By Our Staff Reporter
Dehradun, 5 May: The 1st and 2nd events of the National IGU Main Tour of Junior Boys concluded in Kolkata.
The first tournament was held at the Tollygunge Golf Club from 24 to 28 April. The 2nd event was organised from 2 to 5 May at The Royal Calcutta Golf Course.
Around 120 Junior Golfers from different parts of India in the age group 11-12, 13-14 and 15-17 years participated in this national level event.
The only golfer representing Uttarakhand, Samriddh Chand Thakur played a good round of golf in the hot and humid temperature of Kolkata. In both the tournaments, he finished in 9th position and secured his card for the 2023 entry in the upcoming IGU Main Tournaments. Only the top 12 position holder players are allowed to play the IGU Main Events. Samriddh has been playing golf for the last seven years. In this period he has won many tournaments in the IGU feeder tour, the Selaqui Golf Championship, WAGR events, etc.
Samriddh practices golf at the FRIMA and Clement Town Golf courses. He has taken golf coaching from.Gursimran Sethi of Chandigarh, Dharmendra Vohra and Pramod Kumar (Pinki) from Dehradun.
To be in the Order of Merit list of IGU, a player has to play a minimum 9 tournaments out of the 12 which are held in different parts of the country. Samriddh is now looking for some sponsors who can help bear the expenses of participating in these outstation tournaments.
