Suwen wins Sri Lanka-uae Ladies Golf C’ships 2012
Versatile golfer Suwen Selvaratnam won the ladies event while the ‘plum’ for the overall championship was lifted by Dayananda Ukkuwatte while a former national test cricketer won the Men’s Division One championships at the first ever Sri Lanka UAE Golf 2012 tournament organised by the Lankan Golfers Union in United Arab Emirates and the Victoria [...]
Thangaraja wins Pakistan National Amateur Championship
Sri Lanka's most promising golfer, N. Thangaraja, cruised to a stylish four-stroke victory in the 51st National Amateur Golf Championship at the par 72 Royal Palm Golf and Country Club at Lahore on Sunday. By virtue of this performance, he captured the Pakistan National Golf Title 2012, making his trip to Pakistan a memorable one. [...]
Lankan Golfers in UAE hosting a Blockbuster Golf Day at Victoria
The Lankan Golfers Society, UAE, are organizing a day of extreme fun and competition on April 21, 2012 at the Victoria Golf Club in Rajawella, Digana. If you are a golfer, irrespective of whether you consider yourself a good or a not so good golfer, if your aim is to have some fun on the [...]
Ana becomes Golf Union president
Former Sri Lanka Cricket Board Chairman, Ana Punchihewa has been elected as the new president of Sri Lanka Gold Union. The Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka Golf Union was held on Friday, March 30 at the Royal Colombo Golf Club. Colombo. The Office Bearers for the year 2012 – 2013 [...]
Sidath Wettimuny prevails at Rajawella
Former Sri Lanka test cricketer and national cricket selector Sidath Wettimuny won the Donald Steel Golf Championship 2011/ 2012 organized for the 14th time by the Victoria Golf and Country Resort and worked off at the beautiful Victoria golf course at Rajawella off Kandy. This was Sidath Wettimuny’s second title win at this prestigious championship [...]
Sri Lankan Airlines hosts country’s first PGA golf tournament
Over 60 senior professional golfers from across the globe will fly into Sri Lanka, to participate in the country's first top-level championship tour organised by SriLankan Airlines. The three-day Senior PGA Asia Pacific Champions tour event will be played across the Victoria Golf and Country Resort in Kandy that overlooks the Victoria reservoir. The programme [...]
Sri Lankan golfers place second in bangladesh
Sri Lanka placed second by the end of the first day's play of the 27th Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championships being held in Bangladesh. In the Individual competition, Sri Lanka's Nadarajah Thangarajah is in Joint third position while Vijitha Bandara in Joint 5th position. Thangarajah hit 73, one over par and Bandara hit 74 in the [...]
14th Annual Donald Steel Golf Championship next week
The 14th Annual Donald Steel Golf Championship organized by the Victoria Golf and Country Resor t will be worked off at the picturesque Victoria golf course at Rajawella off Kandy on Saturday February 11th with the first tee off at 7.30 a.m. Victoria Golf Course was opened for golfers in 1999 on a sprawling 558 [...]
Kyle de Silva – one for the future
16-year old California-based golfing prodigy Kyle de Silva, won the Sri Lanka Junior Golf Open recently – par ticipating in the tournament while on holiday – aggregating a gross score of 219, winning by a margin of 14 strokes. Having picked up the spor t of golf at the age of six af ter playing [...]
Rotary Int. Golf C’hip on January 21
Victoria Golf and Country Resort will host the 4th Annual Rotary International golf championship organized by the Rotary Club of Kandy, will be worked off at the Victoria golf course at Rajawela off Kandy on Saturday January 21with the first toe off at 7.00 a.m. A record number of entries are expected at this golf [...]
Pros to the fore at Sri Lanka Golf Open
K. Prabagaran from the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club who turned Pro in 2010 carded a brilliant 5 under par 66 to hold a 2 stroke lead from Mithun Perera who in spite of illhealth and high temperature returned a 3 under par 68. Prabagaran after a steady even par front nine, reeled off a flurry [...]
Sri Lanka Golf open 2011 starts today
The Sri Lanka Golf Union received a record number of 115 entries for the 2011 Sri Lanka Open Golf Championship which included many heavy weights. Twenty seven players pre-qualified being professionals, past winners, amateurs with single figure handicaps to add much weight and quality to the field in an outstandingly competitive Open Championship. Seven time [...]
Kyle emerges Sri Lanka junior golf champion
Kyle de Silva surged through to an easy 14 shot victory over second placed Sachin de Silva at the Sri Lanka Junior Golf Championship concluded at the Royal Colombo Golf Club golf course yesterday to emerge Sri Lanka’s Junior Golf Champion for the year 2011. The Junior Golf Championship conducted by the Golf Union and [...]
United Tractors to sponsor Sri Lanka Open Golf Championship 2011
During this tournament, competitors will vie for several other coveted trophies. Some of these titles are UTE-CAT Challenge Trophy for Amateurs (Men) and Mrs. Pam Fernando Memorial Trophy for Amateurs (Ladies). Both tournaments will be conducted parallel to 'UTE-CAT Sri Lanka Open Golf Championship', on January 4 and 5 respectively. The winner of the UTE-CAT [...]
Kyle continues dominance at Junior Golf C’ships
Young Kyle de Silva continued his dominance at the Sri Lanka Junior Golf Championship which is in progress at the Royal Colombo Golf Club course. The second day’s proceedings of the three day contest conducted by the Sri Lanka Golf Union and sponsored by Prima Group saw Kyle displaying top quality golf. The USA based [...]
Kyle De Silva Edges ahead on day one at Junior Golf C’ship
The three day Sri Lanka Junior Golf Championship 2011 conducted by the Sri Lanka Golf Union and sponsored by Ceylon Agro Industries – Prima Group got underway at the Royal Colombo Golf Club grounds yesterday. The opening days play saw Kyle de Silva edge ahead and had his nose in front in the overall championship [...]
Junior golfers to tee from December 19
The Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship will be held from December 19 to 21at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC). The tournament will be sponsored by Prima Sunrise Bread. The tournament is open to both boys and girls under the age of 18 years and, has gained immense popularity as it serves as a [...]
Zen Dharmaratne clinches gold medal
The 125th Annual Gold Medal Golf Tournament teed off at the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club on November 11, 2011. The tournament was opened to the male members of the NEGC and Royal Colombo Golf Club with the participation of over 70 players. This year's event was sponsored by Harris Ceylon (Pvt) Ltd. manufacturers of premium [...]
Amcham Golf on Saturday
The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) partners the American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka (Amcham) at its 12th Annual Amcham RCGC Golf Tournament 2011 organized together with the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) on October 29 (Saturday) at the RCGC. This tournament is organized as a charitable event where part proceeds of the [...]
Thangaraja wins Sri Lanka amateur open
Sri Lanka’s number one amateur, Nadarajah Thangaraja won the 124th Sri Lanka amateur open at the picturesque Victoria Golf & Country Club, Digana. Thangaraja beat India’s top Golfer, Chikkarangappa and claimed the title with a 3 shots lead. The second oldest golf tournament of the world, Sri Lanka amateur open, was held at Digana, over [...]
