New Delhi, May 01: India would send a nine-member team for the 25th Asia-Pacific junior golf championship to be played at Damai Indah golf and Country Club, Indonesia, from May 04 to 07. The team, comprising five boys and four girls, would leave for Indonesia tomorrow and would be accompanied by Nonita Lal Qureshi, Indian golf union secretary general Satish Aparajit told reporters today. Aparajit said the juniors were not getting desired international exposure since over a year and half as most of the competitions were cancelled due to SARS and bird flu virus. "

Hence the IGU decided to send an additional player in both boys and girls event," he said adding that the final team for the competition would be selected after trials there.
The championship will be played in two age group categories - A and B - and a two-member team would be fielded in each event.

Pointing out that this was the "best ever" team India would be fielding in the competition, Aparajit said "We have high hopes from current India number one Ajeetesh Sandhu." Bureau Report