From Delhi To Antalya; Fourth Edition Of Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup 2016

by  EVENTFAQS Bureau Marketing | March 11, 2016 | News in Brief

Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup

The latest stage of the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup, one of the largest amateur golfing tournaments, took place recently at Classic Golf & Country Club in Delhi, India.

The seventh of 100 qualifiers for the global event, which has gone from strength to strength since the inaugural tournament in 2013, featured 100 players, all personally-invited guests of Turkish Airlines.

Ravi Burman, Director, Urgent Care Hospital won the individual competition with 45 points and now progresses to the Grand Final in Antalya, Turkey, this October and November. Dr Ranjeet Mehta, Director, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry was runner-up, while Siddharth Sangwan, Market Leader - Global Technology Markets, Futurestep was third and Rajiv Thapar, Chairman, FFV Services Pvt. Ltd and Meeta Makhan, Director, IDFC Bank won the nearest-the-pin prizes. Additionally, N.K. Lenka, MD, Nutrikraft India won the Best Gross Score.

“We would like to congratulate everyone who took part in the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup qualifier in Delhi,” said Ozer Guler, General Manager for Turkish Airlines, North and East, India. “It was a brilliant day and well done to our winner, Ravi Burman- we look forward to seeing you in Antalya in November.”

The first qualifiers took place in Dar Es Salaam, Mumbai and Doha in February and the 2016 series takes place across the globe, in destinations including Hong Kong, Great Britain, South Korea, Japan, China, Spain, the United States, Portugal, Italy, France, Greece, Argentina, Brazil and Turkey.

The overall winners of the Grand Final progress to play in the 2016 Turkish Airlines Open pro-am, while all finalists are to enjoy a seven-night stay in an all-inclusive hotel.The event is backed by Global Sponsors Porsche and the Financial Times, with Conte of Florence Official Clothing and Fashion Partner.

Turkish Airlines, which was recently voted Best Airline in Europe for the fifth consecutive year, as well as World’s Best Business Class Airline Lounge and World’s Best Business Class Lounge Dining in 2015, had launched the World Golf Cup in 2013.

The debut featured 12 qualifying events and was won by China’s Han Liang. His prize for victory was partnering world number one and 14-time major champion Tiger Woods in the Turkish Airlines Open pro-am. The 2015 winner Neill Bam from Johannesburg proved successful in the 2015 series and went on to partner Rory McIlroy. After that initial success, there was a rapid expansion to include 70 events worldwide last year.