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Kevin Khyriem wins in dramatic style
ocal lad Kevin Khyriem scored his maiden victory on the Milky Moo Championship IGU East Zone Feeder & Sub Junior Tour as he clinched the Milky Moo Shillong Open here at the Par – 70 Shillong Golf Club . After the washout , it all down to today ’ s round and Kevin did not disappoint his hopeful supporters as he carded 84 to edge out the trio of Subham Adak , city mate Lakshya Bajaj and Rakshik Basu by one stroke on a dramatic day of golf . Shillong Club Ltd . ( Golf Section ) hosted the event in collaboration with Meghalaya Golf Promoters ’ Society ( MGPS ), who have been instrumental in getting the event to Shillong . Kevin began his round with a bogey on the first hole and followed it up with two pars to take an early lead but Lakshya Bajaj joined him at the top after four holes . However the next few holes saw Rakshik Basu set the pace with some steady golf to take the turn leading by one over Lakshya and two over Kevin and Subham . The next three holes saw Rakshik in a clear lead of two strokes over Subham and Kevin saw himself trail by four with six holes to play . A string of pars brought the local lad back in contention with him tied with Rakshik and
Lakshya with one to play .
The morning saw a special guest Mr . AL Hek , Hon ’ ble Minister , Govt . of Meghalaya who greeted the juniors in contention and inspired them with his wonderful advice .
An assured bogey for Kevin against doubles for the co-leaders gave him a dramatic win and condemned the chasing trio make up the rest of the podium places . Subham took the second place with Lakshya the third place on countback but both of them went into a playoff with Rakshik for the Category B championship . Rakshik duly took claim of the same with Subham and Lakshya taking home the runners up and second runners up trophies . Category C was won by Guwahati ’ s Maitreya Milan Saikia who scripted a one stroke win over local lad Mohit Balasubramaniam after carding an 83 . Ahaan Gupta was placed third a further four strokes behind on countback over Rishi Biswas . Bengdubi ’ s Ribhav Verma continued his golden rush with a comprehensive ten stroke win over Aditya Khaitan after carding the day ’ s best round of 77 . Aashrut Almal was third a further three strokes behind at 90 to round the podium places for Category D . Hredaan Raj Bihani of Kolkata beat the local lads in Category E event as he won by seven clear strokes over Ryan Pargal Lyngdoh and the Girls ’ events saw Yaalisai Verma take home the overall title and local lasses Divyanshi Agarwal & Srivani Agarwal winning the Category B & C titles respectively . The morning saw a special guest Mr . AL Hek , Hon ’ ble Minister , Govt . of Meghalaya who greeted the juniors in contention and inspired them with his wonderful advice . The prize presentation in the afternoon saw Mr . AH Scott Lyngdoh , Former minister and Director in Charge – Golf , Shillong Club Ltd , Mr . John F Kharshiing , Working President , Meghalaya State Olympic Association , Mr . Rahul Bajaj Golf Captain , Mr . Batkupar J Synrem Golf Secy , Mr . Daniel S Jyrwa Vice President MGPS present the winners with their awards .
Kevin Khryiem
Aditya Khaitan
Lakshya Bajaj
Ribhav Verma
Sidhanth Singhania
Aashrut Almal
Divyanshi Agarwal
Mohit balasubramanum
Ryan Pargal Lyngdoh
Srivani Agarwal
Yaalisai Verma
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