The Protouch Golf Academy hosted Chipping competition, which is the 1082 Skills Competition, on Sunday, June 29. Many junior golfers took part in the day’s competition to display their chipping skills.

Though the Bunker Shot Competition was supposed to be organized today, on June 29, it was cancelled and replaced by Chipping due to inclement weather.

Participants competed across three categories—Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced—with the challenge focused on chipping in a total of six balls over two rounds into a basket.

Kiaan Chakraborty: Winner, Beginners’ category.

Playing two rounds, Kiaan Chakraborty won the Beginners’ category.

Bishanko Das and Vivan Jalan: Joint Runner Up, Beginners’ category.

Three rounds of exciting play-offs followed to decide the runner up, after which novice Bishanko Das and Vivan Jalan finished tied second in the Beginners’ category.

Ujaan Chakraborty and Aativeer Jain: Joint Winners, Intermediate category. 

The competition that unfolded among the participants of the Intermediate category was exciting. Four rounds of play-offs were incapable to decide one winner. Ultimately, Aativeer Jain and Ujaan Chakraborty jointly won the Intermediate category.

Ainesh Roy Chowdhury and Khushi Baid: Runner Up and Second Runner Up, Intermediate category,

Five consecutive rounds of play-off followed but again, the runner up in the Intermediate category could not be decided, and finally, Ainesh Roy Chowdhury finished second in the Intermediate category followed by Khushi Baid, who finished third.

Anika Shah: Winner, Advanced Category.

Meanwhile, Anika Shah won the Advanced category after playing two rounds.

Ujaan Chakraborty, joint winner in the Intermediate category, said, “I did not expect today’s competition to be this hard. It was challenging and I found it very difficult. I am sure my peers felt the same way while competing today. I never thought I would win today. I think it was just a lucky day for me today”.

Sharing the same feeling as Ujaan, Vivan, joint runner up in the Beginners’ category, said, “I did not do well today. The chipping in the basket challenge was so, so difficult. In my mind, I knew it would be difficult, when I missed the first shot itself. But everyone played so well, that the pressure kept building up”.

Mr. Roy Chowdhury, the parent of a participant said, “I am a regular watcher of these competitions. Today’s round was by far the most difficult one that I have ever seen during the Skills. I thank the Academy for bringing in such challenging ideas. These not only prepare the children for tougher situations in the tournament, but also build their will power and mental strength in the game and even in life”.

The day ended with all the junior golfers going home with their medals, eagerly waiting for Skills Competition that is going to take place in the month of July.