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16 to 20 |
Vivek Rao |
42 pts |
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21 to 24 |
Sharad Junghare |
39 pts |
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2nd September 2011 |
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Handicap category |
Name |
Stableford Scores |
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0 to 5 |
Khalin Joshi |
38 pts |
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6 to 10 |
Wg Cdr S R Nair |
33 pts |
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11 to 15 |
N Prakash |
38 pts |
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16 to 20 |
J S Ahluwalia |
36 pts |
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21 to 24 |
Priyadarshi Harsha |
37 pts |
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3rd September 2011 |
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Handicap category |
Name |
Stableford Scores |
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0 to 5 |
Jaibir Singh |
35 pts |
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6 to 10 |
Rajesh Raju |
31 pts |
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11 to 15 |
G S Yadav |
35 pts |
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16 to 20 |
Kush Jawahar |
37 pts |
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21 to 24 |
Kanwaljit Singh |
37 pts |
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4th September 2011 |
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Handicap category |
Name |
Stableford Scores |
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0 to 5 |
Amit Luthra |
37 pts |
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6 to 10 |
HR Srinivasan |
32 pts |
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11 to 15 |
Rame gowda |
38 pts |
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16 to 20 |
Anand Kumar Ashiya |
37 pts |
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21 to 24 |
Murugnathan |
37 pts |
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Best Gross Individual |
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Trophy + TaylorMade Shoe bag |
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DATE |
Name |
Score |
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1st September 2011 |
David D’souza |
32 pts |
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2nd September 2011 |
Hitesh Joshi |
33 pts |
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3rd September 2011 |
Aalaap I L |
26 pts |
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4rd September 2011 |
Sridhar Reddy |
30 pts |
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GolfCommune.com Long Drive Challenge (Hole #9) |
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Trophy + Gift Hamper |
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DATE |
Name |
Distance |
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1st September 2011 |
Avinash Deoskar |
310 Yards |
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2nd September 2011 |
L. N. Vittal |
295 Yards |
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3rd September 2011 |
Nooraine Fazal |
307 Yards |
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4th September 2011 |
Darshan L |
305 Yds |
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Indian Terrain Staightest Drive (Hole#2) |
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Trophy + Gift Voucher worth Rs. 2500 |
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DATE |
Name |
Distance |
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1st September 2011 |
Jayant Thakrey |
2 inches |
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2nd September 2011 |
V K Surendra |
on the line |
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3rd September 2011 |
Syed Kirmani |
on the line |
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4th September 2011 |
Karan Singhvi |
2 inches |
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Mantri Developers Closest to the Pin (Hole# 15) |
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Trophy + Duffel Bag |
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DATE |
Name |
Distance |
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1st September 2011 |
Sagar Muthappa |
4′ 2 “ |
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2nd September 2011 |
WG. CDR. S. R. Nair |
6′ 6″ |
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3rd September 2011 |
Sanjay Sanghani |
9′ 4 “ |
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4th September 2011 |
Gurucharan Gollikeri |
2″ |
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TaylorMade Closest to the Pin |
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TaylorMade Wedge |
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DATE |
Name |
Distance |
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1st September 2011 |
Ashwini Nachappa |
2′ 6″ |
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2nd September 2011 |
J. S. Ahluwalia |
2′ 7″ |
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3rd September 2011 |
Nooraine Fazal |
5′ 5″ |
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4th September 2011 |
Madan Bajaj |
4″ 6″ |
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Overall Winning Team |
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Trophy + 7 Nights Holiday on The Golden Chariot Luxury train with Spouses courtesy Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation |
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Name |
Stableford Scores |
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David D’Souza |
34 pts |
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Sagar Muthappa |
32 pts |
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Amit Luthra |
37 pts |
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Nooraine Fazal |
34 pts |
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Overall Winning Individual in each of H’Cap Categories |
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Fairmont Zimbali Resort near Durban from Oct 29th to Nov 5th |
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Handicap |
Name |
Stableford Scores |
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0 to 5 |
Khalin Joshi |
38 pts |
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6 to 10 |
Krishna Prasad |
37 pts |
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11 to 15 |
N. Prakash |
38 pts |
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16 to 20 |
Vivek Rao |
42 pts |
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21 to 24 |
Sharad Junghare |
39 pts |
