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Bengaluru: Veteran H. S. Kang caused the biggest ripple at the Tata Steel 114th Amateur Golf Championship of India when he sent the country\u2019s top amateur Udayan Mane home in a thrilling match, which lasted 23 holes at the Karnataka Golf Association here on Thursday.<\/p>\n
With both players locked all square after the regulation 18 holes, Kang made a birdie on the Par 5, fifth play-off hole to seal a spot in the pre-quarter finals. In a minor upset, 31st seeded local lad Rahul Ravi beat Samarth Dwivedi 1 Up. Another home boy Syed Saqib Ahmed took out the defending champion PratapAtwal 2&1 to ensure the National Championship will get a new winner this year.<\/p>\n
The top seedVirajMadappa hardly broke a sweat when he won the battle of the juniors against Delhi\u2019s Md. Wasil 5&4. With three birdies on the front nine, he took the turn at a comfortable 4 Up. With Wasil making a double bogey on the Par 5 11th hole, Viraj went 5 Up and squared the next three holes to wrap up the match on the 14th hole itself.<\/p>\n
Kang matched Mane stroke for stroke from the start when he took the lead in the match on the second hole. He doubled his lead with a birdie on the 4th hole but Mane got the match back to all square by the 7th hole. In a see-saw match, the veteran took the turn 1 Up after winning the 9th hole and Mane would birdie the Par 4 12th hole to get back on level terms. Both traded blows on the final four holes of the course as the lead exchanged hands and eventual play-off followed. Both hit regulation pars on the first four holes before Kang\u2019s birdie settled the issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a brilliant result for me today. \u201c exclaimed the veteran. He added, \u201cThe idea was to not let Mane run away with the match early on and I was glad to be able to take it deep and emerge victorious.\u201d<\/p>\n
In other notable results, TrishulChinnappa won against GunvirRana on the 19th with a birdie, Aman Raj made short work of young Kartik Sharma 6&5 while Pukhraj Singh Gill beat city mate and India international Feroz Singh Garewal with a par on the 19th hole. Fifth seed Yashas Chandra lost to Gujarat southpaw Anshul Patel 2&1 in a very close match.<\/p>\n
Top Results – Round of 32 (seedingspreced the name):<\/strong><\/p>\n 1-Viraj Madappa beat 32-Md. Wasil 5&4 With both players locked all square after the regulation 18 holes, Kang made a birdie on the Par 5, fifth play-off hole to seal a spot in the pre-quarter finals. In a minor upset, 31st seeded local lad Rahul Ravi beat Samarth Dwivedi 1 Up. Another home boy Syed Saqib Ahmed took out the defending champion PratapAtwal 2&1 to ensure the National Championship will get a new winner this year.<\/p>\n The top seedVirajMadappa hardly broke a sweat when he won the battle of the juniors against Delhi\u2019s Md. Wasil 5&4. With three birdies on the front nine, he took the turn at a comfortable 4 Up. With Wasil making a double bogey on the Par 5 11th hole, Viraj went 5 Up and squared the next three holes to wrap up the match on the 14th hole itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"\n
31-Rahul Ravi beat 2-Samarth Dwivedi 1 UP
3-Harimohan Singh beat 30-Kurush Heerjee 3&1
4-Kushal Singh beat 29-Aalaap I. L. 2&1
28-Anshul Patel beat 5-Yashas Chandra 2&1
6-Trishul Chinnappa beat 27-Gunvir Rana 19th
26-Vikram Rana beat 7-Devin Suri 3&2
8-Aman Raj beat 25-Kartik Sharma 6&5
9-Syed Saqib Ahmed beat 24-Pratap Atwal 2&1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bengaluru: Veteran H. S. Kang caused the biggest ripple at the Tata Steel 114th Amateur Golf Championship of India when he sent the country\u2019s top amateur Udayan Mane home in a thrilling match, which lasted 23 holes at the Karnataka Golf Association here on Thursday.<\/p>\n