Low under-par scores and a lot of repeat winners with consistent performances were the highlight of the second leg of the US Kids Golf North at the Classic Golf and Country Club.
The standout performances of the double leg of the US Kids Golf this week came from two young girls Guntas Kaur Sandhu in Girls 11-12 and Amaira G Gulati in Girls 8 category. Overall, there were seven repeat winners with three in the Boys section and four among girls, indicating some solid golf. Punjab and Chandigarh golfers were once again at the forefront with four titles, the same as Delhi.
The repeat winners in the boys were in the three youngest categories. Ranveer Baloria (Boys 6), Zorawar Singh Chahal (Boys 7) and Divjot Kumar Gupta (Boys 8) maintained their winning run, while among the girls, Amaira Gulati (Girls 8), Aanya Dandriyal, this time sharing the Girls 9-10 honours with Aaradhaya Rawat, Guntas Kaur Sandhu in Girls 11-12 and Ayesha Gupta in Girls 13-14 made it back-to-back wins.
Amaira Gulati, the tiny tot, who has been having a great run over the last couple of years, came all the way from Guwahati and despite little time to practice at the Classic, she won twice in succession with excellent scores of 3-under 33 and 2-under 34 in her nine-hole competitions in Girls 8 category.
Chandigarh’s Guntas Kaur Sandhu (Girls 11-12), who won the first leg with 3-under 69, had the best under par score in the second leg at 4-under 68.
Guntas had a sedate first nine, which was on the front side of the course. Starting on the 10th, she birdied 13th and pared others as she turned in 1-under. On her second nine, she birdied the first but bogeyed the fifth and then birdied three times in last four holes for a convincing second win.
Among the impressive winners in the Boys sections was Danish Verma of Ludhiana. After finishing second to Chaitanya Pandey, he turned the tables in the second leg. Danish shot 3-under 69 and Chaitanya fought well with a 70. The duo holed a lot of birdies with Danish getting five birdies against two bogeys. Chaitanya had seven birdies, as against five a day earlier. He also dropped three bogeys and a double bogey.
Prince Bainsla, runner-up in the first leg, won the second with a 69 that began slowly with just one bogey in the first 10 holes. He birdied 11th to get to even par and had a run of four birdies from 14th to 17th. Despite a bogey on the 18th, he won by one over Ayan Dubey (70), who finished birdie-birdie. Ayan’s brother Anshh, who won the first Leg, had an off day and was ninth.
Adit Veeramachaneni, one of the stars of the 2022 season, returned to winning ways with a superb second nine that had four birdies in his 72. He beat first leg winner, Sohraab Singh Talwar (73) by one shot.
Divjot (Boys 8) kept his errors to just two bogeys, though he had no birdies, to win his second title. Runner-up Avviraaj Kalia had a roller-coaster with three birdies and six bogeys in his nine holes, which meant he had no pars.
Rajesh Srivastava, President of US Kids Golf India and Asia, said, “We are thrilled pleased with the quality of the golf with low scores and intense competition we have seen in the first two legs. We are looking forward to more as the remaining four legs in North and six each in South and West get underway soon.”
Results of the second Leg of the US Kids Golf North
Boys:
Boys 6 (9 holes): 1. Ranveer Baloria (Del) 49; 2. Siddhik Chaturvedi (Noida) 60
Boys 7 (9 holes): 1. Zorawar Singh Chahal (Mohali) 42; T2. Kabir Kanwar (Noida) 43; T2. Samar Singh (Gur) 43
Boys 8 (9 holes): 1. Divjot Kumar Gupta (Jal) 38; 2. Avviraaj Kalia (Faridabad) 39; 3. Upraj SIngh Mehdiratta (Mohali) 41
Boys 10: 1. Adit Veeramachaneni (Bang) 72; 2. Sohraab Singh Talwar (Mohali, Pb) 73; 3. Arnav Kumar (Jalandhar) 76
Boys 11: 1. Aditya Mishra (Del) 73; 2. Raajveer Suri (Noida) 76; 3. Vidit Aggarwal (Del) 77.
Boys 12: 1. Danish Verma (Ludhiana) 69; 2. Chaitanya Pandey (Del) 70 (-2); 2. Devvrat Singh Rajawat (Jaipur) 76
Boys 13-14: 1. Prince Bainsla (Palwal) 69; 2. Ayan Dubey (Gautam Budha Nagar) 70); 3. Sohang Har Kantor (Noida) 73
Boys 15-18: 1. Vihaan Malhotra (Del) 75; 2. Anshul Bhati (Greater Noida) 75; 2.; 3. Aftab Singh Bakshi (Del) 75
Girls
Girls 8: Amaira Gulati (Lucknow) 34 (-3); 2. Gairat Kaur Kahlon (Mohali) 35; 3. Abbakka Rawat Chettri (Gr Noida) 49.
Girls 9-10: T1. Aanya Dandriyal (Gr. Noida) 81; T1 Aaradhaya Rawat 81
Girls 11-12: 1. Guntas Kaur Sandhu (Chd) 68; T2. Shambhavi Chaturvedi (Noida) 72; T2. Rabab Kahlon (Mohali) 72
Girls 13-14: 1. Ayesha Gupta (Del) 74; T2. Myra Kumar (Delhi) 79; T2. Parnika Sharma (Noida) 79
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