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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
