Bengaluru, Dec 18: Akshay Neranjen hit two good shots when it mattered and that landed him the Men’s Amateur Trophy at the RBG South Zone Tour Championship 2020 that concluded at the Eagleton Golf Resort here on Friday. Akshay and Vrushank, two of the four overnight joint-leaders, ended up with an identical total of 2-over 218 for the tournament, thus enforcing a play-off to break the tie which Akshay handled with ease.
In the other categories that were undecided after regulation play, Saanvi Somu wrested the Teen ‘B’ Girls title overcoming Srihitha Mandava on the second play-off hole while Veer Ganapathy won the Teen Boys ‘B’ crown beating Mahir Rakhra on the first play-off hole.
Hridika Vora led from start to finish to win the Women’s Amateur and Teen ‘A’ Girls titles with a 3-round total of 7-ovr 223. Vidushi Keni took the bridesmaid position, finishing seven shots behind the winner.
Men’s Amateur
218 Akshay Neranjen (70, 75, 73), Vrushank Balu (75, 70, 73) (won on first play-off hole); 219 Raunil Kukar (75, 75, 69), Krishang Nayak (74, 71, 74)
Teen ‘A’ Boys
Krishang Nayak, 222 Shaurya Binu (72, 73, 77); 225 Dhruv Bopanna (71, 80, 74); 227 Ishan Shroff (74, 78, 75)
Women’s Amateur & Teen ‘A’ Girls
223 Hridika Vora (70, 77, 76); 230 Vidushi Keni (77, 76, 77); 239 Amritha Mandava (81, 78, 80); 240 Nishna Patel (77, 84, 79)
Under-14 category
Teen ‘B’ Boys
153 Veer Ganapathy (72, 81), Mahir Rakhra (75, 78) (1st play-off hole); 156 Mohit Balasubramaniam (75, 81)
Teen ‘B’ Girls
148 Saanvi Somu (73, 75), Srihitha Mandava (73, 75) (2nd play-off hole)
Boys ‘C’
164 Ishnidh Virdi (82, 82); 174 Behant VL (82, 92)
Girls ‘C’
173 Riya Jadon (85, 88); 175 Dia Cris Kumar (88, 87)
Boys ‘D’
172 Jashan Ganapathy (85, 87)
Girls ‘D’
221 Tamanna Kandra (109, 112); 222 Diya Meda (113, 109)
