From IT to High TeeCorporate honchos at the LLOYD-Business Today golf event

On a sunny Saturday afternoon 84 golfers teed off at Eagleton Golf Resort to participate in the Bangalore leg of the 20th edition of the LLOYD-Business Today Pro-Am of Champions event.

The picturesque golf course at Eagleton fulfilled a dual purpose for every golfer who participated. It presented each with the appropriate level of challenge and enjoyment. The 18-hole championship course, which has even hosted a European Ladies Tour, is a pleasure to play on with changes in elevation, water hazards in play and nearly 70 bunkers to avoid. With the resort set-up, which includes rooms, restaurants and other leisure activities, this is a perfect weekend getaway.

Played in the Stableford format with Double Peoria handicap, the afternoon witnessed some great golfing action with players vying for both individual as well as team prizes.

The winning team comprising Nanda Kishore (Wipro), Vishal Bhat (MNS Exports), Peter Prem (Univern Solutions India) and Karanth K (Nirmal Infotech) prevailed with a combined score of 116 points.

The team comprising Rajat Chanchani (Ceebros Automation), Puneet Kashyap (Director CSR, Lloyd), Ramesh Iyengar (Tech Mahindra) and Nikhil Dhodapkar (Accor India) finished Runners Up with 113 points.

In the individual prizes, Bipin Shah (Quality Soap Industries) was the winner with 38 points in the 0-10 handicap category; Vishal Bhat with 41 points was the winner amongst the 11- 18 handicap category and Ramesh Iyengar played a great round for a score of 40 points to win in the 19-24 handicap slot.

The S-Cross, up for grabs for a Hole-in-One on the 17th hole, was nearly claimed by Iyengar who missed out narrowly. The 4moles Closest to Pin for the day was won by Srinivas Murthy of Adwit India, while Tarandeep Singh of Aon Hewitt Consulting was adjudged the Nautica Most Stylish Golfer.

Some of the other eminent golfers who participated amongst the corporate bigwigs of Bangalore included Varun Berry, MD, Britannia; Anil Sama, COO, Intel; Arjun Ramaraju, Vice President Wipro; Naresh Shah, President, EG India R&D, Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Arjun Srivatsa, Chief Neurosurgeon, Columbia Asia Hospitals; Anand Kumar A, CEO, Moksh Champa Agarbathy; Mohan Sekhar, Sr. MD, Accenture; Krishna Kumar, Senior Director, Oracle Solution Service India; Sandeep Kulhalli, Sr. Vice President-Retail and Marketing-Jewelry, Titan; Sudheer Bhat, MD, Plastronics India; K.K. Mathew, Chairman & Managing Director, Disha Communications; Karthik Padmanabhan, Executive, Cloud Ecosystem, Asia Pacific, IBM Corporation.

The day's action culminated with the prize distribution ceremony followed by dinner. The winning team also earned themselves a place in the Pro-Am National finals to be held in Delhi in March 2016. LLOYD Electric & Engineering is the co-title sponsor; S-Cross, the 'driven by' sponsor; Nautica, the style partner; 4moles, the digital partner and Creatigies, the marketing partner of the event.