By Rahul Banerji
A fresh season of US Kids Golf India (North) gets under way this week with back-to-back events to be held at the Classic Golf and Country Club near Gurgaon.
This follows a successful season for Indian youngsters at the US Kids European and US Kids World Championships that threw up some wins and a good number of top five finishes.
The US Kids Golf is the most popular series of events worldwide and India is taking the lead in establishing an US Kids Asian Tour for juniors, a tour statement said.
The North events will be held on October 4 and 5 in Gurgaon and the scheduled events across India will be followed by the US Kids Golf Indian National Championships.
More than 120 entries have been received for the first two events.
US Kids Golf India and Asia president Rajesh Srivastava, said, “It has been a great season for us. Our kids did very well in the European and World Championships.
Wider reach
“In 2023, we will have six events each in three zones, North, which begins this week, and then in South, where events start from October 21 followed by West. East Zone will be added soon.”
“The US Kids Golf Series has also made successful debuts in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand led by US Kids Golf Asia.
“The number of entries exceeded 100 in many of the events. Local events in each Southeast Asian country will be followed by their respective national championships.
“We will soon have a US Kids Asia Tour and players from all countries can play in them. It will be a US Kids Golf Junior Tour across the region to give the youngsters a feel of a proper Tour like on the Asian or European Tours.
“It will prepare Indian and Asian golfers for the future.”
Events will offer status and priority points to qualify for European and World Championships plus AJGA Stars and Junior Scoreboard points, which help in getting entries into more events in the US and in college golf scholarships.
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Many with excellent finishes at national and international levels like Divjot Kumar Gupta and Sahib Aujla (Boys 8), Adit Veeramachaneni (Boys 10), Chaitanya Pandey (Boys 12), and Arshvant Srivastava and Prince Bainsla (Boys 13-14) have all signed up once again for the new season.
Among the girls, prodigies Amaira Gulati and Gairat Kaur Kahlon in Girls 8 section, Aanya Dandriyal in Girls 9-10, Shambhavi Chaturvedi and Naina Kapoor in Girls 11-12 will be seen in action over the two days.
A feature of the first two events will be the number of players from Punjab and Chandigarh.
The six-leg series will be held across October, November, and December with two back-to-back events each month.
In addition, the US Kids Golf Indian Championships, which will feature players from more than 15-20 countries will be held from December 6 to 8, with December 5 set aside for practice at the Classic Golf and Country Resort.
Also read: Late surge by Vedika at US Kids Worlds, 4 Indians finish in Top-6
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