23 January,2010 07:05 AM IST | | Rishi Narain
ONE of the most awaited corporate golfing events of the season, The TAKE Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge, will tee off from the Amby Valley Golf Resort today. This multi city event is the only corporate golfing event in the country which gives Indian corporate teams a unique opportunity to represent their country in the annual World Golf Championship of corporate teams.
The event comprises of regional rounds in major Indian cities that comprise representatives from respective zones and culminate with a National Final, the winners of which go on to play the world championship at an exotic golf destination.
Other teams that have represented India in the past at the world finals are BPCL, Parle Foods, Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank (from Mumbai), Indian Airlines, Hero Motors, GE, Golden Peacock & McCann Ericson. In 2008, the Indian team from Credit Suisse became the first and only Indian team to emerge victorious at the World Finals held at the famed La Manga Club in Spain. In 2007 the team from Mercedes-Benz finished a creditable fifth amongst the 25 participating countries and were also voted the most popular team of the tournament.
This year, the World Corporate Golf Challenge 2010 World Final will be held in May in the beautiful Garden Route district of South Africa. Recently voted 'Golf Destination of the Year - Africa and Gulf States' by IAGTO (International Association of Golf Tour Operators), South Africa's Cape Garden Route boasts a wealth of top-class golf courses, and is renowned around the world for its immense natural beauty.
The title sponsors for the event are TAKE Solutions a leading business technology company with products backed by a strong domain expertise to provide cost-effective comprehensive solutions for businesses with Indian Terrain as the Presenting Sponsor of the tournament.
The co-sponsors are Shriram Properties, Ballantine's, Emirates Airlines, NDTV profit.
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Rishi Narain is a former Asian Games gold medallist and national golf champion
