From L-R – Categories C, A & B Winners – Srinivas Chakkirala, Ayaan Jung & Anupama Vatal
Over 100 golfers teed off at one of the last legs of the 19 round Mercedes Trophy being played by over 2000 Mercedes customers across the country – The Akshaya Motors Trophy, at the pristine Prestige Golfshire Club in Bangalore. The players competed for three spots in the Mercedes Trophy 2022 national final, which will be held in Pune at the beginning of June where they will compete with 57 finalists for the three spots on the Indian team heading to Germany in September for the Mercedes Trophy World Finals .
Winners –
Name Handicap Points
Category A Ayaan Jung 4 43
Mercedes Trophy Bangalore Winner Ayaan Jung shot a gross 68 !
Category B Anupama Vatal 19 36
Vikaas MJ, CEO , Akshaya Motors with Anupama Vatal (Category B- Winner)
Category C Srinivas Chakkirala 22 40
Vikaas MJ, CEO , Akshaya Motors with Srinivas Chakkirala (Category C- Winner)
Invitational Section
Name Handicap Points
Winner Aneel Nair 18 41
Aneel Nair (Invitational- Winner) with Prateek Pant of White Oak Capital
Runner-Up Gaurav Singh 19 41
Gaurav Singh (Invitational- Runner Up) with Prateek Pant of White Oak Capital
On Course Contests
Contest Winner Results
Vredestein Tyres Longest Drive #3 Ashok Gowda 301 yards
Remus D’Cruz of Vredestein Tyres with Ashok Gowda (Winner – Vredestein Longest Drive)
Ballantine’s Longest Drive #5 Raghavendra Karanth 270 yards
Anil Valluri, MD, Palo Alto Networks with Raghavendra Karanth (Winner- Ballantine’s Longest Drive)
JW Marriott Closest to Pin #15 Karan Singhvi 6ft 5inches
Ronan Fearon, GM, JW Marriott Prestige Golfshire with Karan Singhvi (Winner- JW Marriott Closest to Pin)