Shaurya Dagar halts Chaitanya’s run at US Kids India Golf North

By Rahu;l Banerji

Bangalore boy Shaurya Dagar ended Chaitanya Pandey’s winning streak in the Boys Under-10 Category of the US Kids Golf India in Gurgaon on Wednesday.

Shaurya, a past winner in the US Kids Under-8 section two years ago, carded 1-over 73, one of the best rounds in the fifth leg of the series, on a cold morning at the Classic Golf and Country Club.

Undeterred by the cold, Shaurya started turned in 2-over with one birdie against two bogeys. On his home nine, Shaurya added two birdies against one dropped shot for his 73.

Arihaan Beri shot 76 and Chaitanya Pandey, winner of the first four legs and looking for five-in-a-row had a roller-coaster of a round.

Starting from the 10^th tee, Pandey birdied three in a row but also had three bogeys to offset his gains.

On the second nine, he birdied twice more but dropped a shot as well. He was 2-over with three holes to play, but hit by fever he bogeyed all three holes to finish on 5-over 77 and in third place.

Bhavesh Nirwan was the only player to shoot a sub-par round with a 1-under 71 as he won the boys U-12 for the fourth time in succession. He has failed to win just once, which was in the first leg.

Twins Anshh and Ayan Dubey were second and third, while an off-colour Arshvant Srivastava, winner of the opening leg of the 2021 US Kids Golf India, was fourth.

Winning his section for the fourth time was Raajveer Singh of Noida in the boys Under 9.

Shambhavi Chaturvedi, who like Chaitanya Pandey, had won four in a row, lost this time to Shiksha Jain. Shambhavi was third as Naina Kapoor was second.

Mahreen Bhatia, who was the only entry in Girls 13-14 won for the fifth time in a row.

The sixth leg follows, also at the Classic Golf and Country Club.

All the winners

Boys 6 and under: Nalinaksh

Boys Under-7: Abeer Agarwal

Boys Under-9: Rajveer Singh

Boys Under-10: Shaurya Dagar

Boys Under-11: Prince Bainsla

Boys Under-12: Bhavesh Nirwan

Boys 13-14: Tejas Mishra

Boys 15-18: Arjun Singh

Girls 8 and under: Ojaswini Saraswat

Girls 9-10: Shiksha Jain

Girls 11-12: Parnika Sharma

Girls 13-14: Mahreen Bhatia

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