Standard Chartered hosts corporate and priority clients to exclusive golf tournament

Gentlemen Gross Winner -  Sidath Wettimuny

Ladies Gross Winner  -  Niloo Jayathilake 

Winners - Standard Chartered Golf Tournament 2015

Standard Chartered hosted its corporate and priority clients to an exclusive golf tournament this month at the lush and scenic Victoria Golf Club, Digana. Eighteen trophies were handed out as well as a host of consolation prizes including for low gross (Sidath Wettimuny) and low gross – women (Niloo Jayathilake), the longest drive (Malik Ahamadeen), closest to the pin (Gerard Fernando, Xiao Lua and Meng Bin), and nett (Fran de Mel and Nelson Liu) winners. Gerard Fernando emerged the winner of the Category A with 31 points, and Sathies Balasubramanium won the Category B with 39 points, as did Nat Ramaiah (Category C) with 36 points.

Jim McCabe, Chief Executive, Standard Chartered, clearly delighted to be hosting the event, said: “It was just the perfect setting for a splendid tournament. The beautiful course, stunning weather and the camaraderie of golfers who were all intent on a good game – all enhanced by the support of the team from the club and the generosity of our partners who made possible some great give-aways. The journey to and fro on the Viceroy Express was our way of ensuring the utmost comfort of our clients from door to door. It was truly a pleasure to host some of our very special clients for the two days of golf at Victoria Golf Club.”

Standard Chartered Golf Tournament 2015 also featured an enticing attraction in the form of a Mercedes Benz two door sports car which was generously offered by DIMO as the prize for the “hole-in-one’. Oman Air sweetened the tournament by offering return air tickets for two on business class, as did Dinger with a Hitachi 40” LED television and Centara Resorts & Spas and Diamond Dreams. PR Lanka and Mega Trading gave away some spirited offerings with the prizes.

Day Two of the tournament featured a Texas Scramble, a more relaxed version of the game played by a team rather than on an individual basis and Anil Hirdramani, M. Singh, A. Bakelman and Jim McCabe emerged winners with a score of 56.9 to carry away Calloway golf bags and other prizes.