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VIDHATRI K URS
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GPJ: Who prompted you to take up
golf out of all the other sports?
VU: My sister Dyuthi K Urs and Cousin
Pranavi S Urs inspired me to play Golf.
GPJ: When did you start playing
Junior Golf Tournaments?
VU: I started playing at the age of seven.
GPJ: How do you manage your time
between golf and studies?
GPJ- Who prompted you to play golf?
ND- My mom and dad prompted me to
play golf.
GPJ- When did you start playing
Junior Golf Tournament?
ND: I started playing junior golf
tournaments at the age of 8.
GPJ- How do you manage your time
between golf and studies?
ND: I make sure I ¿ nish my homework
before leaving for my golf practice. I
practice for at least 2 hours, 5-6 days a
week. Once I get back home I study for
around an hour as I want to give equal
importance to both golf and studies.
GPJ- What has been the role of IGU?
ND: IGU helps me experience different
kind of courses as well as face really
tough competitors.
WHAT’S IN THE BAG !
Wedge
Balls
Irons
Driver
: Pitching wedge, Sand wedge
: 10 Callaway balls
: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 Iron
: 3 wood and Driver
VU: I always try to manage studies and
golf, I practice four to ¿ ve days a week
and study for two hours daily. My school
NPSI has always helped me whenever I
missed schools for my tournaments.
GPJ: What has been the role of IGU?
VU: IGU has been organising the
tournaments at the Zonal and at the
National level, once I move to Category
B by next year will try to attend the
coaching camps organised by IGU.
GPJ: What are your future plans?
VU: Want to represent INDIA at the
Asian games and play LPGA.
GPJ: Your favourites?
Food - Mysore sports clubs chicken
Biryani & Butter chicken.
Male Golfer - Rory Mcllroy
Female Golfer - Lydia Ko
GPJ: Pastime beyond Golf?
VU: Playing Football & Listening
Music.
GPJ: How has golf helped you in your
day-to-day activity?
VU: Golf has always helped me in
attaining more focus, managing time
and to be more patient and honest.
GPJ: Your advice to other Junior
Golfers.
VU: Work hard, be focussed and stay
happy.
GPJ: Fitness is really important.
Tell us about your day-to-day ¿ tness
regime.
VU: Fitness plays an important role,
it helps us to keep the body ¿ t, I go to
gym atleast three days a week, two days
of indoor workout and a day of outdoor
workout.
WHAT’S IN THE BAG !
Wedge
Balls
Irons
Hybrid
Putter
Driver
: Big Fish Golf
: Titleist Pro V1x
: Big Fish Golf
: Callaway Rogue
: Titleist Scotty Cameron
: Callaway Epic
NIYATI DHILLON
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GPJ- What are your future plans?
ND: I look forward to play for my
country one day.
GPJ- Your favourites?
Food: scrambled eggs and toast
Book: Diary of wimpy kid.
Male Golfer: Shubhankar Sharma
Female Golfer: Michelle Wie
GPJ- How has golf helped in your day
to day activity?
ND- Golf has taught me how to focus
in life and which helps me in my
academics too.
GPJ- Is there any other game/ Sport
you are associated with?
ND- I do lot of swimming as it helps me
build forearm which is really useful in
playing golf too.
GPJ- Your advice to other Junior
golfers.
ND- Stay calm and control your
temperament and always remember
“Your competition is always against
par”.
GPJ- Fitness is really important.
Tell us about your day to day ¿ tness
regime.
ND- I go for ¿ tness on alternate days and
rest of the days I go for swimming.
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