Indian Golf Union announces National Club Challenge

Toyota IGU NHS National Club Challenge to involve 5000 golfers and 25 clubs

New Delhi, October 18: Indian Golf Union announced that the inaugural edition of the Toyota IGU NHS National Club Challenge will involve around 5000 golfers from 25 key clubs across the country. The tournament which will kick off in October and conclude in April with the National Finals will be conducted in three stages. In Stage one, each of the 25 competing clubs will conduct an 18 hole qualifying tournament with the club members competing in five different handicap categories so that all members of the club get an opportunity to compete for a spot on the club team.  The five handicap categories are 0-6, 7-10, 11-14, 15-19 and 20-24. The individual winner in each handicap category will automatically be selected to represent the club team while the 6^th team member and captain will be nominated by the club.

The teams thus selected go to the 2^nd stage which is the Zonal Finals in four zones – North, South, East and West. At the 18 hole Zonal finals, the best five 18 hole total stableford scores of the six players of each club team will make the team score and the top two teams from each of four Zonal Finals will qualify for the 3^rd stage – the National Finals. 

The first stage kicks off from October 20 at Noida Golf Club, Noida. This is the first round of the club qualifier event and Noida GC had a pre qualifying round from which 120 club members qualified to compete in the club team selection round.