HSBC Premier Golf winners to witness the 150th Open C’ship in Scotland

 Deepal Akuretiyagama, Overall Winner of the HSBC Premier Golf Tournament, accepting the HSBC Premier Challenge Trophy from Mark Surgenor, CEO of HSBC Sri Lanka and Maldives at the awards ceremony

Dihan Dedigama, Overall Winner in the A & B Division, receiving his award from Mark Surgenor, CEO of HSBC Sri Lanka and Maldives, and James Rebert, Country Head of Wealth & Personal Banking, HSBC Sri Lanka

HSBC successfully concluded two back-to-back golf tournaments at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) recently, which brought together RCGC golfers and HSBC Premier golfers who competed for a shot at winning a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland. 

This year, over 180 golfers demonstrated their golf skills at the HSBC Premier Golf Tournament, held for the 9th year, while over 250 golfers from RCGC played in the annual 5-Club Stableford Tournament, marking 26 years of HSBC’s title sponsorship.

Deepal Akuretiyagama was the overall winner to take home the HSBC Premier Challenge Trophy and was also the winner of the Seniors, Ladies, and C division with a score of 43 points. Dihan Dedigama scored 38 points on a B/B 9 and was the winner of the A & B divisions. Anouk Chitty won the Ladies’ division with 39 points, while Chandana De Silva won the Senior’s division with 37 points. 
The two overall winners were each presented with a fully sponsored four-night, five-day hospitality package each to watch the Championship in Scotland from July 10-17, for which HSBC is a patron of. In addition, each winner was also awarded a global health policy with benefits of up to USD 800,000 courtesy of Allianz Insurance as part of HSBC’s global partnership. 

Sanjeewa Wickramanayake and Adrian Perera also walked away with a Global Health Insurance plan each from Allianz Insurance, offered exclusively to HSBC Premier customers during a special draw. 

The overall winner at this year’s 5-Club Stableford Tournament was Manoj Algama, who secured the highest score of 43 points. The Ladies’ champion was Fran de Mel, who scored 40 points. Winning the A Division was W.A.K. Fernando with 41 points, and the B Division winner was Manoj Algama with 43 points. The winner of the C division was Manjula Lanerolle, scoring 42 points, while Harendra de Silva won the Seniors division with a score of 39 points. 

Continuing from last year, this year’s Premier Golf tournament also invited Premier Juniors to test their skills on the course with an 18-hole stroke play. Kaiyan Johnpillai won the 12 and below age group with 93 gross, and Arika Wickramasinghe won the 13-18 age group with 75 gross.

The tournament concluded with the awards ceremony held at the Club House.