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City golfers Sunil Sharma and Dinesh Gogna qualified for the National Finals of MercedesTrophy on day 3 of the Chandigarh leg qualifier held at the Panchkula Golf Course here today.
Sunil and Dinesh clinched the final two qualification spots available from the leg by carding a nett. score of 71.8 and 72.4 respectively.
The MercedesTrophy 2018 has so far seen 31 qualifiers who will be competing in the National Finals to be played at the Oxford Golf Resort in Pune from April 4-6.
Winner of CAT A Sunil Sharma said, "This is my first time at the National Finals and I am very happy about it. My family is also elated by the news. Last time I was really close but couldnt grab the spot but I believe efforts never go in vain."

Winner of CAT B Dinesh Gogna said, "I am really excited as I have been participating in various competitions but this is my first time at MercedesTrophy and it really gives me immense pleasure that I could make it to the finals."
The best Gross Winner of the day was Bismad Singh with an amazing round of 80 and there were a host of other prizes on offer to be won on the day.

Prominent winners included Gauhar Pruthi who won the Ballantines Long Drive Challenge with a mammoth drive of 298 yards. Ramanjit Singh Bedi won the Mercedes-Benz Closest to Pin contest on hole no. 17 by landing the ball at 7.10 feet from the pin.

In the Mercedes Benz Closest to Pin in Two Shots, Rakesh Jolly landed the ball at 3 ft. from the pin to win the contest on hole no. 1. Rohit Mittal won the Mercedes-Benz Straightest Drive contest on hole no.10 by landing the ball at 1 inch from the line.
A total of 112 city golfers participated on Day 3 of the Chandigarh leg qualifiers and now the MercedesTrophy will travel to Gurgaon for the next leg scheduled to tee off on February 27th at the ITC Classic Golf Resort.
The 18th edition of the MercedesTrophy after the Chandigarh qualifiers will travel to 3 more cities Gurgaon, Noida and Jaipur. Forty-five winners will be selected from the qualifiers for the National Finals. The qualifiers end on March 11, 2018 in Jaipur.