The NCR Cup 11th Junior Golf Tournament will stand out among recent editions for its unique flavour as across age categories the winners finished on the high of not just topping the podium but for also ticking the key box of finishing the week under-par.
The juniors, in particular, were up to the task. Zorawar Sandhu finished 2-under 91 in D Boys after two days of action on the par-62 Peacock Course. Vidit Aggarwal (95) and Sohraab Singh Talwar (98) completed the podium.
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The bubbly Ojaswini Saraswat too was in rich vein of form and submitted an under-par card of 2-under 91 to win E Girls. There was a significant gap with Aanya Dandriyal (99) and Dalisha Chetry (101) second and third.
Krishnav Nikhil Chopraa completed a wire-to-wire win in A Boys with a total of 1-under 215. After opening with a 69, Krishnav recovered on Friday with a level-par 72 on the Lodhi Course to make up for Day 2’s 74. Delhi Golf Society’s Camp of Excellence student Rakshit Dahiya finished four shots back with scores of 74, 71, 74.
After shooting 70 and 71, Kartik Singh too was in line for a spot in the under-par club but the final day 78 denied him the opportunity. Still, he did enough at 219 to chalk a five-shot win over DGS Camp of Excellence student Ranveer Mitroo 224 (75, 74, 75).
Krishnav topped A and B Boys combined too with Rakshit and Kartik tying for the second spot.
It was a start-to-finish win for Ragini Navet in A Girls with a total of 225 (72, 74, 79), her gross score three better than Kashika Misra 228 (80, 75, 73).
Camp of Excellence pupil Zara Anand notched another win by bagging the top spot in B Girls with a three-day total of 220 (73, 77, 70). Zara’s was the lone under-par card of the day and was instrumental in landing her A and B Girls Combined crown. Ayesha Gupta finished runner-up in both categories.
Divjot Gupta of Jalandhar won E Boys with a level-par performance of 62, and was followed by Ojasv Saraswat (66) and Avviraaj Kalia (67). In girls, Amaira Gulati finished with a gross score of 68 to be the winner in E Girls, ahead of Unnati Singh (72) and Naira Chetry (77).
After finishing runner-up in the 10th NCR Cup, Chaitanya Pandey moved up a rung with a win in C Boys with a two-day total of 2-over 95. Mudit Aggarwal and Anney Shankeer tied at 101.
Anuskha Gupta of the Delhi Golf Club won C Girls with a total of 99, and was followed by Riddhima Singh and Rehnoor Malik.
