Dec 4, 2016: The first ever India VS South Africa Golf Test Series being held at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club saw the South African team emerge victorious today with a score of 11.5. The hosts scored 4.5 at the inaugural event.
The score for today stood at 6-2, but the three matches were extremely close affairs and saw South Africa eventually prevailing over India only in the final hole.
An elated Jock Wellington, who is the Team Manager of South Africa, said, “Our boys have played really well, the course is set up quite long which I think is not suitable for the Indian seniors.”
Playing immaculate golf, Gerlou Roux of the South African team scored 5-under in 12 holes, and was the player of the day.
For the Indian team, Simarjeet Singh stood tall winning all his matches, scoring 3 out of the 4.5 points that the Indians garnered during the tournament.
This Test Series in Kolkata will mark a new beginning for Indian Golf which will be the commencement of an annual reciprocal partnership between the IGU and South Africa Golf Association.
The partnership is the result of initiative taken by the golf patrons Mr. Dilip Thomas, Chairman of AVT and Mr. Johann Rupert, Chairman of Golf RSA and Chairman of Richemont and Remgro. They will support hosting the annual series in their respective countries.
Dilip Thomas was very content seeing the event through. “We all know Gandhi grew up in South Africa. So Johann Rupert and I got talking about what we can do to strengthen the connection between India and South Africa. We hope this connection continues for years!”
The Indian Golf Union is supported by its partner Rolex.
The event is being supported by AVT and played the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC). It is organised by Protouch Sports. The iconic Oberoi Grand is the hospitality partner to the event.
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