By Rahul Banerji
Bangalore’s Adit Veeramchaneni landed three eagles in a winning effort of seven-under 65 in the third leg of the US Kids Golf India at the Golden Greens GC on Thursday.
Adit, winner of the first two legs of the India series, thus completed a treble in the U-9 category.
He was one of five players in the boys’ section to complete a title hat trick. Two other players in the girls section also completed the feat.
Among the outstanding performances in the third leg was Nihaal Cheema in the boys Under-6 who carded six birdies in his nine-hole competition for a 6-under 30 score.
Divjot Singh in the boys U-7 Category gave the US Kids Golf India Series a milestone moment by holing his second shot at the 275-yard Par-5 fifth hole for the Tour’s first-ever albatross in India.
Divjot’s second shot from just over 100 yards disappeared into the hole sparking off a big celebration.
Divjot also avenged the defeat he had suffered earlier at the hands of Kabir Goyal, who finished second this time.
Good cards
The scores were indicative of the talent on view, as six winners and one second-placed player shot sub-par scores and another two winners had level par rounds.
Players with sub-par scores will have a chance to qualify for the US Kids Golf’s World Championships in the US and the European events.
The six winners shooting under par at the Golden Greens included Nihaal Cheema, Divjot Gupta, Adit Veeramachaneni and Armin Paul Singh (Boys U-12), Amaira Gulati (Girls U-8) and Shambhavi Chaturvedi (Girls 11-12).
Arnav Kumar (Boys U-9), runner-up also shot 1-under.
The players completing a treble were Nihaal Cheema, Jot Sarup Singh (Boys U-8), Adit Veeramachaneni, Chaitanya Pandey (Boys U-11), and Manyaveer Bhadoo (Boys 15-18).
Among the girls, Lucknow’s Amaira Gulati (U-8) and Gurgaon’s Mahreen Bhatia (Girls 13-14) made it three in a row.
Rajesh Srivastava, President of the US Kids Golf India, said, “It was a sensational day.
“Adit from Bangalore and Nihaal Cheema carded brilliant scores of 7-under and 6-under.
A first-ever
“There was also the first-ever albatross in US Kids Golf India when Divjot Singh holed his second shot on the Par-5 in the U-7 category.
“The birdies and eagles also signalled the rising standards as the youngsters aim for berths at the World and European Championships, ahead of the Indian Championship later this month.”
Tournament director Amit Dube, added. “The standard shows that these youngsters are ready for big events and American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events.
“We look forward a high level of play and more youngsters coming out in future.”
Fifty players teed up across the various age categories ahead of the Indian Championship, a three-day international event to be held from November 23 to 25 at the Classic Golf and Country Club, which will have World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) points.
Results
Category (Holes/ yardage)/ Winner (State)/ Score
Boys 6 Under (9/1345 yds): Nihaal Cheema (Chandigarh) 30 (-6)
Boys 7 (9/ 1595 yds): Divjot Gupta (Jalandhar) 34 (-2)
Boys 8 (18/ 1875 yds): Jot Sarup Gupta (Jalandhar) 38 (+2)
Boys 9 (18/ 3812 yds): Adit Veeramachaneni (Bangalore) 65 (-7)
Boys 10 (18/ 4287 yds): Rajveer Suri (Noida) 76 (+4)
Boys 11 (18/ 4915 yds): Chaitanya Pandey 72 (Ev)
Boys 12 (18/ 5645 yds): Armin Paul Singh (New Delhi) 70 (-2)
Boys 13-14 (18/ 6175 yds): Bhawesh Nirman (Noida) 72 (Ev)
Boys 15-18 (18/ 6896 yds): Manyaveer Bhadoo (Chandigarh) 82 (+10)
Girls 8 Under (9 holes/ 1385 yds): Amaira Gulati (Lucknow) 35 (-1)
Girls 9-10 (18 / 3812 yds): Naina Kapoor (Gurgaon) 82 (+10)
Girls 11-12 (18/ 4287 yds): Shambhavi Chaturvedi (Noida) 71 (-1)
Girls 13-14 (18/ 4915 yds): Mahreen Bhatia (Gurgaon) 75 (+3)
Girls 15-18 (18/ 5650 yds): Kirat Khanna (Delhi) 86 (+14)
Also read: Eight young stars set out to achieve treble at US Kids Golf India
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