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WORLD AMATEUR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2018, DUBLIN, IRELAND
(L-R) Mr. Sundeep Verma, Rayhan J Thomas, Gen.
Mukesh Sabharwal, Kshitij Kaul and Aadil Bedi
T
he
World
Amateur
Team
Championship, one of the most
prestigious golf tournaments in the
world was hosted by the Carton House
golf club in Maynooth near Dublin,
Ireland. Conducted by the International
Golf Federation, which comprises of the
National governing bodies of golf in more
than 125 countries, the World Amateur
Team Championship is a biennial
international amateur golf competition
rotated among three geographic zones
of the world: Asia Pacifi c, America
and European – African. Some of the
greatest players on the planet have
represented their countries in the past
Jack Nicklaus, Colin Montgomerie, Phil
Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia,
Rory Mcllroy, Rickie Fowler, Bryson
DeChambeau to name a few in the Men’s
Competition. Nancy Lopez, Beth Daniel,
Annika Sorenstam, Se-Ri Pak, Karrie
Webb, Grace Park, Paula Creamer to
name a few in the Women’s Competition.
Each team comprises of three players and
plays 18 holes of stroke play for four days.
In each round, the total of the two lowest
scores from each team constitutes the
Sifat Sagoo, Diksha Dagar, Ridhima
Dilawari with Mrs. Nandita Rao
team score for the round. The four –day
(72-hole) total is the teams score for the
Championship. The winning team in the
women’s competition receives custody of
the Espirito Santo Trophy for the ensuing
two years and the winning team in the
men’s competition receives custody of the
Eisenhower Trophy for the ensuing two
years.
A total of 170 women from 57 countries
participated in the 28th Edition of the
Espirito Santo Trophy, the Indian team
comprised of Ridhima Dilawari, Diksha
Dagar and Sifat Sagoo with Mrs. Nandita
Rao as the Captian of the Team. Team
USA took home the trophy with a score of
29 under par, the Indian team fi nished at
tied 25th Position. Ayean Cho of Korea at
KARINA - THE ONLY INDIAN-AMERICAN
GIRL TO ACHIEVE JUNIOR WORLD TROPHY
Karina Jadhav, an 8 year old golfer won the
2018- IMG Junior World Golf Championships
trophy at Sycuan Golf Resort, San Diego in
July fi nishing at fourth place in the 7-8 year
old Girls category. After clinching this trophy,
Karina became the No.1 ranked golfer in USA
and No.4 ranked in the world following players
from Japan, Thailand and China in the girls age
8 year category. She had a close fi nish behind
the Chinese player Yujie Liu who fi nished third
in the Junior World Championship. Karina
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17 under par brought in the best Individual
score for the tournament.
The 31st Edition of the Eisenhower
trophy had 215 Men from 72 countries
competing for the top honours, the Indian
team comprised of Rayhan J Thomas,
Kshitij Naved Kaul and Aadil Bedi with
Gen. Mukesh Sabharwal as the Captian
of the Team and Mr.Sundeep Verma as
the Team Coach. Team Denmark with
a score of 39 Under Par took home the
Eisenhower Trophy, the Indian boys
fi nished at 31st position with a score of
10 under par. Alejandro Del Rey from
Spain at 23 Under Par brought in the
best individual score for the tournament,
Rayhan Thomas with a score of 15 under
par fi nished at Tied 8th Position.
played challenging rounds of golf for 3 straight
days of 54 holes stroke play with a total of
182. She won the fourth place in a card-off
tie-breaker due to her lowest back nine holes
scoring.
This year marked
Karina’s second
junior world trophy
(she earned her fi rst
in 2016) and is the
only Indian-American
girl to achieve this
trophy amongst all age
groups from 6-18 year
old.