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 Friday, 23rd February 2017 from 7.30 a.m. onwards, the seventh edition of the Annual MEDICA - Bengal Chamber Golf Trophy in association with Adamas University, 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. Many a golfer prefers a golf cart to a caddy because the cart cannot count, criticize, or laugh. On the contrary, our event was an excellent opportunity for all the keen amateurs to not worry about scores, but just have a lot of fun.

Close to 80 golfers participated. Leading city-based corporates participated in the event which was played in a Stableford Format. The Overall Winner of the “MEDICA - Bengal Chamber Golf Trophy” was Mr. Vijay Dimri with 40 Points. ForHandicap Category(19 – 24), the Runners Up was Mr. Adhir Kohli and the Winner was Mr. Debasis Sur. For Handicap Category (0-18), the RunnersUp was Mr. Sanjay Gupta and the Winner was Mr. Viren Sinha.

The supporters of the entire tournament and the evening were Pouring Partner Bacardi Limited, Luxury Car Partner BMW, Co- Sponsors CESC Limited, ITC Limited, India Bulls, Raichak On Ganges, Williamson Magor Group and LIC India.

Dr Alok Roy, Past President, The Bengal Chamber and Mr Subhodip Ghosh, Director General, The Bengal Chamber presented the awards.