By Rahul Banerji
Seven Indians are in the field for the US Kids Golf Malaysian Championship at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club in Shah Alam, Selangor, one of several events on the Asia circuit of the series.
A total of 106 junior golfers from 16 countries, including 37 from Malaysia, will be competing in the three-day tournament that runs from March 5 to 7, US Kids Golf said.
The seven Indians in the fray are Ruslaan Alam Khan and Divjot Gupta in Boys 8 and Under, Jot Sarup Gupta in Boys 10 and under, and Arshvant Srivastava, Ved Sai Machiraju and Sohang Har Kantor in the Boys 13-14.
The lone Indian girl in the fray will be Kriti Parekh of Conoor in the Girls 13-14.
The event with more than a hundred entries across age groups of five to 18 years, will grant World Amateur Golf Ranking points.
The field will also be playing for Priority Status.
Qualifying route
Players can qualify for US Kids Golf major championships via different levels of status at regional, international and the world or world teen championships.
The majors include the US Kids World Teen Championship (13 to 18 years old) in July and US Kids Golf World Championship (5 to 12 years old) in August at Pinehurst in North Carolina.
They can also earn spots into the European Championships.
The Malaysian Championship is the first in the series of events across Asia, which comes under US Kids Asia headquartered in India.
Other national championships on the anvil are in Thailand, Singapore and India, which is confirmed for December this year besides others in the pipeline.
Golfers, who don’t make it to the majors, can get into US Kids International Championships in other countries to earn spots at the next World Championships.
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