Serena wins a thriller at US Kids Indian Championship Inbox

By Harpal Singh Bedi

New Delhi, 31 January; Serena Vikram Singh of Noida held her nerves as she overcame overnight leader Kayla Perera to claim the Girls 15-18 title on the sixth play-off hole in the US Kids Indian Championship golf at the Classic Golf Resort near Manesar on Friday

The play-off was necessitated after both the players finished their stipulated three rounds at an identical score of 237. For the records Kayla shot an 8-over 80 while Serena signed a final round card of 74.

Kolkata boys hogged the limelight with Joysurjo Dey shooting a 1-under par 71 to topple the overnight leader Aryan Kaila of Delhi and win the Boys’ 15-18 category title ny a margin of two strokes. His citymates Prashant Agarwal and Aditya Khaitan made it 1-2 finish in the Boys’ 11 category with the former winning by a solitary stroke. The Boys’ 12 category was also fiercely contested with South African Shazrai Shazrul winning by a stroke from Kuldeep Dhesi of Jalandhar.

Results:

Boys 15-18

225 Joysurjo Dey (79,75,71); 227 Aryan Kaila (DEL) (74,74,79)

Boys 13-14

218 Shlok Jain (US) (72,74,72); 222 Jai Bahl (GGN) (76,77,69)

Boys 12

237 Shazrai Shazrul (South Africa) (78,78,81); 238 Kuldeep Dhesi (Jalandhar) (81,79,78)

Boys 11

232 Prashant Agarwal (KOL) 80,78,74); 233 Aditya Khaitan (KOL) (75,78,80)

Boys 10

225 Armaan Gawde (MUM) (79,71,75); 228 Bhavesh Nirwan (Noida) (76,80,72)

Boys 9

240 Sohang Har Kantor (Noida) (78,80,82); 245 Arjunveer Shishir (Panchkula) (85,82,78)

Boys 8

110 Devvrat Singh Rajawat (Jaipur) (37,37,36); 113 Chaitanya Pandey (DEL) (35,42,36)

Boys under-7

166 Nived Reddy Kotta (US) (57,58,51)

Girls 15-18

237 Kayla Perera (Sri Lanka) (74,83,80); 237 Serena Vikram Singh (Noida) (85,78,74)

Girls 13-14

218 Nisha Patel (MUM) (73,70,75); 224 Ragini Navet (DEL) (72,78,74)

Girls 12

248 Serena Khanna (DEL) (81,78,89); 308 Sanskriti Mallela (HYD) (103,106,99)

Girls 11

282 Netra Reddy Kotta (US) (91,91,100)

Girls 10

251 Aaliya Bairoliya (Noida) (74,92,85); 258 Parnika Sharma (Noida) (86,87,85)

Girls 9

118 Maya Palanza Gaudin (US) (44,39,35); 139 Anandita Baloria (DEL) (44,47,48)

Girls 8-under

116 Aamiya Koul (DEL) (38,36,42); 120 Shambhavi Chaturvedi (Noida) (40,39,41)