Kim overall winner of HSBC Golf tournament

Richard Dwight

The annual HSBC 5 – club Stableford Golf Tournament is a much looked forward to competition in the golfing calendar of the Royal Colombo Golf Club.

There were in all around 200 enthusiastic golfers which was inclusive of gents, ladies and seniors.

The Ladies and seniors with much keenness and excitement teed away on Friday – whilst the majority of the gents with much seriousness were as competitive as possible yesterday.

The winners

The winner in the ‘A’ Division - S.J Kim

Winner ‘B’ Division – Siyon Gurusinghe

Winner ‘C’ Division – A. S. Abdeen

Winner Seniors – Niro Dahanayake

Winner ladies Category – Mrs. H. Lee

Best Overall Winner – S.J. Kim

Premier Winners

Premier Winners ‘A’ Division – D.R. Evans

Premier Winners ‘B’ Division – Wender Shiek

Premier Winners ‘C’ Division – A.S. Abdeen

Premier Winner Seniors – Niro Dhanayake

Premier Ladies Category – R. Sangani

Best Premier Golfers – Wender Shiek and A.S. Abden

Longest drive on the 8th – Sanka Madiripitiya

Closest to the pin on the 9th – Gihan Wickremasinghe

Best score on 6 hidden holes – Richard Hameed

4 best score on par 3 holes – Gihan Wickeramasinghe

The CEO of HSBC Sri Lanka and Maldives, Nick Nicolaou, said that the premier winners of the ABC seniors and ladies will be eligible to play in Clafwater Bay at Hong Kong in October and thereafter in Shanghai, China.