{"id":21455,"date":"2015-03-23T05:16:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T05:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=21455"},"modified":"2015-03-23T05:16:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T05:16:06","slug":"viraj-finishes-2nd-at-faldo-series-asia-grand-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=21455","title":{"rendered":"Viraj finishes 2nd at Faldo Series Asia Grand Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" src=\"images\/golf\/Viraj-Madappa-NCR-Cup-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Viraj Madappa NCR Cup 2015\" \/>New Delhi: Ranked 2nd on Indian Golf Union&rsquo;s (IGU) amateur tour Viraj Madappa has ended up as runners up in Under-18 category at the Faldo Series Asia grand final at Mission Hills, China. The Kolkata-lad finished second in his category but his score of 6-under 210 also got him a fourth spot in the overall tournament. Playing against 90 golfers from 18 countries, Madappa played his heart out but lost to the eventual winner Simon Zach from Czech Republic by 3 strokes. Interestingly, this was Madappada&rsquo;s first outing at this R&amp;A world amateur golf ranking event, as he had to miss it twice owing to his academic examinations.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old Madappa expressed disappointment on missing out on an opportunity to play in an Asian Tour event, an incentive for the winner. &ldquo;I could have done better but the course conditions and the competition was very tough. I am glad that I could make this trip finally. I am going back with an amazing international exposure, and hopefully as an improved golfer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was amazing just to be in the same room as Sir Nick Faldo. To have an interaction with one of the greatest golfers was just mind-boggling,&rdquo; added Madappa.<br \/>Other Indian participants who put up a spirited show were Patna&rsquo;s Aman Raj and Delhi&rsquo;s Shubham Narain. Raj who is no. 3 on IGU&rsquo;s order of merit, finished 4th with a total score of one-under 215 in U-21 category while IGU&rsquo;s junior ranked 2nd Narain ended the tourney with 9th position at five-over 221.<br \/>Indian eves didn&rsquo;t impress with their performance at the tournament. Tvesa Malik (U-21), Gurgaon&rsquo;s Nishtha Madan (U-18) and Gaurika Bishnoi (U-16), ended with 6th, 9th and 8th position respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" src=\"images\/golf\/Viraj-Madappa-NCR-Cup-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Viraj Madappa NCR Cup 2015\" \/>New Delhi: Ranked 2nd on Indian Golf Union&rsquo;s (IGU) amateur tour Viraj Madappa has ended up as runners up in Under-18 category at the Faldo Series Asia grand final at Mission Hills, China. The Kolkata-lad finished second in his category but his score of 6-under 210 also got him a fourth spot in the overall tournament. Playing against 90 golfers from 18 countries, Madappa played his heart out but lost to the eventual winner Simon Zach from Czech Republic by 3 strokes. Interestingly, this was Madappada&rsquo;s first outing at this R&amp;A world amateur golf ranking event, as he had to miss it twice owing to his academic examinations.<\/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-21455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Viraj finishes 2nd at Faldo Series Asia Grand Final - 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=21455\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Viraj finishes 2nd at Faldo Series Asia Grand Final - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: Ranked 2nd on Indian Golf Union&rsquo;s (IGU) amateur tour Viraj Madappa has ended up as runners up in Under-18 category at the Faldo Series Asia grand final at Mission Hills, China. 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