By Rahul Banerji
A sizeable field will tee it up at the second Indian Championships, a three-day event offering spots at the US Kids Golf European and World Championships next year.
Part of the US Kids Golf India series, the event, which awards World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) points will be held at the Classic Golf and Country Club from November 23 to 25 in 13 different age groups.
Entries for the event have come from seven countries besides India and are in excess of a hundred young golfers.
The youngsters will play off age-specific tees at the Classic Golf and Country Club.
The Indian hopefuls include those who have won on the domestic tour and are looking to gather WAGR points at the Indian Championship.
Performances on the domestic tour, the Indian Championship and the WAGR points collected will determine qualification for the European and World Championship events to be held in 2023.
Multiple winners
Players who have won each of the four domestic events held so far are Nihal Cheema (boys 6 years), Jot Sarup Gupta (boys 8), Adit Veeramachaneni (boys 9), Chaitanya Pandey (boys 11), Manyaveer. Bhadoo (boys 15-18) and Mehreen Bhatia (girls 13-14).
Some entrants this week, who did well at last year’s world event are Kabir Goyal (fourth in Under-7), Chaitanya Pandey (25th in U-10), and Arshvant Srivastava (tied 10th in U-12).
They are all now in a higher age category.
Others to look out for are Amaira Gulati (girls 8), Naina Kapoor (girls 9-10), and Shambhavi Chaturvedi (girls 11-12).
In the boys’ groups, they include Divjot Gupta (7 yrs), Kabir Goyal (8 yrs), Aditya Misra, Rajveer Suri and Dhruv Singh (all in 10 yrs), Prince Bainsla and Armin Paul Singh (12 yrs), Udai Aditya Middha, Bhavesh Nirwan, Ranveer Dhupia, Anshul Bhati and Arshvant Srivastava (all in the 13-14 group).
Rajesh Srivastava, president of US Kids Golf India, said, “The staging of the second Indian Championship under the US Kids Golf India banner is a landmark.
“With more than 100 players from eight countries including India, we expect the three-day contest for honours and WAGR points to be intense.
Bright future
“With golf also finding a place in the Commonwealth Games, besides the Olympics and Asian Games, the future is bright for these youngsters.”
He added, “We will soon announce major incentives for young golfers in India and that will take junior golf and US Kids Golf India to new heights.”
Rajat Sethi, general manager of the Classic Golf and Country Club, added, “We are proud to help these youngsters fulfill their potential.
“We welcome these junior stars to our course and wish them all the best. There are participants from other countries, and I would like them to carry back great memories of India and the Classic GCC.”
The Indian Championship is one of four left on the schedule with the others being in Australia, Brazil, and Mexico City.
So far, 13 other International Championships have been held in 2022.
Dan Van Horn, US Kids Golf founder and president, who now has 1,600 tournaments around the world offering places at the US Kids European in Scotland and World Championship at Pinehurst, will be present on the final day.
The first tee-off at the Classic Golf and Country Club will be at 8 am.
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