Prize winners of the tournament, (from left) Sanjay Jain, Saad Kazi, Manoj Megchiani, Arnav Jain, PK Mathew, Ravi Shankar, Jasjit Butalia, Navid Bukhari and Serge Guevel.
Qatar Golf Lovers (QGL) recently bid farewell to PK Mathew who has been it’s President since inception in 2001.
QGL organised a farewell golf tournament in his honour over the weekend at the Doha Golf Club. Thirty six golfers participated in the event which was played on a strokeplay format.
Jasjit Butalia emerged victorious in the competition while Navid Bukhari and Arnav Jain were declared 1st & 2nd runner up respectively. Manoj Megchiani won the ‘longest putt’ award, Saad Kazi won the ‘closest to pin’ award, Serge Guevel won the ‘closest to rope’ award and Ravi Shankar won the ‘longest drive’ award.
Mathew, a longtime resident of Qatar founded QGL in 2001 with 8 members, which currently boasts of a membership of over 100 golfers belonging to over a dozen nationalities. Mathew has been the chief organiser of golf tournaments every month under the QGL banner and has organized 194 tournaments during the past 20 years.
QGL founder member Megchiani, who is taking over as President, was all praise for Mathew’s leadership, organizational skills and commitment in making QGL the largest and most active golf society in Qatar.
He also acknowledged Mathew’s contribution to golf in Qatar by way of arranging golf coaching for beginners by PGA professionals, organizing on-the-course training to new golfers and assisting in organizing major events like Qatar Senior Open, Ryder Cup and India Cup tournaments. Fazal Kazi. who sponsored the farewell tournament presented a memento to Mathew during the occasion.
