Ravi Liyanage wins HSBC 5-Club Stableford Golf Tournament 2018

The popular HSBC 5-Club Stableford Golf Tournament got underway over the weekend at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC). 

The tournament, held for the 23rd year, saw over 220 golfers participate in the Men’s A, B and C divisions, Ladies’ and Seniors’ categories, showcasing their golfing skills and vying for the prestigious Challenge Trophy.  

Ravi Liyanage was the overall winner of the tournament and winner in the B Division. Noordeen Sethwala won the A Division and K.D. Seelanatha was the winner in the C Division. Roshini Sangani won the Ladies’ category and Shiran De Soysa was the winner in the Seniors’ category. 

Golf remains at the heart of HSBC’s sponsorship strategy globally. In Sri Lanka HSBC sponsors three golf events - the HSBC 5 Club Golf tournament (23 years), HSBC Premier Golf tournament (six years) and the recent HSBC Future Lions programme (Junior Golf). HSBC is also the title sponsor of The Open in UK, HSBC WGC Abu Dhabi and WGC Shanghai and HSBC Women’s World Championships in Singapore. HSBC’s Premier customers can look forward to another exciting day of golf at the upcoming HSBC Premier Golf Tournament scheduled to take place at the picturesque Nuwara Eliya Golf Club from 14-15 September. HSBC Premier Customers have an opportunity to refer their friends and family who are not Premier customers to become members and be rewarded through the HSBC Premier Member Get Member program. 

The complete list of winners is as follows:

Overall Winner              Ravi Liyanage                      44 points                        

Winner A Division       Noordeen Sethwala           41 points             

Winner B Division        Ravi Liyanage                     44 points

Winner C Division        K D Seelanatha               39 points B/B 9                                    

Winner Seniors              Shiran De Soysa                39 points           

Winner Ladies                Roshini Sangani                39 points B/B 9                       

Runner-up A Division    Rajeeve Rajapaksa        38 points            

Runner-up B Division    Samitha Perera               43 points

Runner-up C Division   Olga Ashley Herath       39 points

Runner-up Seniors        Anura Somaratne             38 points                         

Runner-up Ladies         Niranjali Amarasuriya  39 points

Best Stableford gross score on par three holes-A.V. Rajendra

Closest to the pin on the 13th- Mevan Gunathilake

Longest Accurate Drive on the 8th-Prasanna Goonethilake