BHUBANESWAR 30-Jul-2016
Kolkata lad Souvik Nayak fired the tournament best round of two-over 74 and a gross of 158 to clinch the title by four strokes over city mate Smito Snigdho Deb in the Odisha Juniors 2016 Golf Tournament, which concluded here at Bhubaneswar Golf Club today.
Souvik also took home the title in Category B as he fired two birdies and four bogeys on his way to a comfortable win. Armaan Parikh secured the second runner-up trophy with a gross of 163 tied with overnight leader Samridh Sen. Pratham Choudhary was a distant runner-up in Category B with 173 followed by Shaurya Ekka in third a further stroke behind.
Biren Kumar of Tatanagar upset the overnight leader Joysurjo Dey by a stroke overturning the five stroke deficit and carding a gross of 164. Biren took control only on the 14th hole when his par became the leader for the first time. He doubled his lead on the next hole before Joysurjo cut it back in half on the 16th hole. Aarnav Sharma finished in third place at 168.
Manhar Bajoria made sure there was no upset in Category D as he ran out a winner by a massive 15 strokes over Gurmehr Bindra. Kabir Mehta followed in third a further three strokes behind. Sushnata Deb, Fizza Ali and Sinjini Mukherjee took home the Girls’ titles of Category A, C and D. The open category E was won by Prashant Agarwal over Ahaan Gupta.
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PHOTO: Prize winners of the Odisha Juniors Golf Tournament in Bhubaneswar on July 30, 2016.
