MUMBAI: The Shillong Golf Course will host the first-ever franchise-based league of North East India from 10 September.
15 franchises will vie for top honours in the six-week long SGL 2017. The team and players' auction took place on 2 September all 15 teams were sold out, says a UNI report.
The event will be played in a team format with four members comprising one local club professional, one single handicapper and two club golfers with a combined handicap of not more than 30. Women and junior golfers will also get a chance to play in the tournament, the organisers say.
The highest bid for the players came from the owners of the Dabangs and Angry Birdies teams. In the amateur category, the owner of the Dabangs was the highest bidder followed by Sultans of Swing, the report adds.
“MGPS is committed to the promotion and development of golf in the state. The idea of this event is to give all golfers a chance to play with each other irrespective of their handicap,” Meghalaya Golf Promoters’ Society (MGPS) president and organising secretary of SGL Gaurav Bajaj said in a statement.
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