By Rahul Banerji
Hat tricks and low scores marked the third leg of the US Kids Golf India North Zone event at the Classic Golf and Country Club recently.
Braving smog and a slight chill, the young stars made the most of their outing to rack up impressive performances at the Jack Nicklaus-designed course near Gurgaon.
Amaira Gulati in Girls 8, Zorawar Singh Chahal of Mohali in Boys 9 and Aanya Dandriyal in Girls 9-10 won for the third time in three events this season.
For their part, Prince Bainsla (Boys 13-14), Manyaveer Bhadoo (Boys 15-18) and Parnika Sharma (Girls 13-14) shot under par rounds to win their sections.
Prince, who won the second leg after finishing second in the opening event, shot a 3-under 69 for the second time in succession, underlining his potential.
Bhadoo, who was so consistent last season, did not play the first two legs, but returned with a win this week as he shot the day’s best score of 4-under 68.
Podium-topper
Parnika Sharma, second in the opening leg, and third in the second, finally topped the podium for the first time this season with a 2-under 60.
In his first appearance this season, Nihal Cheema (Boys 9) unseated double-leg Ranveer Baloria from the top spot with a level par 36. Siddhik Chaturvedi and Baloria finished behind him in that order,
Zorawar Singh Chahal went one over 37 but stayed a winner again.
Divjot Kumar Gupta, winner of the first two legs, shot the same score as Noida’s Kabir Goyal and Ojasv Saraswat, but lost out in the three-way play-off.
Kabir won the sudden death, pushing the other two to tied second place after all three finished on level par 36 for nine holes.
Amaira Gupta was consistent in winning yet again, but her score pf 5-over 41 was way below her under scores in first two legs.
Results
Boys 6 (9 holes): 1. Nihal Cheema (Chd) 36; 2. Siddhik Chaturvedi (Noida) 44; 3. Ranveer Baloria (Del) 47
Boys 7 (9 holes): 1. Zorawar Singh Chahal (Mohali) 37; 2. Samar Singh (Noida) 42; 3. Kabir Kanwar (Noida) 45
Boys 8 (9 holes): 1. Kabir Goyal (Noida) 36 (Play-off); T2. Ojasv Saraswat 36; T2. Divjot Kumar Gupta (Jal) 36
Boys 9: Rudar Gupta (Jalandhar) 78
Boys 10: 1. Arnav Kumar (Jalandhar) 73; 2. Sohraab Singh Talwar (Mohali) 74; 3. Siddhant Kumar (Faridabad) 75
Boys 11: 1. Aditya Mishra (Del) 78 PO; 2. Vidit Aggarwal (Del) 78; 3. Raajveer Suri (Noida) 82.
Boys 12: 1. Danish Verma (Ludhiana) 73; 2. Chaitanya Pandey (Del) 74; 3. Devvrat Singh Rajawat (Jaipur) 77
Boys 13-14: 1. Prince Bainsla (Palwal) 69; 2. Zoravar Singh Toor (Gurgaon) 72; Aryaveer Lamba (Del) 74
Boys 15-18: 1. Manyaveer Bhadoo (Chd) 68; 2. Vihaan Malhotra (Del) 77; 3. Aftab Singh Bakshi (Del) 78
Girls 8 (9 holes): Amaira Gulati (Lucknow) 41; 2. Shannon Singh Jaswal (Gurgaon) 45; 3. Aaradhya Bhatnagar (Noida) 48
Girls 9-10: 1. Aanya Dandriyal (Gr. Noida) 79; 2. Bhuvi Srivastava (Ghaziabad) 85
Girls 11-12: 1. Anushka Gupta (Del) 70; 2. Shambhavi Chaturvedi (Noida) 71; 3. Naina Kapoor (Gurgaon) 74
Girls 13-14: 1. Parnika Sharma (Noida) 70; 2. Ayesha Gupta (Del) 75; 3. Jiyyaa Sharma (Gurgaon) 78.
Also read: North, South zone US Kids Golf India legs broaden event base
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