Istanbul: The duo of Anurag Chopra and Kanwaljit Sandhu beat 12 other teams to book a berth in the World Final of the Audi quattro Cup 2013. In the India final hosted by Audi India at the Kemer Golf and Country Club here on Sunday, Anurag and Kanwaljit representing Audi Chandigarh garnered 43 points to qualify for the World Final to be held at Los Angeles. The multi-city event was presented by Audi Finance with Turkish Airlines being the associate partner and Millionnaire Asia being the Official magazine partner with golfingindian.com as the Official online partner.

The Ahmedabad team comprising of Maulik Patel and Ragesh Vasa finished runners-up with a total of 37 points while the team from Mumbai consisting of Rahul Divan and Ashish Goel secured the third place at 34 points.

In the various skills competition held alongside the main event, Anuj Sanghi won the Closest to Pin Award while Sumedh Gangal won the Longest Drive award.

The India final was a culmination of the nation-wide event conducted across 13 cities. Played on a unique ‘Greensome Stableford’ format, two players of varying handicaps were randomly drawn to form a team. The winning team from each of qualifying round earned a spot in the India final. The added attraction was the presence of a ‘wild Card’ entry where one team was picked on draw of lots from each of the centres and the team with the highest score earned a trip to the India final.

The Audi quattro Cup tournament series, established in 1991, has become one of the most celebrated amateur golf tournaments in the world bringing together over 85000 golfers from 54 countries. The Indian circuit of Audi quattro Cup touched over 1300 golfers in all.