WORLD CORPORATE GOLF CHALLENGE KICKS OFF AT JAYPEE GREENS on 2nd FEBRUARY 2008
Released on: February 1, 2008, 4:10 am
Press Release Author: Deepak Gupta
Industry: Advertising
Press Release Summary: The regional round of the TAKE Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge - India is being held at the Jaypee Greens Golf Resort, Greater Noida on Saturday, February 2, 2008.
Press Release Body: NEW DELHI, February 1 -- The regional round of the TAKE Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge - India is being held at the Jaypee Greens Golf Resort, Greater Noida on Saturday, February 2, 2008.
In India there are four qualifiers, West (Jan 19, BPGC Mumbai), (Mar 1, Aamby Valley, Lonavala) South (Jan 26, Eagleton Golf Resort, Bangalore) and North (Jaypee Greens Golf Resort, Feb 2). The top two teams from each region will meet in a National Final at Aamby Valley on March 2 and the World Final is to be played at La Manga, Spain July 2008.
The tournament is unique in corporate golf as this is the official qualifying event for the annual World Corporate Golf Challenge World Final which sees winning corporate teams come together from some 25-30 different golfing nations.
The winning four member team from the national final will represent corporate India at La Manga, Spain in July 2008, the venue of this years' World Corporate Golf Challenge.
The TAKE Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge - India is supported by Franklin Templeton, Citigold Select, NDTV Profit, Air India, Golf Digest and Power Plate.
"We are delighted with the response to the third edition of the Take Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge" said HR Srnivasan, Vice Chairman, Take Solutions Ltd. "In this third edition we have added a 4th qualifying round in Pune and building this up to become the most sought after tournament - the highlight of the golfing season", he added. TAKE Solutions Ltd decided to extend the National Final to the exotic and testing in as well in Aamby Valley Golf Course in Lonavala near Pune.
"Our aim is that over a period of time, TAKE Solutions World Golf Challenge emerges as the most prestigious and widely participated golf tournament involving corporate golfers in the country" said well known pro golfer Rishi Narain whose company Rishi Narain Golf Management is official licensee of the World Corporate Golf Challenge in India.
Among the participating teams in Delhi are Franklin Templeton, Citigold, Air India, Hero Motors, Golf Digest, MasterCard, Ersnt & Young, Haier Mobile, FICCI, Airtel, defending champions Mercedes-Benz, and others.
First Add: World Corporate Golf.
In each team of four players, the three best scores of the day are added up to make up the team score. The top two teams from Delhi advance to the national final. Past teams that have represented India at the world final are BPCL, Parle Foods, Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank (from Mumbai), Indian Airlines, Hero Motors, GE, Golden Peakock & McCann Ericson. In 2007 Mercedes-Benz finished a creditable 5 th of the 25 participating countries and were voted the most popular team of the tournament!)
The TAKE Solutions World Golf Challenge gives Indian corporate teams a unique opportunity to represent their country in the only annual World Golf Championship of corporate teams. Among the other countries participating in the World Final in Malaysia are United States, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, New Zealand, Sweden, Portugal, Germany, Nigeria and Norway.
TAKE SOLUTIONS LTD
TAKE Solutions, an international business technology company with focus on Supply Chain Management and Life Sciences, has employee strength of 487 (together with its subsidiaries). Headquartered in Chennai, the company has its SCM Domain Excellence Centre in India. It has a subsidiary in USA through its Life Sciences Excellence centre located in New Jersey. Apart from this the company has a significant representation in various regions across the world. It has a strong domain expertise, which has resulted in a robust product suite in supply chain management & life sciences. TAKE is SEI-CMMi Level 5 Certified, Microsoft Gold Certified and is a Registered CDISC Solution provider.
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