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Kolkata: India\u2019s top junior Viraj Madappa displayed his class and maturity through two rounds of match play today to reach the semi finals of the Tata Steel Eastern India Amateur 2014. Local lad Sunit Chowrasia joined him in the last 4 with twin victories of his own much to the delight of fans gathered at the Par \u2013 72 Royal Calcutta Golf Club.<\/p>\n
Viraj took out country\u2019s top amateur Udayan Mane 2&1 in a heavy weight round of 16 clash. Udayan took the early lead in that match with a birdie on the 2nd hole but once Viraj squared the match on the 4th hole, he made sure the burly Bengaluru lad had no way in as he closed out the affair with a par on the Par 4 17th hole.<\/p>\n
He kicked off his quarter final clash against Jaipur lad Hemendra Chaudhary with a birdie 3 and a couple of pars to go 2 up after three holes. A see-saw battle ensued as Hemendra hit a couple of birdies himself to square the match after seven holes. Viraj was relentless and won the next hole, which Hemendra\u2019s birdie would negate on the 12th hole. The 16 year old changed then changed gears with three successive birdies from the 14th to 16th holes to complete a 3&2 win.<\/p>\n
Sunit, who happens to be S. S. P. Chowrasia\u2019s nephew edged out Chandigarh\u2019s Zubin Nijhawan 1 Up with a birdie on the 18th hole before teeing up against Harimohan Singh in his quarterfinal. With three birdies on the front nine he went 3 Up at the turn and rolled in a par for victory on the 16th hole.<\/p>\n
In other matches, top seed Aman Raj routed Anant Singh Ahlawat 6&5 in the round of 16 followed by an impressive 5&4 win against Tapendra Ghai. Col. Sanjay Lakra of Indian Army beat Bengaluru youngster Rahul Ravi 1 Up on his way to the semifinals. He beat another Bengaluru lad Lokesh Lakshman, who earlier upset All India Amateur champion Pratap Atwal, in the quarterfinal 2&1.<\/p>\n
Results – Quarter Finals: Line Up \u2013 Semi Finals:<\/strong> Viraj took out country\u2019s top amateur Udayan Mane 2&1 in a heavy weight round of 16 clash. Udayan took the early lead in that match with a birdie on the 2nd hole but once Viraj squared the match on the 4th hole, he made sure the burly Bengaluru lad had no way in as he closed out the affair with a par on the Par 4 17th hole.<\/p>\n He kicked off his quarter final clash against Jaipur lad Hemendra Chaudhary with a birdie 3 and a couple of pars to go 2 up after three holes. A see-saw battle ensued as Hemendra hit a couple of birdies himself to square the match after seven holes. Viraj was relentless and won the next hole, which Hemendra\u2019s birdie would negate on the 12th hole. The 16 year old changed then changed gears with three successive birdies from the 14th to 16th holes to complete a 3&2 win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"\n
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Aman Raj beat Tapendra Ghai 5&4; Sunit Chowrasia beat Harimohan Singh 4&2; Viraj Madappa beat Hemendra Chaudhary 3&2; Sanjay Lakra beat Lokesh Lakshman 2&1<\/p>\n
Aman Raj vs Sunit Chowrasia; Viraj Madappa vs Sanjay Lakra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kolkata: India\u2019s top junior Viraj Madappa displayed his class and maturity through two rounds of match play today to reach the semi finals of the Tata Steel Eastern India Amateur 2014. Local lad Sunit Chowrasia joined him in the last 4 with twin victories of his own much to the delight of fans gathered at the Par \u2013 72 Royal Calcutta Golf Club.<\/p>\n