Team South Asia wins MercedesTrophy World Final 2017

The best players among more than 60,000 golfers from 60 nations competed in the MercedesTrophy World Final for the coveted Nations Cup trophy. In all, 32 national teams from five continents took part in the competition in Stuttgart, Germany. An exclusive five-day programme centring on golf and the Mercedes-Benz brand awaited the 96 participants.

After three rounds, Team South Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) emerged victorious at this year's tournament, with Team Latin America (Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador) finishing as runners-up and Team North Asia (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam) taking bronze.

The Team Spirit Award went to the formation from Mexico, as a mark of recognition by all the participating teams for a particularly fair and friendly manner.

In all, 134 birdies were played on the demanding course designed by brand ambassador Bernhard Langer at Schloss Nippenburg Golf Club and at the Solitude Golf Club in Stuttgart.

Two-times major winner Bernhard Langer challenged the players to personal duels - both at individual level in a nearest-to-the-pin contest and at group level in a competition based on gross rankings.

"It is the striving for top performance and the absolute will to win that cement the bond between me and Mercedes-Benz. For me, the MercedesTrophy World Final is a unique event offering an opportunity to meet golf and car enthusiasts from all over the world. I'm always delighted to be invited and to be part of the proceedings," Bernhard Langer reveals.