BHUBANESWAR 12-Aug-2017
Kolkata lad Samridh Sen emerged champion in the Milky Moo Odisha Juniors, the sixth leg of the 2017 season of the Indian Golf Union East Zone Feeder & Sub Junior Tour, after he carded a nine over 81 second round for a gross of fourteen over 158 here at the Par-72 Bhubaneswar Golf Club (BGC) today.
Samridh, who stuck two birdies for a five over 77 in the first round yesterday, prevailed over the competition by two strokes. A nervous birdie less second-round saw Samridh struggle along with the rest of the field as he still managed to bring in the best card of the day along with third placed Aroush Tagore who finished three strokes behind the winner. Splitting them on the leaderboard was Sanu Das, their city mate from Kolkata who ended up with his tournament total of 160.
Aroush though had the Category B title in the bag by a massive fourteen stroke win over Shubham Adak, who finished seventh overall behind Abhikanks Basu in fourth, Pratham Choudhary in fifth and Kaustav Coomar in sixth place.
Young Gurmehr Bindra overturned his three stroke deficit as he took home the Category C title over halfway leader Ramayush Ray after finishing with 168 by five strokes. Ten strokes further behind Ramayush was Rakshik Basu who claimed the bronze medal place.
Category D saw Rishi Biswas coast to a comprehensive win by fourteen strokes after carding a modest 180 for the week after Ahaan Gupta suffered a meltdown in his second round, finishing runners up. Amongst the girls, local lass Rounaska Jena won the Category A&B combined with Anaahat Bindra taking home the Category D title over Sana Hussain. Aashrut Almal won the Category E event over local lad Karan Tibarewal.
The Milky Moo Odisha Juniors saw participation of over 35 young hopefuls from major golfing centers of the region viz. Kolkata & Tatanagar along with developing centers of Siliguri, Shillong etc. Milky Moo, the flagship brand of the fresh dairy products of Milk Mantra, is the title sponsor for the tour. Earlier, the company has provided two tennis turfs to Cuttack District Tennis Association (CDTA).
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PHOTO (L-R): Title winner Samridh Sen; BGC captain PK (Bhumi) Mohanty and president Tara Patnaik; Milk Mantra MD Srikumar Misra and ED Rashima Misra (all Back row) along with Aashrut Almal, Rishi Biswas, Anaahat Bindra, Gurmehr Bindra and Aroush Tagore (all front row) at BGC in Bhubaneswar on August 12, 2017.
