Tee Birds and MMG Coca Cola share Lloyd DGC League Trophy

Angad Kumar was the start of the day, contributing to his team Tee Birds, being declared Joint Winners.

Khel Today Bureau

New Delhi: In what has been the most evenly matched contest in the four-year history of the League, Tee Birds and MMG Coca-Cola were adjudged JOINT WINNERS in a nerve-tingling Final at the fourth edition of the LLOYD Delhi Golf Club League – powered by RADICO here today.

Earlier, Tee Birds and MMG Coca-Cola tied at 3-3 with a identical points tally of 3.5 apiece.

In the contest for the third place, Dayal Opticals beat Sara Golf Code on the first play-off hole to make their own the third position.  Earlier the two teams had tied at 3-3 with a points-tally of 3.5 each.  This necessitated a play-off on both occasions.

The play-off between Tee Birds and MMG Coca Cola, witnessed Angad Kumar and Sidharth Sahni represent Tee Birds while Arvinder Singh Johar and Kabir Juneja took the field for MMG Coca-Cola.  In an evenly fought contest and a series of hits and misses, both teams tied the first four holes.  In the par-3 fifth hole, in full view of the Clubhouse gallery, Sidharth Sahni found the green with his tee shot coming to rest 20 feet from the pin.  Angad Kumar, Sidharth’s teammate, was lodged in the right greenside bunker.  Both the MMG Coca-Cola players were placed to the left of the green, just on top of the left greenside-bunker.  Angad chipped out and made a bogey as did Arvinder Singh Johar.  The contest was now between Kabir Juneja who had chipped to 5 feet from the pin and sat for par and Sidharth Sahni.  Juneja sank the putt and parred the hole. Sahni too parred and the two teams tied their fifth hole in succession.  Taking into consideration fading light and poor playing conditions, Tee Birds and MMG Coca Cola were declared Joint Winners.

Earlier, in the day, in the Tee Birds v MMG Coca Cola contest, MMG Coca Cola drew first blood with a win in the first game, with Ikjot Singh Bahl and Preet Singh beating the Tee Birds duo of Dilip Sharma and Deepak Jaini.  MMG Coca Cola, won the second game as well to go two up early on.  However, Tee Birds co-owner Pia Sahni and Angad Kumar pulled their team back into the scheme of things with a win in the third game, against Yudhishthira Kapur and Alok Mehta.  Then Gandharva Kohli and Varun Raj Khanna helped Tee Birds level scores with MMG Coca-Cola in the fourth game.  The fifth game was tied and actioned moved into the sixth game which MMG Coca-Cola won.  Nikhil Sahni of Tee Birds then nailed his approach shot to win the seventh hole for his team and ensure a play-off.

In the third-fourth place play-off, Fateh Singh and Vidur Kaul represented Dayal Opticals while sibling duo of Pratap and Jaiveer Atwal turned out for Sara Golf Code.  The first hole was halved and the action moved to the second.  All four golfers smoked their drives with Jaiveer lying 80 yards ahead of the lot.  Fateh Singh the put his hand up and placed a brilliantly executed approach shot to six feet from the pin.  Vidur Kaul was placed 15 feet from the cup.  He however missed his putt leaving a chance for the Atwal brothers.  They failed to grab the chance missing short putts and Fateh Singh nailed his putt for Dayal Opticals to win the play-off. And make their own the third place.