Gurugram: Hissi Besra, a young golfer blessed with a smooth swing, and great temperament, created waves with the best card of the day as she produced a round of 5-under 67 to win the US Kids India (North) title in the Girls 11-12 section.

Hissi, who has podium finishes in multiple events including the three-day US Kids India Championships last year, has been in spotlight with good finishes in numerous events.

Hissi had six birdies, with three on either side of the Classic Golf and Country Club. The only blemish on her card was a bogey on the Par-4 sixth hole. She birdied the first, third and the eighth on the front nine and added three more on the 10^th, 12^th and 15^th before closing with three pars.

Hissi, who has been in Top 3 at the CSK South Zone championship in Chenai, Patna Junior Masters, the Kolkata Juniors and the Shubhankar Sharma All India Junior Invitational, has been on the rise in recent months and this is one of her first big wins in a career that shows great promise.

The first leg of the 2026 US Kids Golf India (North) used preferred lies, and the young stars showed great skill and played superbly.

Nihal Cheema, a medallist at the US Kids World Championships this year in Pinehurst, was among the three other winners, who returned under par scores.

Cheema shot 70 with four birdies against two bogeys, while winning the Boys 9 competition ahead of another fine young talent Zowra Veer Sikand (76).

Rayirth Jain (70) of Gurgaon had an action-packed round, which began with two bogeys, and he was 1-over till the 13^th. Then he was in full flow with four birdies against one bogey in last five holes. He had back-to-back birdies on the 14^th and the 15^th before dropping a shot on the 16^th. Rayirth closed birdie-birdie to compile a fine round of 2-under 70.

Drona Singh Dhull, who has won a string of titles on the Indian scene this season, repeated his US Kids win in Boys 11 from last year. This time playing in Boys 12, he shot 1-under 71 despite three bogeys in a row from the 15^th to the 17^th.

Boys and Girls up to the age of eighth played nine-hole rounds, while all others played full 18 holes.

The second leg will be held on Friday, September 11, 2026, at the Classic GCC.

Winners of the US Kids India (North) Leg 1 at the Classic Golf and Country Club, Gurugram:

Boys 6 & Under (9 holes): 1. Arjun Daiya (50); 2. Vihaan Nanda Gajula (56);

Boys 7 (9 holes): 1. Lakshith A (51); 2. Kabir Singh Sachar (60);

Boys 8 (9 holes): 1. Keeon Agarwal (38); 2. Shabd Agarwal (40)

Boys 9 (18 holes): 1. Nihal Cheema (70); 2. Zowra Veer Sikand (76);

Boys 10 (18 holes): 1. Aryaan Mittal (81); 2. Kabir Kanwar (82);

Boys 11 (18 holes): 1. Aryaman Pratap Kala (103);

Boys 12 (18 holes): 1. Drona Singh Dhull (71); 2. Aaryav Yadav (92);

Boys 13-14 (18 holes): 1. Rayirth Jain (70); 2. Raajveer Suri (77);

Boys 15-18 (18 holes) 1. Sidhak Handa (Eng) (85); 2. Suhaan Shah (89)’

Girls

Girls 8 & Under 8 (9 holes): 1. Samyuktha Vignesshh (43); 2. Amaira Kaushal (46);

Girls 9-10 (18 holes): 1. Aahana Shrivastava (78); 2. Suhani Chandra (87);

Girls 11-12 (18 holes): 1. Hissi Besra (67); 2. Tiya Laxmi Gangadhara (74);

Girls 13-14 (18 holes): 1. Prisca Sachdeva (101);

Girls 15-18 (18 holes): 1. Avni Atreya (77); 2. Verushka Shah (81);