Golden Peacock wins BS Golf tourney

The Golden Peacock Ltd team of Rajan Kapoor, Vijay Chhabra, Pawan Dhawan and Karan Singh won the Business Standard World Corporate Golf Challenge "" India, held on Sunday at the Jaypee Greens Golf Resort, Greater Noida.

The tournament is the Indian qualifying round for the World Corporate Golf Challenge. The winners will represent India at the event to be held at La Manga, Spain from July 1 to July. Teams from 30 other countries will participate in the event.

The 25 corporate teams that participated in the event included GE, Microsoft, Nestle, Hero Motors, Deutsche Bank, Yes Bank, Pepsico Holdings, Berger Paints, ESPN, Indian Airlines, BPCL, SRF, Escorts Construction, Royal Airways, Jaypee Group, Alfa Laval, Grey Worldwide among others.

The United States, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, New Zealand, Germany, Nigeria and Norway are participating in the final.

In several countries, the qualifying tournament is sponsored by a major newspaper group. Business Standard in India joins The Times ( of the UK) , The Australian ( Australia) , Il Giornale ( Italy) , and El Mundo (Spain) as co-sponsor of this event.

Rafael Conde, the ambassador of Spain to India, said,"Spain has some of the finest golf facilities in the world, which attract millions of tourists every month. The Indian corporate golf community represents the profile of travelers who will choose Spain as a holiday or a meeting destination "

The finals in Spain will be shown on Sky Sports and on Star/ESPN, along with a number of local broadcasters. The Business Standard World Golf Challenge""India is supported by Tourism Spain, Wilson Staff Golf Equipment, British Airways, Hotel Jaypee Vasant Continental, Golfline magazine, Lladro, Ballantines and Capel Wines.