The Sri Lanka Open 2023 will tee-off with the top-level PRO-AM Event scheduled on May 28 followed by a Practice/Q-Round on the May 29 and the 4 round Stroke play Open championship to follow from May 30 – June 2 at the Royal Colombo Golf Club Course.
The feature professional golf tournament organized by Sri Lanka Golf is the Sri Lanka Open first played in 1972, providing an opportunity to non-member Golfers with talent to vie for the Open Golf Champion title, which was won by H. L. Premadasa, a Caddy beating top Amateur Golfers too in 1972.
That was recognized by the Royal Colombo Golf Course (RCGC) Committee by appointing H.L. Premadasa as Assistant Golf Professional
Following H.L. Premadasa were a host of Caddies from RCGC and the Nuwara Eliya Golf Course (NEGC) namely K.M. Wemboo, A.A.Sumathipala, P.Sigamany. However, the outstanding performer has been K. Nandasena Perera, seven times winner of the SL Open and R. A. Anura Rohana also tied with Nandasena on seven wins. Thangaraja is a past winner, Ranked 21st in the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), whilst K. Prabagaran from Nuwara-Eliya won the last playing of the Open in 2017, for the 3rd time.
Mithun Perera the illustrious son of Nandasena is yet to win the Sri Lanka Open though he is ranked in 35th in the PGTI 2022 Tour. Mithun, Thangaraja, Anura Rohana (Ranked 55th in the PGTI), Prabagaran and Vijitha Bandara are regular players in the PGTI and the Sri Lanka Open is expected to offer substantial prize money purse attracting top professional golfers from the PGTI as well as from about 10 countries in the South-East Asian Region and the Middle East.
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Qatar, Oman, Dubai and the UAE are expected to participate. The Sri Lanka Open 2023 is tipped to offer a substantial Prize Purse in keeping with Pro- Tournaments in the region, with a view to raising the bar in Sri Lanka combining Golf spectator tourism as an unique holiday location too to be held at the highest level annually or Bi-annually.
Many attractive side events are planned to include a Golf Gymkhana – Mini-Golf games and Fun events like Pitching into a Bucket, Obstacle Chipping, Crazy Putting, Ladder Putting, Plastic Ball longest drive, etcetera promoting the fun aspect of golf to children towards the development of golf in Sri Lanka.
The Title Sponsorship, Principal & Co-Sponsorship is up for grabs with much interest shown locally and Multi-National Brands already in the Golf Tour industry as well, organized and conducted by Sri Lanka Golf.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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