The feature match-play tournament for members of the Royal Colombo Golf Club conducted was first played in 1979 as part of the Centenary celebrations of the RCGC and is dedicated to the undisputed champion of match-play, the late Pin Fernando.
Pin Fernando won the RCGC Club Championship on nineteen (19) occasions a record which is still to be overturned. He also won the Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship and the All-India Amateur on two occasions.
The Pin Fernando Trophy attracts over 100 entries annually and the qualifying round will be played on Saturday, 21 st October 2023. The top 16 best net scores will qualify for the Match-play segment from Monday 23 rd October and the finals will be played on Thursday, 26 th October 2023 at the RCGC.
The Pam Fernando Trophy tournament was introduced in 2014 and played on similar lines with the top 8 qualifiers playing match-play knock-out basis from the quarter-final stage.
The 2022 tournament maintained the high-level of interest and match-play excitement as usual and Vinuda Weerasinghe won the Pin Fernando Trophy whilst Y.J. Choi clinched the Pam Fernando Trophy.
The Pin Fernando Trophy recognized as a Board event has been sponsored continuously by United Tractor & Equipment (Pvt) Ltd – UTE CAT and in 2023 its subsidiary UTECH Technologies (Pvt) Limited will also be featured.