Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup played for the third time in Sri Lanka

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Druvi Sirisena will represent Colombo after winning the competition with 45 points, while Praveen Dias was runner-up and A.W.M Reza was third

Turkish Airlines, a global leader in civil aviation, brought its ever-growing Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup to Royal Colombo Golf Club in Colombo on Sunday 16 September.

The airline, first in terms of country and international destinations that reached worldwide, prides itself on its award-winning Business Class service and its commitment to the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup, which has more than 8,000 invited guests competing in more than 100 tournaments around the world, together with many other innovative and distinguished services, performed for offering its passengers an unparalleled flight experience.

Turkish Airlines is firmly committed to the aspirational vision of sporting competition and trusts in its ability to unite people from different nations.

That support extends from football, basketball, rugby and golf at all levels and the amateur series is a fine example of this from the carrier, which offers a multiple award-winning Business Class service and allows guests to take clubs for free.

Sri Lanka event was well supported by the local business community were among the competitors at Colombo.

With this year’s tournament is backed by The Financial Times, National, Titanic Hotels and clothing partner Ruck & Maul, the winners of the qualifiers progress to the Grand Finals in Antalya in November, when they have the chance to secure a place in the Turkish Airlines Open pro-am, will fly Business Class in Turkish Airlines and stay at the five-star Titanic Golf Deluxe Hotel.

The Nearest to the Pin competition on the 9th hole was won by Druvi Sirisena for the men and Ms. Irene Scarth for the women. Druvi Sirisena won the lowest gross score with 36.

“We would like to thank all of our guests who made the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup here in Colombo a huge success,” Murat Baydar, General Manager for Turkish Airlines Sri Lanka, said.

“Once again, it was a fantastic tournament in the TAWGC series and congratulations to our winner, Druvi Sirisena. We wish him the best of luck in Antalya.”

Turkish Airlines flies to 304 cities in 122 countries around the world and was awarded ‘World’s Best Business Class Catering Service’, ‘World’s Best Business Class Lounge’, and ‘World’s Best Busines Class Lounge Dining’ at the Skytrax World Airlines Awards in 2017.