Department of Tourism, J&K Golf Development and Management Authority and Royal Springs Golf Course jointly organised Royal Springs Golf Cup-2019 here at RSGC here on Saturday.
Chief Electoral Officer Shailendra Kumar teed-off thetournament in presence of Director Tourism Kashmir Nisar Ahmad Wani, MD JK GolfDevelopment Authority Ghalib Mohiuddin Shah, Justice (Rtd) Muzaffar Jan.
In the tournament which saw participation of 80 localgolfers, Chinar and Tulip teams clashed against each other as the format wasteam-based. Team Chinar captained by Shailendra Kumar emerged winners of theRSGC Cup 2019 while as Tulip Team captained by President JK Golf AssociationMushtaq Ahmad Burza finished runner up.
In the spot prizes, Sheikh Parveez won Straight Drive award,Sameer Ahmad Bhat walked away with longest drive award while as nearest to thepin went to Farooq Rafiqi.
In the senior citizen category, Mukhtar Jallu won StraightDrive award, Khursheed A Badoo won the longest drive while as nearest to thepin went to Ashraf A Jallu.
Director Tourism Kashmir Nisar Ahmad Wani said thedepartment has been promoting golf besides other tourism products of the Stateat travel marts, travel fairs and road shows within and outside the country.
He said J&K is a complete golfing circuit blessed withmost beautiful golf courses. “We will try our best to attract golfers toour greens from across the globe,” he said.
Ghalib Mohiuddin Shah said more such tournament will beorganised in the future to promote golf tourism.”We have huge potential in Golf tourism. We have just started with thistournament and more tournaments will be organised which will feature both localand outside golfers,” he said.