Mohan
Sardar becomes overall leader at USHA IGU Delhi Juniors, Day 2
11th
April, New Delhi: Kolkata’s Mohan Sardar of Category B
fought hard with the tough wind conditions to take the overall lead with the
score of level par – 144 on the second day of USHA IGU Delhi Juniors Golf
Championship at Army Golf Course (AEPTA) in Delhi. Jaipur’s Prakhar Asawa
carded one-over for the total of one-over 145 to finish second in the field of
96 players of both A & B category. Another center of attraction was Karan
Arjun of Category A, who aced hole-in-one on par-3 4th hole.
Sardar started the day with a birdie on 1st, 12 and 14th while he shot five bogeys on 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th and 18th for 2-over. Sardar said, “I could come up with another under-par round but couldn’t focus as I slipped my right leg just before the tee off and kept on struggling with the pain throughout. I am going to do few exercises to get back in perfect shape to better my level par score of today.”
In category A – Delhi’s Manu Gandas scored level-par round for the total of 2-over 146 to finish on top while overnight leader Abhishek Kuhar slipped to the second place after shooting one-over for the total of three-over 147. Shivalik’s Dhruv Sheoran shared the fifth place with Delhi’s Tapendra Ghai at six-over 150 while Dilroop Singh matched the scores with Noida’s duo Manpreet Mann and Shubhankar Sharma at seven-over 151 who finished 4th, 5th and 6th respectively.
In category B – Kolkata’s Viraj Madappa played decent golf today as he shot one-over for the total of three-over 147 for the third position while another Kolkata’s lad Tutul Ali shared the fourth place with Chandigarh’s Feroz Singh Garewal at eight-over 152. One shot behind was Chandigarh’s Harsh Gangwar with the score of nine-over 153 as sixth.
The cut was applied at 17-over in Category A and 29-over in Category B. Total 60 players will play in the next two rounds out of which 30 will play from bothcategories.
Sardar started the day with a birdie on 1st, 12 and 14th while he shot five bogeys on 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th and 18th for 2-over. Sardar said, “I could come up with another under-par round but couldn’t focus as I slipped my right leg just before the tee off and kept on struggling with the pain throughout. I am going to do few exercises to get back in perfect shape to better my level par score of today.”
In category A – Delhi’s Manu Gandas scored level-par round for the total of 2-over 146 to finish on top while overnight leader Abhishek Kuhar slipped to the second place after shooting one-over for the total of three-over 147. Shivalik’s Dhruv Sheoran shared the fifth place with Delhi’s Tapendra Ghai at six-over 150 while Dilroop Singh matched the scores with Noida’s duo Manpreet Mann and Shubhankar Sharma at seven-over 151 who finished 4th, 5th and 6th respectively.
In category B – Kolkata’s Viraj Madappa played decent golf today as he shot one-over for the total of three-over 147 for the third position while another Kolkata’s lad Tutul Ali shared the fourth place with Chandigarh’s Feroz Singh Garewal at eight-over 152. One shot behind was Chandigarh’s Harsh Gangwar with the score of nine-over 153 as sixth.
The cut was applied at 17-over in Category A and 29-over in Category B. Total 60 players will play in the next two rounds out of which 30 will play from bothcategories.
About USHA’s association with
Golf
Usha
has been sponsoring ladies golf since 1987 with the sponsorship of the Ladies
Northern India Open Amateur Golf Championship. The Junior Training Programme
and Junior Tournaments at the Delhi Golf Club are being sponsored by Usha
since 2006.
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