Lee Chong Pa claims HSBC Challenge Trophy at 5-Club Stableford Golf Tournament

It was a day made to order for golf as the HSBC 5-Club Stableford Golf Tournament kicked off on Saturday, 29 July and concluded on Sunday, 30 July at the Royal Colombo Golf Club. 

Held for the 22nd year, the annual golf event is sponsored by HSBC Commercial Banking and organised by the RCGC. Lee Chong Pa emerged victorious as the overall winner of the HSBC Challenge trophy with a score of 43 points. He was also the winner of the ‘B’ Division. 

The winner of the Ladies’ division was Niranjali Amarasooriya with 39 points, with Harendra De Siva dominating the senior’s category with 40 points. Chanaka Perera won the ‘A’ Division with 38 points, while Arindam Bagchibecame was the winner in the ‘C’ Division with 36 points B/B 9. 

The tournament was open to all members of the Royal Colombo Golf Club with a valid handicap. This year saw over 220 golfers participating in the Men’s A, B and C divisions in the Ladies’ and Seniors’ categories. 

The complete list of winners is as follows:

• Overall Winner - Lee Chong Pa 43 points
• Best HSBC Corporate Golfer – Ranil Pathirana 37 points
• Winner ‘A’ Division - Chanaka Perera 38 points 
• Winner ‘B’ Division - Lee Chong Pa 43 points 

Winner ‘C’ Division – Arindam Bagchi 36 points B/B 9

Winner Seniors - Harendra De Silva 40 points

• Winner Ladies – Niranjali Amarasuriya 39 points

Runner-up ‘A’ Division - Arvind Fernando 37 Points B/B 9

• Runner-up ‘B’ Division - Amal Cabraal 40 points

Runner-up ‘C’ Division - H.E. Xianliang Yi 35 points B/B 9

• Runner-up Seniors’ – Laksman Sumathipala 36 points
• Runner-up Ladies’ - Anusha Senadhira 38 points B/B 9
• Winner Longest Most Accurate Drive on the Eighth Hole – Charithra Hettiaratchchi
• Winner Closest to the Pin on the 13th Hole - Wasantha De Silva
• Winner Best Gross Score Par 3 Holes - Chanaka Perera

Following the success of the HSBC 5-Club Stableford Tournament, HSBC will also hold its 5th annual HSBC Premier Golf Tournament at Shangri-La Golf Resort & Spa Hambantota on 16 September, which will be open to all HSBC Premier Golfers.

HSBC has been a longstanding supporter of golf both in Sri Lanka and globally. Taking this one step further, HSBC has come forward to support and develop the game by launching the first-ever HSBC Junior International Golf Championship. The event will be held on the 10 August at RCGC, featuring junior national teams from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In order to popularise the game further, HSBC - together with the Sri Lanka Golf Union, the national body for golf in Sri Lanka -undertook a golf grassroots outreach program. 

Titled HSBC Future Lions, this program seeks to reach out to children across the country and will be held in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Anuradhapura and Colombo this month.