RTI Open Golf Tournament

The 1st ever Round Table India Open Golf Tournament was held in Mysore on 23rd December, 2007. For the first time in Mysore “Skins Format’ was introduced in an golf tournament and more than 144 Golfers registered and 142 Golfers played the tournament, we had players from Chennai, Coonor, Chickkamagalur, Bangalore, Coorg and Ooty. The tournament was conducted in association with the JW Golf Course.

The tournament was a huge success, where in each of the 4 players fought for a ‘Skin Prize’ on all the 18 holes. The event went on smoothly from morning to late night. The ever dependable Tr.Vinod Reddy was the convenor for the event. Microsoft Dynamics was the main sponsor for the event. Axis Bank and Johnnie Walker were the associate sponsors, apart from more 10 Hole sponsors. The prize distribution ceremony was organized at Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Golf Club at 8pm. Tr.Ashwinni Kumar was the MC event and he delivered it in style. The function was well attended by more than 300 people. A local dance troop performed salsa dance to entertain the crowd.

Tr.Sharath of Chikkamagalur Round Table-164 won in Stable Ford Nett Category and Mr.Yeshwanth Gowda was runner up. The Stable Ford Gross was won by Mr.Dinesh Kumar and young golfer Master Aalaap was runner up. Mr.Narasimhamurthy bagged the winner trophy in the Senior section and Mr.Subramanya M won the runner up trophy. Mrs.Gayatri Mohan was best Lady Golfer. Apart from these, other prizes were also given for Maximum Birdies-Mr.MC Vittal, Maximum Pars- Mr.Praffulchand, Longest Straight Drive-Mr.Ramesh and Nearest to Pin-Mr.Gaffar.

A lucky dip was also organized and 10 people won various prizes like Microwave, DVD Player etc as prizes. Apart from these there were many prizes for dancers on the floor. The party was rocking till 2 am in the morning.

This event has generated lot of publicity to Round Table India and people are so excited that they are looking forward for the next year’s tournament. And for us it has given satisfaction and has helped us raising some funds for our projects.

Team-21 has delivered a Super Hit…..

With Warm Regards,
Tr.Bhanu Kiran PM, Chairman, Mysore RT # 21

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