Criteria & National Pool

Criteria for SLG and National Teams

National and SLG Teams

• Sri Lankan passport holders will be eligible for trials and selection
• Any golfer will be eligible to qualify to represent the National team. Players over 30 years of age to be given a plus 1 (+) Handicap. As a policy SLG encourages/ supports the development of younger players.
• Golf Selectors to discuss with SLG and set criteria to select players and teams. See below clause 28. (e) SLG Constitution
• For trials – eligible only single handicap golfers (9 HC or less)
• Criteria - number of rounds and location to be specified by the Selectors. Players to be notified of all criteria 2 weeks prior to the the commencement of trial unless the tournament notices for foreign tournaments are received at short notice.
• Trials and performance within the last 6 months would be considered for Selection. The trials/tournaments would be open to amateur golfers unless specified in the tournament notice. SLG events or SLG sanctioned events local and international may be taken as the basis for selections.
• World Amateur Golf Ranking is considered for selection.
• For players who reside overseas, scores returned in overseas tournaments will be taken into account.
• Selected team sent to NSSC and Sports Ministry for ratification through SLG

[a] The Selection Committee shall consist of a Chairman, and four (4) other persons and the Hony. Sec. of Sri Lanka Golf.

[b] No member of the Selection Committee shall be eligible for selection to represent Sri Lanka as a player.

[c] Any member of the Selection Committee who is directly related (Parent, Child, Uncle, Aunt, Nephew, Niece) to a prospective player for Sri Lanka must absent himself/herself from the Selection Committee meeting in which such players are being discussed and recommended for selection.

[d] Before any International or Representative Match the Selection Committee shall take direction from the Council as may be deemed necessary.

[e] The Selection Committee shall give due consideration to any instructions and directions that may be given to it by the Council.

[f] The Selection Committee shall invite the Manager of the National Squad who shall advise the committee but shall not become an additional member of this Committee.

[g] The Selection Committee shall recommend for selection teams or individuals to represent Sri Lanka or Golf Sri Lanka when called upon to do so by the Council.

[h] The Selection Committee may request the Council to arrange trials prior to recommending teams or individuals to represent Sri Lanka or Golf Sri Lanka and set the criteria for trials.

[i] The Selection Committee may not consider performance of players in the trials if they are of the view that the trials have not been fairly held.

[j] The Selection Committee may take into consideration known form of individual players and are not bound to only consider performance in trials in making their recommendations.

[k] Any infringement of Rules laid down for players or breach of discipline by players of any representative Sri Lanka Golf team shall be brought to the notice of the Council by the Chairman of the Selection Committee.

Sri Lanka Golf National Pool List - 2025

Male

1. Chalitha Pushpika
2. Uchitha Ranasinghe
3. Yannik Kumara
4. Reshan Algama
5. Jevahn Sathasivam
6. Chanaka Perera
7. Haroon Aslam
8. K. Dhanushan
9. Jacob Norton
10. Adhithya Weerasinghe
11. P.D.S.U Kumara
12. Vinoth Kumar
13. R.M.S Rupasinghe
14. S. Dhuwarshan
15. Sachin De Silva
16. Kushal Johnpillai
17. Thejas Rathiskanth
18. Kian Johnpillai

Female

1. Kaya Daluwatte(F)
2. Thuhashini Selvaratnam (F)
3. Grace Yatawara(F)