Sanu Das, Abhishek Mitra, Sumit Banerjee, Dishan Ghosh and Ishikha Bansal triumphed in their respective categories in the final round of the Eastern Amateur Tour Championship, the 13th and the final leg of the event, and the Protouch Junior Golf Championship, the 12th leg of the event, held at Tollygunge Club between November 26 and 27.
In these tournaments, there were four age categories for men, and a separate ladies category, and five age categories for both junior boys and junior girls.
Sanu Das scored a one over 71 in the second round, and with a total of four over 144, he won the amateur category. Sanu was followed closely by Samridh Sen, who scored a three over 73 for the day, and finished second at a total of 147. Playing a better second round scoring a 75, Abhishek Mitra finished second runner-up in the amateur category at a total score of 157.
Mitra also won the mid-amateur category with a total score of 157. He also won the Order of Merit in amateur and mid-amateur categories.
Abhishek Mitra with the trophy
Jaydeep Chitlangia (81-79) won the senior category at a total score of 160. At a total of 168, B.V. Srihari Rao (92-76) secured the runner-up spot. Ashit Luthra (83-88), who won the super senior category with an overall score of 171, secured the second runner-up place in the senior category as well.
Rana Chatterji (122-126) was placed second in the super senior category at a total of 248. He also won the Order of Merit in the super senior category.
In the ladies category, Anwesha Das secured the win with an overall score of 175, and was followed by Shrishti Rani, who posted a total of 199 to secure the runner-up place in the ladies category.
An impressive play-off took place between Dishan Ghosh and Arghya Shah. Ghosh (76-80) emerged as the winner in A&B Boys, at a total score of 156. His toughest competition, Shah (73-83), was placed second at a total of 156, and also won B Boys. At a total of 159, Hredaan Raj Bihani (79-80) finished second runner-up in A&B Boys, and runner-up in B Boys.
Arkaprovo Chaudhury (84-82) scored a total of 166 and won C Boys. Armaan Bhoopal posted an 89 in the two consecutive rounds, and at a total score of 178, was placed second. Vivaan Jawanpuria (96-85) scored an overall of 181, and was placed second runner-up in C Boys.
Ishikha Bansal (88-93) won A&B Girls and B Girls with an overall score of 181. Anjika Fatehpuria was placed second in A&B Girls at a total of 183. Akansha Jaiswal scored a 108 in the second round and was placed third in A&B Girls, and second in B Girls at a total score of 224. Uravi Mall posted a 115 in the second round and, with a total of 235, was placed third in B Girls.
Julinka Roy Chowdhury (92-88) scored an overall of 180, and won C Girls. Naina Dinodiya and Nandini Rathee were placed second and third in C Girls with overall scores of 216 and 217, respectively.
Ayaan Mimani (89-90) of D Boys scored an overall of 179 and secured the win from his category. Mimani was pursued by Dhruv D. Patodia and Parikshet More, who scored an overall of 192 and 196, and secured the runner-up and second runner-up in D Boys respectively.
Vaanyaa Rustagi (93-95), Hissi Besra (114-103) and Vaasvi Himatsingka (110-118) were placed first, second and third with total scores of 188, 217 and 228, respectively.
E Boys and E Girls played a total of 18 holes over two rounds. Yugaansh Agarwal (44-41) emerged as the winner form E Boys with an overall score of 97, followed by Yashveer Ahuja (44-46) and Aativeer Jain (44-48), who posted total scores of 90 and 92 to become the runner-up and second runner-up in E Boys, respectively.
Anwita Sinha (53-44) posted a win in E Girls with an overall score of 97. Anwita was followed by Advika Agarwal (48-64), who scored a 112 and secured the second position in E Girls.
The Eastern Amateur Tour Championship is an WAGR-ranked event. Being the 13th and final leg, six golfers including Sanu Das, Samridh Sen, Abhishek Mitra, qualified for the IGU Gentleman’s Tour.
The final round of the Eastern Amateur Tour Championship (13th leg) and the Protouch Junior Golf Championship (12th leg) concluded with Brig. V. Ganapathy, CEO, Tollygunge Club, and H.S Bindra, captain, Tollygunge Club, felicitating the winners and the runners-up from the several categories.
Samridh Sen collects his prize from JL Roy
The Eastern Amateur Tour Championship, the 13th and the final leg of the championship, was a WAGR-ranked event, which was held at Tollygunge Club on November 29. The event was played by the amateurs and the three-day tournament ended with the victory of Samridh Sen. Sen played a 3-over 73 in the final round and, at a total of 220, won the WAGR-ranked third round of the Eastern Amateur Tour Championship. He was followed by Gurshan Grewal (82-77-71), who finished second at a total of 230. Jashan Shah (80-82-80) finished third in the WAGR round with a total of 242.
Keventer, Eastern India’s largest FMCG company, is the tour sponsor and provided players with juices and milkshakes. The tour’s education partner is The Champ for Life Academy. The outdoor media partner is Balaji Ads. Bisleri has come in as the water partner for this season. The tour is managed by Protouch Sports.
