The Little Master Tour held a WAGR Matchplay tournament at Jaypee Greens Golf Course in Greater Noida from the 18th to the 21st of July. This was a mixed event where girls and boys competed together. The event attracted 6 World-ranked players and many junior golfers who were eager to be world-ranked, and they were keen to compete with the prominent players of Indian Golf. A special highlight of this event was the matchplay knockout stages, where juniors caddied for the senior boys. Neil Jolly, Anshh Dubey, Ayan Dubey, Kushagra Panwar & Bhavesh Nirwan caddied for the senior players in the quarters, semis, and finals.

Before the Matchplay rounds, we had a 36-hole strokeplay qualifier from which 8 players had to qualify for the Matchplay stage. The top 8 scores that advanced to the matchplay stage were:

Parteet S. Sekhon 68-67=135
Arjun S. Bhatia 69-67=136
Shat Mishra 71-70=141
Jai Bahl 73-70=143
Vedant Sirohi 73-70=143
Anshul Bhati 78-73=151
Bhavesh Nirwan 75-76=151
Aradheea Gawade 77-75=152
Neil Jolly 75-78=153 and Anshh Dubey 75-81=154 narrowly missed out on making it through to the matchplay.

It was heartening to see the young guns Anshul and Bhavesh make it through to the Matchplay, while Neil and Anshh marginally missed out. The two-day qualifier was played in hot and humid conditions, but the game was even hotter with an Albatross by Tanishka, eagles by Arjun Bhatia and Parteet Sekhon, and many birdies.