UTE-CAT ‘Brand Ambassador’ Makes the Cut Twice in Indian Professional Golf Circuit 2015
With a relatively small Sri Lankan Golfing population of about 400 Golfers as against approximately 50,000 in India, in 2014, four of them made a huge impact on the Indian Professional Circuit. UTE-CAT sponsored Lalith Kumara who made his debut in 2015 now joins this elite brand to become the fifth Sri Lankan to make the cut showing off his promise as a quality player in a highly competitive field of over 300 professional golfing members of the PGTI, which is the sole recognized body for professional golf in India.
Although Sri Lanka has a rich golfing history of over 135 years, many of the more developed economies in Asia which took to golf less than 25 years ago have surpassed it in terms of developing champion golfers. However, in recent times, Sri Lankan talent in hand-eye coordination sports is getting noticed in golf with Mithun Perera finishing in the Top 10 in his first two years in the Indian Circuit and qualifying for a Full Tour Card in the Asian Tour for 2015. Currently Mithun is doing great on the Asian Tour Ranked 17th after the last Asian Tour tournament, the UBS Hong Kong Open.
UTE-CAT a regular sponsor of Golf in Sri Lanka and synonymous with the legendary Amateur Golf Champion of Sri Lanka the Late Pin Fernando, has taken another step in supporting the game by backing the promising Lalith Kumara in his first full year in the PGTI 2015. Sri Lankan Golf Professional B. G. Lalith Kumara signed up as the golfing ‘Brand Ambassador’ of UTE-CAT (United Tractor & Equipment) Sole Distributor in Sri Lanka of world famous Caterpillar Construction Equipment and Generators.
Playing on the Indian Professional Golf Circuit since January 2015 his ‘Rookie’ year Lalith successfully made the cut in the BILT Open 2015 played at the Classic Golf & Country Club from 06th – 09th October and finished in 57th place. The Total Prize Money on offer was Indian Rupees 100 Lacs (over SLRs.20 Million).
Lalith Kumara proved that it was not a ‘flash in the pan’ effort when he improved his game in the very next week at the Western India Golf Masters played at the Oxford Golf Resort, Pune, finishing in a respectable 31st place. He continues his journey this week on the Indian Professional Golf Tour as he faces the Starter in the Take Solutions India Masters 2015 where the Total Prize Money on offer is US$ 120,000.00 equivalent to SLRs. 17 Million.
