Fourteen year old Prashan Peiris was the cynosure of all eyes at the Inaugural BBDO Monthly Medal golf championship held at the Royal Colombo Golf Course when he was named the winner in the Handicap 0-9 Division last Saturday.
Some 200 members of the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) battled it out in what was the first ever digitised golf tournament in the 130 year history of the RCGC complete with online registration, navigational maps and multimedia guides including training videos to sharpen the player’s game.
Peiris emerged the winner in the Division A (Handicap 0-9) Nett and Gross categories with a Nett score of 65 and a Gross score of 73. The RCGC has a par of 71 and a CSS score of 71.
A student of S. Thomas’ Preparatory School, Peiris has been playing golf since the age of six and hopes to become a professional.
“The BBDO Monthly Medal was a well organised tournament and it was a good experience for me, playing against the older and more experienced participants,” said Peiris.
Winner of the Division B (Handicap 10-18) Nett and Gross categories W.A.K. Fernando called the tournament “well thought out” and was elated about having played his best score thus far.
Fernando scored 65 and 75 in the Nett and Gross categories, respectively.
First time RCGC monthly medal winner S.D. Wanigasekera took home the award in the Division C (Handicap 19-28) Nett category with a score of 66 while Tony Nadaraja was awarded the gold in the Division C Gross category having scored 87.
Hema Dassanayake emerged the winner in the Seniors – Nett division with a score of 67 and Won Hie Lee won the Seniors – Gross division having scored 88 while Ajith Thudawe and Nihal Boralessa were named the winners in the Masters Nett and Gross categories with scores of 67 and 82 respectively. Vijitha Bandara took home the gold in the Sri Lanka Pool Players – Gross division.
Santosh Menon, BBDO Lanka MD said they were glad to take note of the results.
“It was exciting for us to promote and add value to the game of golf and the prestigious RCGC with the inaugural BBDO Monthly Medal. We are delighted that we are providing an opportunity for future professional golf players in Sri Lanka as was evidenced by the emergence of fourteen year old Prashan Peiris”, said Menon.
