BT Pro-Am of Champions 2013 - Mumbai

There were sighs, grunts and clenched fists at the BusinessToday Pro-Am of Champions 2013 held at the Willingdon Sports Club in centralMumbai on January 19. For the around 90 corporate honchos, who took part in theevent, of which BRYS Group was the presenting sponsor.

The winning team: (From left) Arvind Jolly, Manish Aggarwal and (extreme right) R. Sanghi with Navneet Bhadla, Director of BRYS Group

The runners-up: (From left) Sanjeev Jagtiani, Prashant Purker and Kuldip Kaura with Ashok Sonalkar, Head, Sales and Marketing, ITC Grand Central Mumbai

Individual winners: (From left) Prashant Purker, Sanjeev Jagtiani and Akshay Kilachand with Rahul Gaur, CMD of BRYS Group

Akshay Kilachand, of Indian Commercial Company, defended his title in the 0-10 handicap category with 37 points.

Sudhir M. Trehan, Non-Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Crompton Greaves, participated in the tournament.

"The quality of golf played here is so good that a below-average player like me does not stand a chance," said Harish Thawani, Chairman, Nimbus Communications, in a self-deprecating way.

Dinesh Lal, Group Director, A.P. Moller-Maersk India, participated in the tournament.

Vijay Chauhan, Chairman & Managing-Director of Parle Products Pvt Ltd

Dev Bhattacharya, Group Executive President, Strategy and Business Development, Aditya Birla Group

Ravikanth Konteti, MD, JP Morgan India

Sanjeev Jagtiani, Director, Snehbal Products, continued his winning run from last year, when he was part of the victorious team, by topping the 11-18 handicap category with 39 points.

Gautam Bhandari, MD, BNP Paribas

R. Sanghi was part of the winning team.

Murli Natarajan, MD and CEO, Development Credit Bank

Vivek Kudva, MD, India & CEEMEA at Franklin Templeton Asset Management