Vidhatri is the current No.1 player in the IGU rankings
Vidhatri Urs of Mysore, the 2023 All India Amateur Ladies champion, and Zara Anand from Delhi took the honours in the 2nd of the 9 event IGU Ladies and Junior Girls Tour which are used for selection of national teams in events like the Asia Pacific and World Amateur Team events etc.
At the event ending on May 10th – the Western India Ladies at Kalhaar Blues & Greens in Ahmedabad, Vidhatri carded rounds of 69-77-70 to win the overall title at even-par 216 while Zara was 2nd on 218 tied with Anvi Dhaiya and former international Nishna Patel.
Zara Anand poses with her winners trophy at DGC
A week later Zara took top honours at the NCR Cup Juniors played at Delhi Golf Club with scores of 72-71- 69 for a total of 4 under par 212 while runner up was Kashika Mishra of Delhi with 69-73-75 for a total of 217.
Vidhatri is currently ranked No.1 on the IGU Ladies rankings at 316 points, 25 points ahead of Zara at 291.
In Ahmedabad, Category B, Guntas Sandhu of Chandigarh and Yogya Bhalla of Haryana were tied for the lead after 54-holes at 9-over 225, where Guntas won the category in a playoff.
In Category C, Ojaswini Saraswat of Rajasthan carded rounds of 73-76-72 to win by five-strokes at 5-over 221.
RESULTS – IGU Western India Ladies & Junior Girls Championship (ending May 10)
OVERALL – LADIES, A & B combined
WINNER – Vidhatri Urs – 69-77-70 (E)
RUNNER-UP – Anvvi Dahhiya – 76-72-70 (+2)
Zara Anand – 75-71-72 (+2)
Nishna Patel – 75-70-73 (+2)
Age CATEGORY A & B COMBINED ( Under 18 years)
WINNER – Zara Anand – 75-71-72 (+2) (WON IN PLAYOFF)
RUNNER-UP – Anvvi Dahhiya – 76-72-70 (+2)
CATEGORY B – ( Under 16)
WINNER – Guntas Kaur Sandhu – 79-75-71 (+9)
RUNNER-UP – Yogya Bhalla – 76-78-71 (+9)
CATEGORY C – ( Under 14)
WINNER – Ojaswini Saraswat – 73-76-72 (+5)
RUNNER-UP – Naina Kapoor – 74-75-76 (+9)
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NCR CUP – ending May 17th
The NCR Cup Junior tournament saw participation from 37 juniors – 28 Boys & 9 Girls in two different age categories A & B.
RESULTS
COMBINED A&B BOYS age categories
WINNER – Pritish Singh Karayat – 75-72-72 (+3)
RUNNER-UP – Hiransh Singh – 74-72-72 (+4)
BOYS A – category ( Under 18)
WINNER – Pritish Singh Karayat – 75-72-72 (+3)
RUNNER-UP – Hiransh Singh – 74-72-72 (+4)
BOYS B age category ( Under 16)
WINNER – Arshvant Srivastava – 77-75-75 (+11)
RUNNER-UP – Neil Jolly – 79-75-74 (+12)
Aman Sarma – 76-74-78 (+12)
GIRLS A & B Age Categories combined ( Under 18)
WINNER – Zara Anand – 69-71-72 (-4)
RUNNER-UP – Kashika Misra – 75-73-69 (+1)
GIRLS A ( Under 18)
WINNER – Zara Anand – 69-71-72 (-4)
RUNNER-UP – Kashika Misra – 75-73-69 (+1)
GIRLS B ( Under 16)
WINNER – Smira Bhambri – 83-80-84 (+31)