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MILIND A CLASS ABOVE
The Young Master Golf Tour held its first
ever WAGR tournament in Hyderabad at the picturesque Boulder Hills Golf & Country Club from 10th to 12th March ‘ 21 .
The event hosted by Brandon de Souza Management was a great success . The course which was in immaculate condition was set up with a mixture of difficult and easy holes , to make the game interesting .
Day1 : Belonged to Milind Soni who shot an amazing 7 under par round of 65 and sounded an alert to the field that he is not going to let anyone catch him over the next 3 days , Suraj Joshi struggled a bit but managed to shoot a 76 to stay one shot ahead of Shreyas Kumaresh 77 and Dhruv Bopana 78 . The Girls event looked as if Drishti who shot a one over 73 , was going to be tough to beat . Other notable scores in the Girls category were Srihitha 78 and Amritha 79 , she was followed by Jasmine Sachdev & Vidushi Keni with 77 .
Day 2 : Milind weathered the tough conditions and managed to shoot a one under 71 for a total of 8 under par 136 , Tej Gagavarapu shot a creditable one over 72 to move up to second place 152 , three shots ahead of Suraj Joshi 155 . In the Girls category , Drishti increased her lead with a par round of 72 for a two day total of
145 , followed by Srihitha who shot a one over 73 for a two day total of 151 , with Jasmine another 4 shots behind at 155 . Saatvic K . Singh with an 80 was one shot ahead of Zayaan who shot an 81 , and trailing Zayaan was Aran Atamakuri . Vedansh in the 10-11 category shot an 89 to lead Samarth Lamba 94 and Raghav Modukuri 98 . In the girls 7-9 category Aarya shot an amazing 89 to lead Sanjana by a huge margin .
Day 3 : Milind showed that he is ready for the pro tour by shooting a Course record of 10 under par 62 for a 54 hole total of 18 under par 198 . Tej who shot a 76 on the last day was a distant 2nd with a 54 hole total of 12 over 228 , which increased Milind overall 3 day lead to 30 strokes . Suraj , Vishesh and Shreyas shot rounds
of 79 , 77 , 74 respectively for a 54 hole total of 234 . In the Girls category Drishti Karumbaya played a creditable 75 for a 3 day total of 4 over par total of 220 followed by Srihitha who shot a 80 for a 3 day total of 15 over par 231 with Jasmine coming third after shooting a 79 for a 3 day total of 18 over par 234 .
The boys 7-9 category was won by Saatvic who shot a 83 for a 2 day total of 163 . The boys 11-12 category was won by Vedansh who shot a 80 for a two day total of 169 .
The girls 7-9 category was easily won by Aarya who shot an amazing 83 for a two day total of 172 .
SHUBHAM PROVES HE IS THE BEST
The first of the Delhi NCR WAGR Series tournament - The Young
Master Links Classic was held at the Golden Greens Golf Club from 3rd to 5th February 2021 . All the rules and regulations for the safety of players and parents were followed .
Day 1 witnessed some great golf despite the windy conditions and some tricky greens . The event saw some under par scores by Shubham ( 70 ), Jai Bahl ( 71 ) other notable scores were by Rohit Boken ( 74 ) with 5 birdies , Rachit Poddar ( 75 ), Rajyeveer Sultania ( 76 ), Aryan Kaila ( 77 ), Kretien Gandotra ( 77 ) and the best scores amongst the girls were Ragini Navet ( 79 ), Ishita ( 81 ) and Gia Lamba ( 81 ).
Day 2 with the breeze picking up and the conditions cooler than the first day still produced some exceptional scores with Shubham again leading the way with a 69 (-3) bringing his 2 day total to 5 under par . Aryan also weathers the conditions to shoot a 1 under par 71 . Other notable scores were Jai Bahl ( 74 ), Rohit Boken ( 75 ), Zoravar Singh Randhawa ( 79 ), and in the girls category Riya improved by 6 strokes from day 1 to shoot a 78 with Gia Lamba and Ragini Navet ( 80 ) and Tanisha ( 83 ).
Day 3 was set for a duel in the sun with the top 3 boys and top 3 girls playing in the last two groups of the day . The course was playing at its longest with all the tee markers at the back and the pin positions set in
tough plaves . The featured groups were Shubham ( 139 ), Jai Bahl ( 145 ), Aryan Kaila ( 148 ) and Gia Lamba ( 161 ), Riya Yadav ( 163 ), Tanisha Kalyan ( 165 ).
The front nine saw the challengers putting up a great fight but come the back nine the leaders showed us their mettle . Aryan ( 71 ) and Rohit ( 72 ) tried to catch Shubham but due to the first two rounds Shubham had a comfortable lead . Gia had a few shaky holes but she steadied herself in the middle and pars made her job easier , while Ragini missed a few small putts and could not apply pressure . Notable scores on day 3 were Aryan Kaila ( 71 ), Rohit Boken ( 72 ), Shubham Jaglan ( 73 ), Gia Lamba ( 77 ), Riya Yadav ( 78 ) and Tanisha Kalyan ( 79 ). The 10-11 juniors had their final round with Prince playing an exception level par round ( 72 ) and run away with the trophy with Naina coming in a very creditable second place .
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