Yohann Pedder played flawless golf to score an impressive four-under par to emerge victorious in the inaugural India Cup LG Golf Tournament, organised by Indian Sports Centre (ISC) under the patronage of the embassy of India at the Doha Golf Club over the weekend.
As many as 40 Indian golfers participated in the tournament, which was played on a Strokeplay and Team Scramble format. Arnab Dutta too carded four-under but was declared runner-up on countback.
The Best Gross prize was won by Arnav Jain, with Saad Kazi as the runner-up. The team of Sheji Valiyakath and D Anand won the Scramble competition, ahead of Sandeep Nanda and Prakash Iyer.
Cherehzade Pedder won the Longest Drive, Manoj Megchiani won the Longest Putt, Kunal Bhatia won the Closest To Rope and PK Mathew won the Closest To Pin awards.
LG-Video Home CEO CV Rappai, COO Rohit Pandit and general manager Mohamed Anis hosted a prize distribution function and dinner for all the golfers and gave away prizes to the winners. Indian ambassador P Kumaran, an avid golfer himself, participated in the tournament and gave away the winner’s trophy to Pedder.
ISC president Nilangshu Dey said that under a new initiative headed by Manoj Megchiani, golf will be promoted in the Indian community.