BPGC, WSC to lead west's charge in national club challenge

Golfers from the Bombay Presidency Golf Club (BPGC) and Willingdon Sports Club would lead the challenge from Mumbai, along with two clubs from Pune and one each from Ahmedabad and Baroda, making up the West Zone, in the Toyota IGU NHS National Club Challenge starting on October 26.
They will lock horns with the leading golfers from the other three zones in the event that concludes in April with the national finals.
The West Zone rounds kick off at Willingdon Sports Club, followed by rounds in Pune and Ahmedabad. BPGC golfers will get into action on November 24.
The inaugural edition of this unique event will involve around 5,000 golfers from 25 key clubs across the country and gives an opportunity to all club members to represent their clubs as teams at a national level.

The ultimate prize is to be crowned the IGU National Club Champion of the year.
The tournament 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 would automatically be selected to represent the club team while the 6th team member and captain will be nominated by the club.

The teams thus selected go to the second stage which is the zonal finals in four zones - North, South, East and West.
At the 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 third stage which is the national finals.