Bangalore to host Sunfeast All India Junior Golf Championship

Bangalore, Dec 25 (UNI) As many as 93 of the country's top junior and sub junior golfers will be seen in action at the Sunfeast All India Junior/Sub Junior Golf Championship which tees off at the par-71 Karnataka Golf Association here tomorrow.

The four-day tournament, which forms the final leg of the Sunfeast Junior/Sub-Junior Golf Tour, will have competition in four different age categories.

Top players including Rahul Bakshi, Amanjyot Singh, Raghav Bhandari, Rommel Majumdar, Chikkarangappa, Viraat Badhwar and Master Honey would vie for top honours. Sri Lankan duo of Binupa Wijesinghe and Sanjay Wettimling will add foreign flavour to the prestigious tournament.

Category 'A' will include golfers in the age group of 15-17 years, while Category 'B' will feature those in the 13-14 age bracket. Categories 'C' and 'D' will figure golfers in the 11-12 and 10 and below categories respectively.

Order of merit leader Rahul Bakshi will lead the field in the senior most 'A' category.

Bakshi, fresh from his win at the Sunfeast Western India Juniors, will face stiff challenge from second ranked Jaipur's Amanjyot Singh who won the Sunfeast Eastern India Junior title in Kolkata in November and finished second at the Sunfeast Western India Junior.

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