Brookfield Properties and The Leela Palace Bengaluru team up to host a thrilling golf tournament for CXOs and golf pros, for KGA
The Karnataka Golf Association’s (KGA) Premier League, popularly called the KPL, is a highly anticipated golf tournament in India, featuring a format similar to that of the Indian Premier League. The 2023 edition of the tournament (February-March) was sponsored by Brookfield Properties and The Leela Palace Bengaluru.
24 teams vied in Bengaluru for the championship. In the end, Cauvery Express, owned by Nirod Kumar Lenka, Director of Nutrigenetics Foods, emerged victorious, while Fanzart Eagles, owned by Anil Lala, finished as the runner-up.
Big strokes
24 TEAMS
500+ ATTENDEES FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY + MEMBERS OF THE KGA
500+ GOLFERS
The event attracted over 450 professional golfers and 500 attendees and personnel from the C-suite community, as well as members of the KGA. Notable attendees included Geetanjali Kirloskar, Director of Kirloskar Group, Kodandaram Ramaiah, owner of MSR Hotels, and Sitaram Shetty, Chairman of SNC Power Corporation.
“The partnership with KGA provided a bespoke platform for leaders from various walks of life to bond over golf” SHANTANU CHAKRABORTY Executive Vice President at Brookfield Properties
As a part of this association Brookfield Properties and The Leela Palace Bengaluru curated an exclusive nine-hole shotgun format tournament on February 23, 2023, for the CXOs. It was teed off by Vijay Amritraj, a former India tennis player and sports celebrity. The tournament also featured prominent names from the corporate world, such as Ranjan Biswas (Director, EY), Arjun Pratap (a TedX Speaker and the CEO of EDGE, an AI-powered innovative HR tech provider), Dr. Mahesh Reddy (Director, Corporate Affairs & Projects – CSR, Dream Sports), Don Kyu Kim (from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea) and many such who engaged in some high-level ‘corporate power play’ and kept the spectators on the edge of their seats.
We are excited to bring these exclusive experiences to our clients and partners across India. This partnership with KGA provided a bespoke platform for leaders from various walks of life to come together to connect, collaborate, exchange perspectives and bond over the game of golf.