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Sangwan wins Usha Punjab junior golf

by Oct 19, 2012

Chandigarh, Oct 19 (IANS) Piyush Sangwan birdied the final hole in regulation play to tie the scores and then proceeded to beat S. Sidhartha to grab the overall combined honours at the Usha-IGU Punjab junior golf here Friday at the Shivalik Golf Course.

Piyush, who began the day trailing Yashas Chandra (77), who led for the first three days, ended with a 75, the same as the 17-year-old Sidhartha, who hails from Coimbatore. Then Sangwan, playing in Category B, grabbed the combined honours for Category A and B.

Yashas of Mysore faltered on the final day with a 77 and ended third overall at 296, but he was second in Category A, where the topper was Sidhartha.

Piyush also won the trophy in his own Category B with a total of 295, while Delhi’s Tanvir Kahlon (76) was the runner-up at 307. Adilbir Singh (72) from Chandigarh clinched the third place at 310.

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