Herath and Inoue win 'Rose Bowl' in Ladies Foursomes

Richard Dwight

GOLF: The 'Rose Bowl' foursomes 2006, a board event golf tournament for ladies sponsored by Metropolitan Group of Companies and played throughout the month of June at the Royal Colombo Golf Club - climaxed last week in a very interesting match, befitting a final between the combination of K. Herath and Y. Inoue against U. de Silva and D. Senadhira.

Things did work out well for Herath and Inoue to take an early lead and so maintain it to go three up on the 15th hole, the pair did however suffer a reverse when they conceded the 15th, 16th and 17th holes to their opponents U. de Silva and D. Senadhira who did play better to square the match on the 18th.

And so an exciting, tense duel ensued between the two pairs and, amidst the thrilling moments that prevailed Inoue and Herath clinched the issue on the 19th hole to lay their hands on the coveted 'Rose Bowl' by defeating U. de Silva and D. Senadhira.

Results: First Round

Y. Abhayaratne and F. De Mel bt: S. Nirmalalingam and J. Dias - 2/1, D. De Silva and S. Ramanayake bt: A. Senadhira and H. Lourensz - 3 up.

Second Round

K. Herath and Y. Inoue bt: M. Jayakody and R. Sangani - 3 up, Y. Abhayaratne and F. De Mel bt: D. De Zoysa and J. Hong - 2 up, D. De Silva and S. Ramanayake bt: B. Jayaweera and I. Rasmuseen - 6/5, U, De Silva and D. Senadhira bt: H. R. Bang and J. S. Kim Choo - 5/4.

Semi-finals

K. Herath and Y. Inoue bt: Y. Abhayaratne and F. De Mel - 2 up, U. de Silva and D. Senadhira bt: D. de Silva and S. Ramanayake - 7/6.

Finals:

K. Herath and Y. Inoue bt: U. de Silva and D. Senadhira on the 19th hole.