Minister for Youth Services & Sports, Satish Sharma today attended the closing ceremony of Diwali Cup 2025 Golf Tournament held at Jammu Tawi Golf Course (JTGC) Sidhra here. The tournament, organised by JTGC in collaboration with Tourism Department Jammu, was teed off by Director Tourism, Jammu, Vikas Gupta in presence of Secretary JTGC, Manav Gupta.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister Sharma said that Golf Tourism should be more boosted in future so that such tournaments and events shall be organized at Jammu Tawi Golf Course on a regular basis. He added that these events bring Jammu & Kashmir on the international Golfing map with an opportunity for local talent to showcase their skills.
The Minister also presented trophies and mementoes to the winners, Runner-ups and other players, who were adjudged best in different categories. Secretary JTGC, Manav Gupta informed that several big international level tournaments like PGTI were conducted in 2022, 2023 & 2024 at JTGC in which many professional Golfers from all over India/South-East participated.
As many as 83 players participated during the day-long tournament, who were divided into 21 four-balls. Sanjay Mahajan and Dr. Anil Slathia/Atharv Rishi were adjudged as the overall winner and Runner up respectively of the tournament.
Gurdeep Singh bagged the award for the straight drive at Hole No.06. The longest drive award went to Col. Amit Gupta, Rajeev Thakur and Vedant Handa. While Closest to the pin went to Sunita Kapoor, Col. J.B Singh and Jaideep Manocha.
Winner best net for Senior Citizen Category went to Danesh Chopra and Runner up Col. Vijay Mahajan. Best among Fourball went to Garib Dass, Rakesh Gupta, Ashkoor Wani, Col. Manav Sharma, S.S Pathania, Col. Amit Gupta, Rohit Bhalla, Pankaj Thakur, Col. J.B Singh, Sanjay Mahajan, Faizan Choudhary, Akash Bhola, Sunand Kumar, Col. Yashpal Tora, Varun Raina, Firdous Masoodi, Hemant Kumar Sharma, Col. Vijay Mahajan, Danesh Chopra, Swarn Singh and Danin Khan
Besides that, Women’s putting competition was also conducted at Jammu Tawi Golf Course, in which 13 Womens golfers participated, Shafiqa Banoo, Karuna Pathania, Simridhi Pathania, Meenakshi, Pratibha Sharma, Farhat-un-Nisa, Arya, Wedhana, Shridha Gupta, Sambhavi Gupta, Tanvi Gupta, Ritu Slathia, Ekta Sharma participated in the Tournament wherein Farhat-un-Nisa was adjudged as winner and Wedhana was adjudged as runner-up and Shaheen Wahid was adjudged as 2nd runner-up. Joint Director Tourism, Jammu, Aijaz Qaiser; prominent Golfers and other officers of JTGC were also present on the occasion.