Young Prashan victorious at BBDO Monthly Medal Golf

Two-hundred members of the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) battled it out at the Royal Colombo Golf Course on Saturday April 27 as the inaugural BBDO Monthly Medal golf tournament teed off at the historical 96 acre course.

Fourteen year old Prashan Peiris emerged the winner in the Division A (Handicap 0-9) Nett and Gross categories with a Nett score of 65 and a Gross score of 73 -- the RCGC has a par of 71 and a CSS score of 71.

BBDO Lanka MD Santosh Menon presents the award to Prashan Peiris, winner of the Division A (Handicap 0-9) Nett and Gross categories

The S. Thomas' Preperatory School student who has been playing golf for 8 years now and hopes to become a professional golf player said he was delighted about his win.

Winner of the Division B (Handicap 10-18) Nett and Gross categories W.A.K. Fernando called the tournament "well thought out" and was feeling pleased about having played his best score thus far. Fernando scored 65 and 75 in the Nett and Gross categories, respectively.

First time RCGC monthly medal winner S.D. Wanigasekera took home the award in the Division C (Handicap 19-28) Nett category with a score of 66 while Tony Nadaraja was awarded the gold in the Division C Gross category having scored 87.

Hema Dassanayake emerged the winner in the Seniors - Nett division with a score of 67 and Won Hie Lee won the Seniors - Gross division having scored 88, while Ajith Thudawe and Nihal Boraless were named the winners in the Masters Nett and Gross categories with scores of 67 and 82, respectively.

Vijitha Bandara took home the gold in the Sri Lanka Pool Players - Gross division.

Santosh Menon, BBDO Lanka MD said, "It was exciting for us to promote and add value to the game of golf and the prestigious RCGC with the inaugural BBDO Monthly Medal.

And we are delighted that we are providing an opportunity for future professional golf players in Sri Lanka as was evidenced by the emergence of fourteen year old Prashan Peiris as the winner in the Division A Nett and Gross categories."

The tournament, which was organised by BBDO Lanka in association with the RCGC, was the first ever digitised golf tournament in the 130 year long history of the RCGC complete with online registration for ease of access, navigational maps and multimedia guides including training videos to sharpen one's game and The Red Ace mobile app - available for download free at www.bbdogolf.com upon registration - to learn the secrets to playing on the Royal Colombo Golf Course.