India Golfers Selected for World Amateur Golf Championship

Bengaluru: Four golfers from Bengaluru and one from Delhi, earned the rights to represent India at the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) in Borneo, Malaysia, in late October, as the 11th Karnataka Golf Festival (KGF) concluded at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) course here on Sunday. The annual marquee event, celebrating a decade of success this year, is supported by Karnataka tourism and is South India's largest participative amateur golf championship.

Over 500 golfers participated at the Karnataka Golf Association this year with more than 100 outstation golfers from 16 cities and towns of India. Among the star names that participated in the tournament included former India cricketers Karun Nair, Subramaniam Badrinath, Sujith Somasunder, along with Lakshmipathy Balaji and Venkatesh Prasad.

On the concluding Sunday of the four-day 11th Karnataka Golf Association, Narender Kudwa won the 21-24 handicap category with a gross score of 40, while Sandeep Malhan (16-20, 41 points), M.K. Aiyappa (11-15, 41 points), Amit Khansaheb (6-10, 40 points) and David D'Souza (0-5, 33 points) emerged as the overall winners determined across four days on the basis of the modified Stableford format. IANS

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