Noida, October 19, 2013: Veteran Gagan Verma and
Jasjeet Singh, who finished second in World Inter Team Golf Championship in Malaysia in
November 2012, will highlight the first round of club qualifier of North Zone
of Toyota IGU NHS National Club Challenge tomorrow at Noida Golf Club,
Noida tomorrow.
Around 120 club members above the age of 18 (Men &
Ladies) will play the club qualifier who qualified from the two-days
pre-qualifying round happened at the club earlier this week. Members will
compete in five handicap categories which are 0-6, 7-10, 11-14, 15-19 and 20-24
and the individual winner in each handicap category will automatically be
selected to represent the club team while the 6th team member and captain
will be nominated by the club.
Jasjeet Singh, who plays on the IGU Amateur Golf Circuit,
said, “National Club Challenge is a great initiative take by Indian Golf Union
and I am sure it will be a big hit. The wonderful part is that it’s
getting all the club members together and we all are excited about playing the
first club qualifier of North Zone.”
The teams thus selected go to the 2nd stage, the Zonal
Finals which will take place at Noida Golf Club on November 29, 2013.
At the 18 hole Zonal finals, the best five 18 hole total stableford scores of
the six players will make the team score and the top two teams from each of
four Zonal Finals will qualify for the 3rd stage – the National
Finals.
The Club qualifiers, Zonal Finals and National Finals will
be played in individual Stableford off 3/4th handicap allowance.
Rakesh Agnihotri, Captain, Noida Golf Club, said, “It is an
excellent game format and it has shown tremendous interest with the club
members that we had to organise a pre-qualifying round for selecting 120
golfers. We already have tournaments running between Army, Navy at our club but
the corporate involvement is very heartening.”
Press release
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