The three-day Governor’s Cup Golf Tournament culminated here on Sunday with the governor Dr.Aziz Qureshi giving away prizes to the award winners.
The overall winner was Group captain Ashok Bajpai and the runner up was Vikram Kohli. The Governor congratulated the winners and participants and said that they were like the brand ambassadors of Raj Bhavan Golf Course who would tell others about its excellence.
The governor said this event would boost tourism in Uttarakhand and promote Nainital as an excellent gold destination on the national and international levels. He said there was need for improving infrastructure.
The governor said that Golf, once the game of the elite, would now be accessible to the common man. The prize giving ceremony was held at the satte guest house. A special honour was given to seven year old golfer Sidharth Sagar. Among the women, Dr. Chanchal Gupta won the first prize and Simran Bajaj was second. Among the Junior Best, Samarth Jain was first and Krishna Srivastav second.
In the Super Senior category, Shri Harinder Singh was first and 71 year old Col FK Jagota was second. Nusrat Abbasi was overall net winner and group captain Ashok Bajpai was overall net runner up.Maximum buddies prize went to Nusrat abbasi and longest drive to Varun K Srivastav.