Lehal's team wins Crompton Greaves Pro Am event

Mumbai, May 2 (UNI) Professional golfer A S Lehal and his team of Ravi Sanghrajka, Shashank Sandhu and Dilip Goenka won the Pro-Am competition of the Rs 70 Lakh Crompton Greaves Open, which was played at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club today.

''We had an enjoyable round of golf and my partners played really well,'' said Lehal. ''I hope to take this form into the rest of the week and card a good finish this week,'' he added.

Lehal and his teammates won the Pro-Am competition with a total of 55.8 points.

Meanwhile, professional U S Mundy and his team of B Hariharan, R R Vederah and James McMahon were the runners-up with 56.5 points.

Also amongst the leading contenders this week, Ashok Kumar along with his team of S M Trehan, S Hajara and Praveen Sachdev won the second runner-up prize with 56.8 points.

The prize for closest to the pin on the par-three second hole was won by Hans Ole Madsen, while Chris Chatterjee hit his ball closest to the pin on the sixth and eighth holes. Shashank Sandhu was awarded the prize for hitting his ball closest to the pin on the tenth hole, Pradip Lala won the prize for closest to the pin on the 13th hole and Jayant Joshi hit it closest to the pin on the 17th hole.

The prize for straightest drive was claimed by Sandeep Tandon, while Hans Ole Madsen hit the longest drive to 260-yards and won a Callaway golf bag for his efforts.

The Crompton Greaves Open Pro-Am competition was a precursor to the 72-hole stroke play championship which starts tomorrow and will see the best professional golfers compete for the winner's purse of Rs 11,34,000.

European Tour player Shiv Kapur who is the star attraction this week also held a golf clinic today which captivated the city's top golfers as he gave tips on the basics of the game.

UNI