{"id":2137,"date":"2012-01-20T14:48:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T14:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2012-01-20T14:48:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T14:48:45","slug":"chikka-knocked-out-in-all-india-amateurs-gagen-verma-enters-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2137","title":{"rendered":"Chikka knocked out in All India Amateurs; Gagen Verma enters semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Chandigarh: <\/strong>There were upsets galore on Friday as many of the leading contenders fell by the wayside on a long day when the pre-quarter and quarter final matches were gone through at the Indian Golf Union&rsquo;s flagship event, the 111th All India Amateur Golf Championships at the Chandigarh Golf Club.&nbsp; Two-time defending champion S Chikkarangappa was the biggest casualty as he lost to SK Pappu in the pre-quarter finals in the morning session. Also going out on a day of upsets was Khalin Joshi. Joshi lost to fellow Bangalorean Syed Saqib Ahmed in the pre-quarters on the 19th hole.<\/p>\n<hr id=\"system-readmore\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The unfancied Pappu beat the India No. 1 Chikka 2&amp;1 and then scored another fine win in quarters beating Sri Lanka Vijita Bhandara by the same margin. Chikka was looking for the first hat-trick of All India titles since 1930.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The experienced Gagan Verma in the morning beat Trishul Chinappa 1_up and then defeated Honey Baisoya of Delhi 2&amp;1. He now meets SK Pappu in the semis.<\/p>\n<p>Angad Cheema also came through to last four beating HS Kang 1-up in quarters.<\/p>\n<p>One of the oldest amateur championships in the world, the All India Amateur Championship started in 1892 and is run by the Indian Golf Union. It has a 36-hole stroke play qualifying competition over the first two days from which the leading 32 players proceed to the match play knockout event.<\/p>\n<p>Quarter finals: Angad Cheema beat HS Kang 1-up; Syed Saqib Ahmed beat IPS Mann 6&amp;4; Gagan Verma beat Honey Baisoya 2&amp;1; SK Pappu beat Vijita Bhandara 2&amp;1;<\/p>\n<p>Pre-quarter finals: HS Kang beat Raghav Bhandari 5&amp;4; Angad Cheema beat&nbsp; Mohd Nazim&nbsp; 2&amp;1; Syed Saqib Ahmed beat Khalin Joshi 19th hole; IPS Mann beat Karan Taunk 4&amp;3; Honey Baisoya beat Simarjeet Singh 1-up; Gagan Verma beat Trishul Chinappa 1-up; Vijita Bhandara beat Shubhankar Sharma 4&amp;2; SK Pappu beat S Chikkrangappa 2&amp;1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh: There were upsets galore on Friday as many of the leading contenders fell by the wayside on a long day when the pre-quarter and quarter final matches were gone through at the Indian Golf Union&rsquo;s flagship event, the 111th All India Amateur Golf Championships at the Chandigarh Golf Club.&nbsp; Two-time defending champion S Chikkarangappa [&hellip;]<\/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":[295,296,294,299,297,298,300],"class_list":["post-2137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-golf-golf","tag-111th-all-india-amateur-golf-championships","tag-chandigarh-golf-club","tag-indian-golf-union","tag-khalin-joshi","tag-s-chikkarangappa","tag-sk-pappu","tag-syed-saqib-ahmed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chikka knocked out in All India Amateurs; Gagen Verma enters semis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2137\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chikka knocked out in All India Amateurs; 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