Mar 17, 2018: TAKE Solutions, a globally recognized domain expert offering end-to-end Life Sciences solutions, has been dedicated to the agenda of elevating Indian Golf for over 15 years. TAKE’s golf ethos has been by growing the sport from the grassroots, being committed to stay the course and exposing Indian talent to international opportunities.
The company has been supporting golf through sponsored tournaments on the domestic and ADT circuits, and the TAKE Solutions Masters, on the Asian Tour and PGTI as well as sponsorship of deserving players. Highlights on TAKE’s Golf ambassadors:
– Shubhankar Sharma, recently secured 2 European Tour wins (Johannesburg Open and Maybank Championships), first Indian ever to lead both European and Asian Tour Orders of Merit at the same time, round 3 Leader at the WCG Mexico PGA Tournament and finishing in the top 10, only the 4 th Indian invited to play the Augusta Masters
– SSP Chawrasia, Arjuna Awardee and four-time European Tour winner, representative of the Indian Golf contingent at the Rio Olympics 2016
– Khalin Joshi, consistently among the top of the PGTI Order of Merit, Top 5 at the Maybank Championship European Tour
– Chikkarangappa, Asian Development Tour winner
– Chiragh Kumar, Asian Tour winner
With an intention to encourage and inspire the young golfers, a first-of-its-kind ‘Golf Clinic’ with TAKE’s Global Golf Ambassadors had been organized at TNGF to inspire and train the Junior Golf Academy (7 to 12 year olds) budding golfers through a ‘Learn & Play Programme’. At the Golf Clinic, around 25 youngsters were taught technical nuances and skills required for improving the game.
Speaking about the programme, Srinivasan H R, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, TAKE Solutions said ‘TAKE Solutions has always been in the forefront to support sports, whether cricket or golf. We have been associated with golf for over 15 years and we strongly believe in the need for corporate support to promote golf as a sport. We are excited to witness the interest of these kids to learn golf, their enthusiasm to pick up golf nuances from Pro Golfers and their determination in taking the legacy forward.
He also added, “Through our award ceremony, we are delighted to felicitate our Golf ambassadors on their recent achievements in international tournaments – 6 European Tour Titles, 3 Asian Tour Titles, 2 Asian Development Tour Titles and over 30 PGTI Titles”
Guests of Honour – Padma Bhushan, Shri R Thyagarajan, Founder Shriram Group and Mr N Srinivasan, Managing Director of India Cements were present for the award ceremony later in the evening and felicitated the 5 golfers on their recent victories in international and domestic circuits.
The evening event also included a riveting panel discussion on TAKEing Indian Golf to the World with golf stalwarts Shubhankar Sharma, SSP Chawrasia, Uttam Mundy (Director PGTI), Ishwar Achanta (Former Advisory Member R&A’s Rules of Golf Committee, Council Member Indian Golf Union, Board Member Asia Pacific Golf Confederation, GC Member, Madras Chamber), and Rishi Narain (Managing Director R N Sports Marketing, Former professional golfer and Asian Games gold medallist. The discussion was aptly moderated by Shaili Chopra, award winning journalist, and founder of SheThePeople and GolfingIndian.
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