Gurgaon, Sept 29: The six-leg series US Kids North golf begins in October with two events each slated in November, and December also. Each month two events will be held back-to-back.
The US Kids Golf Indian Championships will be held from December 6 to 8. It will feature players from more than 15-20 other countries will at the Classic Golf and Country Resort. The practice round will be held on December 5.
All events will see about 70-90 youngsters in age groups ranging from six to 18 in both boys’ and girls’ divisions.
Rajesh Srivastava, President US Kids Golf India and Asia, said, “It has been a great season for us our kids did so well in the European and World Championships. We will now have six events each in three zones, North South and West, with East to come in soon.”
“The US Kids Golf Series has also made successful debuts in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. The interest levels have been huge. With more countries expected to join soon, we will be establishing a US Kids Golf Junior Tour across Asia to give the youngsters a feel of a proper Tour just like what it is on the Asian or European Tours. It will prepare young Indian and Asian golfers for the future.”
Some of the participants, who will be seen in the local Tours this year, represented, and won medals in US Kids European and US Kids World Championships. The prominent ones among them being Mahreen Bhatia, who was second in Girls 14 at US Kids World Teens Champs at Pinehurst, Kartik Singh, who was third at the same Championships. Also finishing third was Lavanya Gupta, in Girls 15-18.
At the World Championships for Boys and Girls between six and 12, three Indians, Nihal Cheema (Boys 6), Vedika Bhansali (Girls 7) and Ojaswini Saraswat (Girls 10) and Kabir Goyal was 6th in Boys 8 category.
The team from India also had great success at the US Kids European Championships, Harjai Milkha Singh, son of the Indian golfing legend, Jeev Singh, won the top honours in the Boys 13 category, while Gurgaon golfer Mahreen Bhatia finished second in Girls 13-14 and Chandigarh lad, Nihal Cheema finished second in Boys Under-7. Overall, eight Indians finished in Top-10.
