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Shailendra Kumar and Pawan Parihar were adjudged as the overall winner and Runner up respectively of the tournament. S.M Yasin bagged the award for the straight drive (1 feet, 10 inches) at Hole No.6 and Shafat Sultan on the line at Hole no.14. The longest drive award went to Farooq Yasir (250mtr), Arindham Sudan (260Mtr) and Yousif Choudhary (250mtr.) at Hole no. 5, 8 & 10 respectively.
While, Closest to the pin went to Ankush Hans, Shabir Malik, Rohit Bhalla, Rajan Sharm at Hole No.7,13,17 & 2 respectively. While 2nd shot to closest to pin went to Shailendra Kumar, Danish Khan and Arindham Sudan at Hole no. 4 &11. While Monster Putt went to Gurpreet Singh. Col. Basharat Bhat, Yousif Choudhary, Shailendra Kumar, Shafat Sultan, Omair Nisar Ganai and Pawan Parihar at Hole no. 18 and 9. While bullās eye went to Rakesh Gupta.
While in category of best in four ball are Shailendra Kumar, Aijaz Qaiser, Sanjay Mahajan, Mubasshir Latifi, Hafiz Gillani, Yashvir Sudan, Rohit Bhalla, Azhar Majid, Adharv Rishi, Firdous Ahmed Masoodi, Shafat Sultan, Jaideep Singh Manocha , Aridam Sudan, Ankush Hans , Jaipal Singh, S.S Pathania, Pawan Parihar, Lt. Gen. Shamsher Singh , Er. S.S Jamwal , Umesh Gupta, Sunil Gupta, Joginder Singh , Gurdeep Singh.
Congratulating the winners, Shailendra Kumar stressed the need for inculcating golfing culture among the younger generation. Appreciating Secretary, JTGC Manav Gupta and management of JTGC for successfully conducting the event, he said that such tournaments should be organized on a regular basis.
Later, Shailendra Kumar, Manav Gupta and Director Tourism Jammu Vikas Gupta presented trophies and mementoes to the winners, runner-ups and other players, who were adjudged best in different categories. Manav Gupta thanked all the Golfers for participating in the tournament with great enthusiasm and zeal. He also thanked the staff and Management of Jammu Tawi Golf Course for making the event a big Success.
