The 7th leg for the Amateur category and the 6th leg for the Junior category of the IGU Eastern India Feeder tour, “The Jharkhand Amateur and Junior Open” was held on the 5th and 6th of June at the Golmuri Club in Jamshedpur. There were a total of 31 participants across all categories and showed excellent grit and determination to battle it out in extreme conditions. The hot and humid weather had taken a toll upon all golfers. The vision of IGU is to promote golf across the county. For the amateur category, the top 6 will qualify for the main tour. The Chief Guest for the prize distribution was Mr. DB Sundara Raman, Vice-President of Tata Steel & Golf Captain, of Jamshedpur Golf. Other dignitaries present at the prize distribution were RN Murthy, Managing Director of Tinplate Co of India Ltd, and Jeetu Garg. 

In the amateur category, we experienced an extremely rare sight with a 3-way tie between Jashan Shah, Abhishek Mitra, and Biswakrit Ghosh, all playing 13 over par. In the playoff, Jashan Shah emerged victorious in the amateur category followed by Abhishek Mitra as the runner-up.  In the Mid-Amateur category, Abhishek Mitra secured 1st place with a score of 157 and Sumit Kakkar secured 2nd place with 22 over par. In the Senior category, we witnessed a close competition between Dhananjoy Bose and BV Srihari Rao with scores of 174 and 175 respectively, the former winning in the category. A V S N Raju secured 1st position in the Super Senior category playing 45 over par. C M Dubey won in the Nett category playing 11 over par.

Jashan Shah, Winner (Amateur Category)

Moving on to the junior winners of the tournament, In the A & B Boys category after two days of play, Dishan Ghosh and Biswakrit Ghosh were tied at 15 over par. In the playoff, Dishan Ghosh emerged as the winner followed by Biswakrit as the runner-up. Andrew Baid secured 1st place in the B Boys category playing 36 over par and Aarav Wadera was the runner-up with 39 over par. Ahaan Sureka secured 1st position in C Boys with a score of 196. In the D Boys category, Taksh Pandey, Aryaman Rungta, and Aagam Doshi secured 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place respectively with scores of 218,244,246 respectively. Jayansh Lakhotia emerged victorious in the E Boys category with a score of 105. The A & B Girls witnessed Ananya Roy in 1st place with a score of 159 and Shristi Rani in 2nd place with a score of 185. D. Tanvi won in the D Girls category playing 80 over par followed by Hissi Besra in 2nd place with a score of 240. Novika Kakkar emerged victorious in the E Girls category playing 27 over par ((9 holes). In the F Boys and Girls category Viraaj Veer secured 1st place with a score of 158. Last, but not least, Rajdeep Paul triumphed in the Special category with a score of 108. 

Dishan Ghosh, Winner (A & B Boys Category)

The IGU East Zone Junior & Amateur Feeder Tour continues to foster and showcase the promising future stars of Indian golf. The tour’s education partner is The Champ for Life Academy. The outdoor media partner is Balaji Ads, and the online proshop partner is Golfedge. Bisleri has come in as the water partner for this season. Keventer, Eastern India’s largest FMCG company, is the tour sponsor and provided players with juices and milkshakes. Additionally, Reliable Group is a sponsor. The tour is managed by Protouch Sports.