Mannat, Smriti take top honours at IGU’s Tolly event

Mannat Brar in action during IGU's Eastern India Ladies & Junior Girls Championship at Tollygunge Club earlier this week.
Mannat Brar in action during IGU's Eastern India Ladies & Junior Girls Championship at Tollygunge Club earlier this week.

After successfully conducting tournaments in other parts of the country, the Indian Golf Union pitched tent in Kolkata’s Tollygunge Club for the Eastern India Ladies & Junior Girls Golf Championship.

Notable names at the October 25-28 event were Sneha Singh, who won on the WGAI at Noida Golf Club last month, and Avani Prashanth, coming on the back of a win on the ladies pro tour in Panchkula last week. Smriti Bhargav arrived here after a runner-up finish in the last event, IGU North-East India Ladies & Junior Girls Golf Championship.

Conducted over three days, apart from the practice round, competition was across four categories — Ladies, A, B and C.

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In Category A, it was a close affair between Avani and Kriti Chowhan with only a stroke separating Avani (217) from Kriti.

Smriti won the Ladies category with a score of 222, followed by Heena Kang at 229.

Mannat Brar won in Category B with an overall score of 215. Anvvi Dahhiya was runner-up with 224.

Prarthana Khanna won Category C with 229, followed by Dia Cris Kumar at 239.

Mannat took the top spot again in the A&B combined category, followed by Avani.

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