Nov 6, 2013. Golf has the power few sports can match and it was present in full swing at the Take Solutions India Golf Awards on Tuesday evening at The Oberoi Gurgaon. Chief Guest Bhupinder Singh Hooda did his first golf putt with founder of the awards Shaili Chopra. The players were in full attendance with Arjun Atwal, Jyoti Randhawa, Shiv Kapur, Gaganjeet Bhullar to Anirban Lahiri. The star studded evening had society bigwigs Suhel Seth, Swapan Seth, Neelam Rudy, standup artiste Papa CJ, fashion designer Nikhil Mehra and cricketer Murali Kartik. Corporate titans Pawan Munjal of Hero Moto, Puneet Chaddha of HSBC and Aditya Khaitan of McLeod Russel were ‘game’ for business.
Other guest of honour Montek Ahluwalia answered quips to golf becoming affordable after price of onions have surged. The Take Solutions India Golf Awards, which will be an annual affair from now on, is the brainchild of golf journalist Shaili Chopra & powered by golfingindian.com. Vice Chairman of Take Solutions HR Srinivasan, the title sponsor has described it as “a pioneering effort in conceiving and promoting the development of golf”.
