Delhi golfers hold spotlight

CHANDIGARH, Oct 16: As expected Ashok Kumar of Delhi won the boys under-18 title in the IGU-categorised St Xavier's Northern India Junior...

CHANDIGARH, Oct 16: As expected Ashok Kumar of Delhi won the boys under-18 title in the IGU-categorised St Xavier8217;s Northern India Junior and Sub-Junior Golf Tournament conducted by Chandigarh Golf Club at its sprawling course here on a rainy today. With today8217;s score of three over par 75, Ashok aggregated 303 -15.

However, Sandy Lehl returned the best card of the day as well as tournament, one under par 71. With his brilliant performance on the final day, Lehl finished runner-up on stroke behind the champion. Shiv Kapoor 307 finished third.

Local golfer Irina Brar stole the show in the girls categories as she won titles in the under-18 as well as under-15 sections.

Despite a frustrating 89, Irina won the under-18 crown with a nett score of 255. Jasmeet Sawhney was runner-up with 259 and Guneet Raikhy was third with 259.

In the girls under-15 section, Irina defeated Sharan 375 and Japneet Gharaya 416.

Chirag Kumar boys u-15, Richard Hilton boys u-11 and Aditya Singh boys u-13 emerged winners in their respective categories.

Flying Sikh Milkha Singh distributed prizes to the winners in the boys categories while Malwinder Singh, chairman Chandigarh Golf Club gave away the prizes in the girls section.

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Positions
Boys u-11: Richard Hilton 99. 88, 98 = 288, Montek Mayal 94, 98, 98 = 290, Ajeetesh Sandhu 98, 103, 100 = 301, Rohan Malhotra 101, 97, 103 = 3010, Angad S Matharoo 114, 115, 114 = 343, Arun Malhotra 142, 145, 159 = 446.
Boys u-13: Aditya Singh 86, 89, 83, 91 = 349, Jaskirat S Dullet 87, 93, 82, 91 = 353, Vikram Nandrajog 84, 94, 83, 92 = 353, Roger Hilton 88, 86, 86, 98 = 358, Balpreet S Ghuman 363, Amit Kumar 370, Dheeraj Sareen 381, Salil Dhupar 400, Karan Vasudeva 402, Gaganjit Bhullar 410.
Boys u-15: Chirag Kumar 88, 86, 80, 83 337, SS Dhillon 86, 83, 86, 90 = 345, Mohd Wazir 88, 87, 84, 89 = 348, Sarvar Hussain 89, 89, 94, 81 = 353, M P Pathania 88, 93, 86, 86 = 353, Jamshed Singh 86, 91, 85, 91 = 353, Manav Jaini 358, Vidur Mathur 358, Karan Talwar 360, Lakhan Singh 370.
Boys u-18: Ashok Kumar 80, 75, 73, 75 = 303, Sandy Lehal 82, 77, 77, 71 = 307, Shiv Kapoor 80, 79, 74, 75 = 308, Sandeep Syal 83, 73, 82, 76 = 314, Saahir Singh 78, 80, 81, 78 = 317, Raghav Jaggi 76, 81, 79, 81 = 317, Gurbaaz Mann 321, Suleman Ali 321, Amit Khaitan 321, Tarun Gupta 321.
Girls u-15: Irina Brar 84, 82, 89 = 288, Sharan 119, 134, 122 = 375, Japneet Gharaya 129, 146, 141 = 416, Jaskeerat Kaur 130, 129, 164 = 423.
Girls u-18: Irina Brar 84, 82, 89 = 255, Jasmeet Sawhney 86, 86, 87 = 259, Guneet Raikhy 88, 83, 88 = 259, Sharan 375, Japneet Gharaya 416, Jaskeerat Kaur 423.