Close battle between Khan, Jha and Mithun
SL Golf Nationals:
Richard Dwight
On day two of the main event, the Sri Lanka amateur open golf
championship, continuing yesterday at the RCGC, witnessed stiff
competition between the foreign as well as local golfers to come within
the cut off 46 out of an overall of 84 players.
There is an array of Sri Lankan golfers and from abroad, who are
within the cut off to be in the reckoning for championship honours, with
two more rounds to go.
Coming within the first twelve after two rounds are six Sri Lankans 3
Pakistanis and one each from India, Philippines and Bangladesh leading
them all after the second round with a impressive gross score of 135 (68
+ 67) is Pakistan’s Muhammad Sadar Khan, who is followed by India’s
Abhishek Jha with 139 (70 + 69) and coming close behind with the
identical score of 139 (69 + 70) is the defending champion Sri Lanka’s,
Mithum Perera.
The positions after round two are as follows:
M. Safdar Khan (Pak): 68 + 67 = 135
Abishek Jha (Ind): 70 + 69 = 139
Mithun Perera (SL): 69 +70 = 139
Z. H. Mollah (Ban): 68 + 72 = 140
Tariq Mehmood (Pak): 69 + 73 = 142
K. A. Chandradasa (SL): 74 + 69 = 143
Jhonnel Ababa (Phi): 70 + 73 = 143
Ku Prabagaran (SL): 68 + 75 = 143
J. M. L. Indika (SL): 72 + 72 = 144
Rusi Captain (SL): 71 + 73 = 144
D. Jehangir (Pak): 69 + 75 = 144
Alain Gyi (SL): 74 + 72 = 146
In the ladies national golf championship, last year’s champion and,
this year’s RCGCs lady golf champion Sri Lanka’s Jackie Dias lost to
India’s Nalini Singh 3/2 in the semi-finals while in other ladies’ semi
final, India’s Mehar Atwal beat Sri Lanka’s Suwaneetha Selvaratnam 5/3.
It is now poised for an all India Ladies final between Nalini Singh
and Mehar Atwal.
Supplementary competition results:
Victoria Cup (individual gross score on 1st round): Winner: Muhammad
Safdar Khan 68 gross B/B 9. Runner-up: K. Prabagaran 68 gross.
Illankoon Trophy (individual nett score on 1st round): Winner:
Danyaal Jehangir 67 nett. Runner-up: Muhammad Safdar Khan 68 nett.
Pin Fernando Trophy (individual gross score on 2nd round): Winner:
Muhammad Safdar Khan 67 gross. Runner-up: Abhishek Jha 69 gross B/B 9.
SLGU Trophy (individual nett score on 2nd round): Winner: Abishek Jha
67 nett B/B 9. Runner-up: Muhammad Safdar Khan 67 nett. |
