Ali Sher, Shaaban Hussin lead their teams to victory at Pro-Am event

 Morning session winners - Ali Sher's team

Afternoon session winners - Shaaban Hussin's team

New Delhi, March 10, 2013: The Pro-Am event of the SAIL-SBI Open 2013 provided amateur golfers from the capital an opportunity to tee-off along with some of the top professional golfers in Asia.

The Pro-Am was played in the modified scramble format where the team’s best net score on each hole was counted towards the team score.

In the morning session, PGTI member Ali Sher led his team to victory with a score of -21. Ali Sher’s team comprised of amateurs Ms. Geeta Rai, Ms. Veera Singh, Ms. Poonam Chawla and Mr. Gandhrav Kohli.

PGTI member Vijay Kumar’s team was second with a score of -20. Vijay’s team comprised of amateurs Mr. R Kumar, Mr. Vishal Chaudhry, Mr. Didharth Chaudhry and Ms. Amita Jalta.

PGTI member Mukesh Kumar’s team comprising of amateurs Mr. P K Misra, Mr. Rajiv Mehrishi, Mr. Vinod Mishra and Mr. Vipin Malik finished third. Their team score was -20. Mukesh Kumar’s team lost out to Vijay Kumar’s team on the basis of a count-back.

In the afternoon session, Malaysian professional Shaaban Hussin led his team to victory with a score of -24. Shaaban’s team comprised of amateurs Mr. Dinkar Makla, Mr. Nikhil Kumar, Mr. Prashant Jain and Mr. Anshul.

PGTI member Ashok Kumar’s team finished second with a score of -22. His team comprised of amateurs Mr. J S Naurath, Mr. M D Sinha, Mr. Kulvinder Singh and Mr. Vishal Bakshi.

PGTI member Vinod Kumar’s team comprising of amateurs Mr. Manu Rajan, Mr. Tuhin Verma, Mr. S K Sood and Mr. Nirbhay Sharma finished third. Their team score was -20.

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