All set for golf league in City

The golfers are ready with their clubs, and are swinging well. All is set for the first edition of the Sreenidhi University Telangana Premier Golf League (TPGL) that will tee off at the Hyderabad Golf Association (HGA) course near Golconda fort here on Sunday.

The tournament being organised on the lines of prominent international golf tourneys by the HGA, has 16 teams and 200 golfers taking part.

The professionally designed tournament will be played over eight rounds spread over four weeks, in two different formats — singles and doubles.

The event, sponsored by Sreenidhi University and powered by Magnifiq Securities and NMDC; has five qualifying rounds at the league stage. The two teams qualifying from each division play in the three rounds of knockout/ playoff matches — quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.

“The Telangana Premier Golf League has been designed to foster greater interest in the sport and the Hyderabad Golf Association is working towards making it an exciting platform for a competitive golfing experience,” HGA president Dayakar Reddy said.

■ Teams and captains: Sreenidhian Thunderbolts (Sankeerth Nidadavolu), Civet Rangers (Sridhar Reddy Anantha), Team Tee Off (S. L. Venkatapathi Raju), Mahi Team (K. B. Narayana Raju), Eagle Hunters (Hemanth Reddy), Valley Warriors (Pradeep Mittal), Devpixel (C. V. Ramana Reddy), Team Elegans (Chakravarthi Akiri), Classic Champs (K. Shashidhar Reddy), Glendale Golfers (Aluri Srinivsa Rao), Bhagyanagar Birdies (Sunil Kumar Jain), Apollo Cancer Crusaders (Ashok Reddy Nimma), Team Labonel (Om Prakash Modi), Myk Strikers (Tipirineni TVR Prasad), Villagio Highlanders (Sameer Azad Mahendra), Mysa (Madhav Kota).