Ranveer leads way for India at Hong Kong APGC junior event

India’s Ranveer Mitroo in action on the opening day of the APGC Junior Championship in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Image courtesy IGU. 

By Rahul Banerji

Ranveer Mitroo fired a 2 under par 69 to share fourth place after the opening round of the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation Junior Championship boys event in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

The Delhi teenager fired four birdies in all against two dropped shots at the Hong Kong Golf Club, picking up two birdies each on either side of the course, closing with back to back gains.

With teammate Krish Chawla adding a 1 over 72, India were in sole fourth place in the boys team event on a combined 1 under 141 behind a three-way tie for the lead between Australia, Korea and Thailand on 3 under 139.

Ranveer, 16, began his round with birdies on the second and fifth holes before conceding a bogey on the ninth hole. He would drop one more shot on hole 16 but the junior India no. 1 for 2024 quickly Mae amends with birdies on holes 17 and 18.

Ranveer said later, “The round was pretty okay. I made some good recoveries but also some silly errors. My approach for tomorrow is to rest well and analyse my statistics of today, to avoid making today’s mistakes.

“I think an overall improvement about decision-making and execution is something I would want to work on.”

Hectic round

Chawla, the current junior India no. 1, was tied for 16th after a topsy-turvy round that included an eagle and three birdies against three bogeys and a triple. 

Vietnam’s Tuan Anh Nguyen returned a 6 under 65 to lead the championship, a stroke ahead of New Zealand’s Cooper Moore. 

In the girls’ section, Delhi’s Kashika Mishra posted a 1 over 73 to be placed tied 10th while Saanvi Somu was in tied 17th place.

Kashika, the current India No. 1 in both the junior and amateur categories, sank two birdies against a bogey on the front nine and followed it up with three bogeys and a birdie on the back nine for her opening 73.

In the team event, Kashika and Saanvi were seventh on 4 over 148, 11 strokes behind the Thailand duo of Kritchanya Kaopattanaskul and Prim Prachnakorn and South Korea’s Seojin Park and Yunseo Yang. 

In the mixed team event, Ranveer and Kashika were in joint seventh place on level-par 142.

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