GP Junior (Jul-Aug 19) Junior (July-Aug 19) | Page 33

Club News
INDIAN GOLFERS COMPETE AT AJGA
F
our Indian Juniors qualifi ed for the
ATI Ciputra Golfpreneur Junior
World Championship 2019, based
on their performance in The Milkha
Junior Golf Championship 2019 held at
Chandigarh Golf Club in January 2019.
Three juniors Krish Aaryan Sethi, Ayaan
Gupta and Rene Rane took the trip to
Jakarta, Indonesia where the tournament
was being played at the prestigious Damai
Indah Golf and Country Club (PIK course)
from 21-23 May. Air tickets for all the three
kids were sponsored by
the Milkha Charitable
Trust. Ayaan Gupta (Boys
Division B) put up the
best performance among
the Indian contingent;
he fi nished at Tied 10th
position with a score of
85, 77 & 77 from championship tees.
The ATI Ciputra Golfpreneur Junior world
is one of the oldest running junior golf
tournaments in Indonesia and is also a
promotional event of golf tourism Indonesia,
A total of 150 participants from over 20
countries participated in the 27th edition of
the tournament. The 2019 edition was also
co-sanctioned by the Junior Golf Tour of Asia
(JGTA) and this tournament was the fi nal
tournament of the JGTA 2018-2019 season.
Top fi ve players on the JGTA season ending
order of merit earn a full exemption status on
the elite American Junior Golf Association
(AJGA) Tour.
PLAY-OFF WINS MARKED
OPENING LEG OF U.S. KIDS GOLF
INDIA TOUR
P
lay-offs were needed to decide the winner in
three categories of the 14 held in the opening leg
of the U.S. Kids Golf India Tour at the Classic
Golf and Country Club on Wednesday. Ansh Dubey
(boys 10 years), Ranveer Mitroo (boys 11 years) and
Sifat Sayal (girls 15-18 years) edging out Arshvant
Srivastava, Udai Aditya Middha and Serene Vikram
Singh respectively.
Ragini Navet in the girls 12-14 years group turned in the day’s
best card, a 1-under 71 on a day 73 young golfers braved the May
heat and gusting winds in turning out for the India Tour’s 2019
season’s North Zone opener. Ragini had three birdies to her name
against two dropped shots. India Tour carries ranking points, and
with participation in a minimum of four events out of the eight,
junior golfers will be able to gain qualifi cation for the U.S. Kids
World Championship, U.S. Kids European Championships as
well as Teen World Championship.
GolfPlus Junior July-August 2019
33