India wins junior golf team titles

Aditi Ashok (L) of India and Suradit Yongcharoenchai of Thailand with the winners' trophies.

India won the boys’ and girls’ team titles in the Asia-Pacific junior golf championship at the RCGC here on Sunday. Aditi Ashok lifted the individual title in the girls’ category after a thrilling play-off with second-placed Min-Jou Chen of Chinese Taipei.

Viraj Madappa and Manu Gandas took India ‘A’ to victory as Aditi and Ridhima Dilawari fashioned India ‘B’ win in the girls’ division.

The results: Team: Boys: 586: India ‘A’ (Manu Gandas, Viraj Madappa) ; 594: Thailand ‘B’ (Ekthumrong Luanganuruk, Suradit Yongcharoenchai); 595: Chinese Taipei ‘A’ (Sung I Yu, Chun An Yu).

Girls: 442: India ‘B’ (Ridhima Dilawari, Aditi Ashok); 446: Chinese Taipei ‘A’ (Yu-Hsin Chang, Min-Jou Chen); 452: Chinese Taipei ‘B’ (Hsin-En Tsai, Cih-Hui Chen).

Individual: Boys: 287: Suradit Yongcharoenchai 74, 70, 72, 71 (Tha); 293: Manu Gandas 73, 75, 75, 70 (Ind), Viraj Madappa 73, 73, 73, 74 (Ind); 294: Chun An Yu 76, 74, 76, 68 (Tpe); 295: Feroz Singh Garewal 75, 77, 70, 73 (Ind); 301: Sung I Yu 69, 79, 75, 78 (Tpe). Girls: 217: Aditi Ashok 75, 69, 73 (Ind), Min-Jou Chen 72, 73, 72 (Tpe); 218: Gurbani Singh 73, 72, 73 (Ind); 222: Cih-Hui Chen 76, 70, 76 (Tpe); 224: Pinyada Kuvanun 79, 74, 71 (Tha); 225: Ridhima Dilawar 72, 78, 75 (Ind).