Gurkirat Singh clinches Royal Juniors Open 2015
Md Rohit dropped a place from his overnight second place to third after a disappointing nine-over 64 for the day and was followed by Gurshaan Singh Grewal a further stroke behind at a gross score of fourteen-over 141.
Gurkirat, who started off from the first tee, began with a birdie but was back to even-par for the day with a bogey on the third. A birdie 4 followed on the fourth but dropped strokes on the sixth and the seventh holes ruffled him a bit as he took the turn at two-over par for the day. The extreme heat was clearly getting better of him as he made bogey on the twelfth hole and a double bogey 6 on the fourteenth hole before play was called off. His effort was however good enough to register a comfortable four stroke victory.
“It was very tough out there with the heat and the high humidity but it was a good test of my stamina.” Remarked Gurkirat. The local lad added, “However, I’m delighted to complete this win to kickstart my season.”
Pinku Das took home the Category C title by a stroke with a gross of 160 pushing overnight leader Kaushal Bagrodia into second place followed by Souvik Nayak , who was placed third a further stroke behind.
Category D was decided by a playoff as Garv Lakhani emerged victorious on the first playoff hole after being tied with Suveer Kapoor at a gross of 166. Gurmehr Bindra completed the podium places six strokes behind.
In the Girls’ event, Aashera Sethi pipped Sushnata Deb by a stroke in the A&B combined category while Chitrangada Singh registered a comprehensive win over Smriti Bhargavby fourteen strokes. Tanisha stayed clear of the chasing pack as she claimed the Category D title.
Top Scores (Final):
Category A&B:
133 Gurkirat Singh (73,60); 137 Rajvir Randhawa (79,58); 140 Md Rohit (76,64); 141 Gurshaan Singh Grewal (78,63); 143 Suryasikhar Bose (78,65)
Category C:
160 Pinku Das (91,69); 161 Kaushal Bagrodia (89,72); 162 Souvik Nayak (91,71)
Category D:
166 Garv Lakhani (92,74); Suveer Kapoor (94,72); 172 Gurmehr Bindra (99,73)
Girls:
Category A&B:
177 Aashera Sethi (98,79); 178 Sushnata Deb (103,75); 182 Yashodhara Bhalotia (105,77)
Category C:
154 Chitrangada Singh (81,73); 168 Smriti Bhargav (95,73); 174 Aahana Kapoor (100,74)
Category D:
186 Tanisha (76,49); 188 Sinjini Mukherjee (110,78); 200 Tarushi Jain (90,59)
Open Category E:
87 Rudraksha Banerjee (45,42); 88 Rishi Biswas (44,44); 96 Devin Singh (49,47)
Pic: First Row - (L-R) - Rudraksha Banerjee, Garv Lakhani, Tanisha Pinku Das
Second Row (L-R) - Tapas Sardar, Gurkirat Singh, Aditya Bajoria (Captain, RCGC), Sushnata Deb, Chitrangada Singh
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