GOLF
Mahreen leads at US Kids Golf European Championships; Harjai, Vidit third
Indian golfers obtained off to an excellent begin on the 2023 US Kids Golf European Championships with as many as 9 gamers within the high 10 after the primary day of the three-day competitors being held on 5 well-known Scottish golf programs.
While Mahreen Bhatia shared the lead within the woman’s 13-14 class, 5 different Indians have been within the top-5 after the primary day.
Mahreen, who had an impressive home season, carried on the nice work by sharing the lead within the woman’s 13-14 at Royal Musselburgh golf membership. Mahreen shot 3-under 69, which included a surprising five-birdie run from third to the seventh.
She added additional birdies on the 14h and 18th and dropped photographs on the fifteenth and seventeenth. The younger Gurgaon golfer shared the lead with Estonian golfer, Iiris Matas, who additionally had a 69.
Among the opposite high Indian performers on the primary day have been Chandigarh’s Harjai Milkha Singh (boys 13), son of Indian legend, Jeev Milkha Singh.
Harjai shot even par 72 with 4 birdies and 4 bogeys and was tied in third place. He was one shot behind co-leaders, Giancarlo Aguirre of Peru, and Jack McKenna of Ireland, who shot 1-under 71 every.
In the identical boys 13 part, Gurgaon’s Vihaan Jain was T-5 with a card of 1-over 73 and Noida’s Arshvant Srivastava was T-8 with 75 because the competitors among the many 42 gamers was tight.
In the boys 10 class, Delhi golfer Vidit Aggarwal was T-3 with 75 (+3) and he was only one shot behind leaders, Freddie Buck of the US, and Leo Taylor of the UK at Craigielaw golf membership.
In the boys 9 class, Bangalore teen, Adit Veeramachaneni, who had an outstanding exhibiting on the house circuit, was sole fourth with an even-par 72 on the Musselburgh Golf Club course.
He was two photographs behind the chief, Marcus Karim of the UK, who had a 2-under 70.
Nihal Cheema, the youngest within the Indian squad, was T-5 within the boy’s 7 with a spherical of even par 36 over 9 holes at Longniddry Golf Club.
Ananyaa Sood (77) was T-6 in women 12 at Glen Golf Club, whereas Naina Kapoor (81) was T-8 in women 11 at Royal Musselburgh.
A complete of 16 Indian golfers are battling it out over 5 well-known Scottish golf programs.
-PTI