4 qualify from Kolkata for national finals of Mercedes golf

Rajesh Agarwal and Abhishek Mimani claimed the last two National Final spots available in the Kolkata leg of the 17th annual edition of the MercedesTrophy 2017 Golf tournament being played at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club course, here today.
Nikhil Poddar and Ashish Chadha had already qualified for the National Finals yesterday, making it a total of four city golfers who would make it to the National Finals in Pune's Oxford Golf Resort on March 15-17.
Rajesh in the CAT -A (0-17) handicap category logged a nett score of 72.8 after his round to win, while Abhishek in the CAT - B (18-24) category finished with a net score of 75.6 to book their ticket to Pune.

Among the host of other prizes won on the day, Harmeet Sawhney won the Ballantine's Long Drive Challenge on the 15th hole with a drive of 247 yards, while Santosh Rateria landed the ball just three feet from hole 13 to win the SWISS Closest to Pin contest.
In the Mercedes - Benz straightest drive contest played on hole four, Aroop Mookherjee was declared the winner while the Mercedes- Benz Closest to Pin in Two Shots contest was won by Prateek Lakhotia on hole 16.
The best gross winner for the day was Karan Singh who had a gross score of 76 for the day. Golf ball sets and Car Trophies were among the many prizes given out.

Aroop Mukherjee, the winner of the Mercedes- Benz Closest to Pin in Two Shots contest, also won an entry into the lucky draw for the opportunity to travel and play experience at the British Open, UK in July.

The format of play was Double Peoria.
The Kolkata leg was the eighth leg of the 12-city tournament which kick started the MercedesTrophy globally.
This year, the MercedesTrophy will travel to 50 countries engaging 60,000 golfers worldwide.
The Indian leg will witness 25 days of competitive amateur golfing action in 12 cities and their next stop is at the Cosmo Tamil Nadu Golf Club in Chennai.

Three winners from the National Finals will further progress to the MercedesTrophy World Finals - Stuttgart, Germany in September 2017 to compete against winners from all over the world. One winner will travel to Scotland to witness the British Open at Royal Birkdale in July.