Sachin wins President's Cup

Richard Dwight

The two day annual Golf Tournament held last Saturday and Sunday for the President's Cup at the Royal Colombo Golf Club witnessed as many as 120 golfers vying for the coveted prize.

This is one amongst the other main events in the golf calendar of the RCGC, and as such much enthusiasm did prevail during the two rounds of golf played on both days.

The most impressive was the 12 year old schoolboy, Sachin de Silva, from the Colombo British School, the winner with 138 to edge out Sunil Jayakody, who had a score of 140 to be the runner-up.

The others who excelled to be in the reckoning were Dayasiri Muthumala and Sumedha Amarasinghe. Sachin apparently is a scion of a golfing family. At the Luncheon cum awards ceremony, which was steered last afternoon by the General Manager of RCGC, Chula de Silva, saw the President of the RCGC, Ferrin Careem, congratulating the Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Champion Mithun Perera on his winning the Asia-Pacific Open Amateur 2009 Championship.

Results of the President's Cup

Winner: Sachin de Silva 71+67=138, runner-up: Sunil Jayakody 74+66=140.

Best score on 2nd day: 1st day winner: Dayasiri Muthumala 67 Nett B/B 9, 1st day runner-up: Sumedha Amarasinghe 67 Nett, 2nd day winner: Sunil Jayakody 66 Nett, 2nd day runner-up: Sachin de Silva 67.