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India breezes into SAARC final against Sri Lanka
New Delhi, Apr 20: India moved into the final of the Navision fifth SAARC Golf Championship with consummate ease and will meet Sri Lanka in the deciding matchplay rounds today.
New Delhi, Apr 20: India moved into the final of the Navision fifth SAARC Golf Championship with consummate ease and will meet Sri Lanka in the deciding matchplay rounds today.
India finished on top of the five-team table at the par-72 Delhi Golf Club yesterday with a two-day aggregate of 286 after 36 holes of stroke-play.
Sri Lanka finished with a tally of 304, 11 strokes better than the third-placed Bangladesh. Nepal were fourth at 327 and Bhutan fifth at 358.
India yesterday had a total of two-under 142, based on the one-under 71 cards of Jaideep Patwardhan and Keshav Misra. Harinder Gupta shot a level-par 72 and had the best individual score among the players with a two-day total of one-under 143.
Gupta won the best individual gross trophy, while Patwardhan, who shot a one-over 73 Friday, was the individual gross runner-up with a two-day score of level-par 144.
Sri Lanka owed it to BG Lalitha Kumara who shot a two-over 74 after his 75 Friday. Lalitha was in great form as he started eagle-birdie and then followed it up with another birdie on the fifth to be four-under at that stage. However, he failed to keep up the momentum thereafter.
The other players in the Sri Lankan team, JMD Indika Santha and M Amaraprathama contributed 77 and 83 respectively for a team total of 151 on day two.
In the final, Misra will take on Santha, Patwardhan will be up against Amaraprathama, while Gupta will clash with Sri Lanka's no 1 player, Lalitha Kumara.
Bureau Report
India finished on top of the five-team table at the par-72 Delhi Golf Club yesterday with a two-day aggregate of 286 after 36 holes of stroke-play.
Sri Lanka finished with a tally of 304, 11 strokes better than the third-placed Bangladesh. Nepal were fourth at 327 and Bhutan fifth at 358.
India yesterday had a total of two-under 142, based on the one-under 71 cards of Jaideep Patwardhan and Keshav Misra. Harinder Gupta shot a level-par 72 and had the best individual score among the players with a two-day total of one-under 143.
Gupta won the best individual gross trophy, while Patwardhan, who shot a one-over 73 Friday, was the individual gross runner-up with a two-day score of level-par 144.
Sri Lanka owed it to BG Lalitha Kumara who shot a two-over 74 after his 75 Friday. Lalitha was in great form as he started eagle-birdie and then followed it up with another birdie on the fifth to be four-under at that stage. However, he failed to keep up the momentum thereafter.
The other players in the Sri Lankan team, JMD Indika Santha and M Amaraprathama contributed 77 and 83 respectively for a team total of 151 on day two.
In the final, Misra will take on Santha, Patwardhan will be up against Amaraprathama, while Gupta will clash with Sri Lanka's no 1 player, Lalitha Kumara.
Bureau Report