It is a popular saying that, “There’s no game like golf: you go out with three friends, play eighteen holes, and return with three enemies.” As far as Golf is concerned, the pleasure of playing the 18 holes far outstrips the “displeasure” of beating the other three in the group! Golf, as a sport, has captured the fancy of teeming millions – men and women, the amateur, the professional, the one with a handicap of 25 or a handicap of 9, the businessman, the bureaucrat and the executive. Truth is, a good round of golf is always a great round of golf.

In keeping with this idea, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, organized on 4th December 2015 and 5th December 2015, 7.30 a.m. onwards, the sixth edition of the Annual JIS- Bengal Chamber Golf Trophy Powered by KPMG, a golfing extravaganza for corporates, at the Tollygunge Club, Kolkata. We had a very simple objective – providing corporate leaders an opportunity to showcase their skills with the club, meet new players and develop new friendships. Our event was an excellent opportunity for all the keen amateurs not to worry about scores, but just have a lot of fun. Close to 350 golfers participated. Leading city-based corporates participated in the event which was played in a Texas Scramble Format. This year we had the privilege of having as our Chief Guest for the Prize Distribution ceremony on 5th December evening, Janab Firhad Hakim, Hon’ble Minister-in-Charge, Departments of Urban Development and Town and Country Planning and Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal. The renowned Hockey Olympian and Gold Medalist, Shri Gurbux Singh was our Guest of Honour for the celeb tee-off during the Tournament on 4th December.

The overall winner of the “JIS - Bengal Chamber Golf Trophy” was the team comprising Mr. Amit Basu, Mr. M Ashok Kumar, Mr. Mayukh Ray and Mr. Prabir Bose. The Corporate winner of “The Bengal Chamber- KPMG Trophy” was J Thomas comprising Mr. Ranjit Singh, Mr. A K Chakraborti, Mr. Gaurav Ghosh and Mr. Anindo Chowdhury. The overall Runners’ Up was the team comprising Mr. Rajeev Kesavan, Mr. Kunal Guha, Mr. Siddhartha Bansal and Mr. Manish Dogra, followed by the 2nd Runners’ Up Team comprising Mr. Indranil Chakraborty, Mr. Suman Saha, Mr. Sajid Hussain and Mr. Rajiv Bose with the 1st Runners’ Up being the team comprising Mr. Rajat Kumar Jain, Mr. Arunagata Das, Mr. Vansh Nagar and Mr. Prashant Jalan. The Longest Drive Ballantine Salver was won by Mr. Soham Daga, and the Closest to the Pin was won by Mr B B Chatterjee.

Mr. Ambarish Dasgupta, President, The Bengal Chamber; Hon’ble Minister Janab Firhad Hakim; Mr Subhodip Ghosh, Director General Designate, Mr. Simarpreet Singh, Director, JIS Group; Mr. Piyush Srivastava, Zonal Head - Operation (East Zone, India and Nepal), Pernod Ricard India (P) Ltd. and Mr. Anil Mookerji, CEO, The Tollygunge Club presented the awards. Ms Vandana chopra from KPMG was also present.