The three Indian winners at the 2024 US Kids Golf European Championships in Scotland (from left) Manyaveer Bhadoo (Boys 15-18), Nihal Cheema (Boys 7), and Ananyaa Sood (Girls 13). Image courtesy US Kids Golf India.
By Rahul Banerji
Ananyaa Sood, Nihal Cheema and Manyaveer Bhadoo came away with title wins at the US Kids Golf European Championships played over four courses in Scotland during the week.
In all, the Indian contingent at the event added five other top 5 finishes besides the three winners, Ananyaa in the Girls 13 section, Nihal in the Boys 7 and Manyaveer in the Boys 15-18, a statement from US Kids Golf India said.
Besides them, Ojaswini Saraswat was runner-up in the Girls 11, Guntas Kaur Sandhu third in the Girls 13, Naina Kapur and Kriti Parekh fourth in the Girls 12 and Girls 14 respectively, and Sohraab Singh Talwar fifth in the Boys 10.
It was a strong performance once again from the Indian group and one of the best ever at the event, with as many as 22 having qualified either through the US Kids Golf India Tours in Gurgaon and Bangalore, or the 2023 Indian Championships.
More than 600 golfers from about 25 countries participated in 17 age groups, nine in the boys section and eight in the girls at four well-known golf courses in Scotland.
India’s top-10 finishers at the event included Ojaswini Saraswat (second in Girls 11); Guntas Kaur Sandhu (third in Girls 13); Kriti Parekh (fourth in Girls 14); Naina Kapoor (fourth in Girls 12); Adit Veeramachaneni (eighth in Boys 10); Ishnidh Virdi (eighth in Boys 14); Ahana Shah (sixth in Girls 8) and Sohraab Singh Talwar (fifth in Boys 10). Image courtesy USKGI,
Top Indian results
Boys 7: (Longniddry GC – par 36): 1. Nihal Cheema (35-35-37)
Boys 8: (Longniddry GC – par 36): T38 Samar Singh (43-48-49)
Boys 9: (Musselburgh – par 72): 19. Drona Setlur (79-79-80); T37 Sahib Aujla (90-87-95)
Boys 10: (Craigielaw – par 72): 5. Sohraab Singh Talwar (77-75-75); 8. Adit Veeramachaneni (79-75-76); T29 Bavin Boyapati (88-84-79); T32 Nikash Mansharamani (83-77-95)
Boys 11: (Craigielaw – par 72): T16 Vidit Aggarwal (78-80-81)
Boys 14: (Glen GC – par 72): 8. Ishnidh Virdi (71-74-77); 14. Aditya Joseph Kamath (76-74-78); 29. Vivaan Aggarwal (76-87-79); 30. Jivraj Khurana (88-86-74)
Boys 15-18: (Craigielaw – par 72): 1. Manyaveer Bhadoo (73-77-77)
Girls 8: (Longniddry GC – par 36): 6. Ahana Shah (35-39-38); 24. Naaysha S, Sinha (43-56-44)
Girls 9: (Longniddry GC – par 36): 21. Siri Sudeep (53-47-44)
Girls 11: (Royal Musselburgh – par 72): 2.Ojaswini Saraswat (72-70-68)
Girls 12: (Glen GC – par 72): 4. Naina Kapur (73-73-72)
Girls 13: (Craigielaw – par 72): 1. Ananyaa Sood (73-73-71); 3 Guntas Kaur Sandhu (74-74-81)
Girls 14: (Craigielaw – par 72): 4. Kriti Parekh (80-84-76)
Also read: Thirty-two qualify for US Kids Golf Europe events
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