Leisure golfers from 16 countries tee-off at SriLankan Golf Classic
View(s):Over 170 amateur golfers from 15 countries, responding to SriLankan Airlines’ consistent overseas promotional drive to promote leisure golf combined with family holidays, this week flew to the island to participate at the 14th SriLankan Airlines’ Golf Classic on the Victoria Golf and Country Resort course in Kandy from 23rd – 27th October.
The international line-up of golfers was joined by over 50 of Sri Lanka’s home-bred golfers that took the total number of participants to around 220 players, creating a great challenge and an opportunity to enjoy four consecutive days of leisure golf on the par 73,18 hole course overlooking the picturesque Victoria Reservoir. This year the tournament drew golfers from the US, Australia, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Malaysia, the UK, France, Germany, Japan, China, India, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Dubai, Pakistan, Italy and Sri Lanka.
“We are pleased with the very positive response from players in our online as well as offline destinations who are discovering Sri Lanka’s potential as a leisure golf destination which offers a range of options for combined family holidays as well,” said SriLankan Airlines Chairman Nishantha Wickremasinghe in a statement to the media. The tournament was supported by the airline’s main international aviation industry sponsor, AIRBUS Industries. Two other industry sponsors were Lufthansa Technik and Rolls Royce who have supported SriLankan’s Golf Classic many times before.
“As the flag carrier, SriLankan Airlines has been actively promoting sports tourism to attract holidaymakers to the country,” said the Chief Executive Officer Kapila Chandrasena.
Apart from the golf tournament package which was on offer for the players, several excursions and tours to places such as Nuwara Eliya, Pinnawala, Kandy, Sigiriya, Dambulla, Kitulgala, Horton Plains, Minneriya and Uda Walawe were organised for accompanying families and friends on holiday.
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