EDINBURGH: In the Boys 13 catagory of the US Kids Golf European Championships, Harjai Milkha Singh took first place.
The 13-year-old son of Jeev Milkha Singh, Harjai shot a final round of 3-under 69 in an action-packed round that began with two birdies and ended with two bogeys. Yet, with seven birdies against four bogeys, Harjai beat his closest opponent by two shots.
Harjai’s win at the Royal Musselburgh Golf Club capped a great week for the Indian squad, which saw another Chandigarh lad, Nihal Cheema finish second in Boys Under-7 at Longniddry Golf Club. Gurgaon golfer Mahreen Bhatia closed with an eagle to finish second in Girls 13- 14, also at Royal Musselburgh.
Bangalore’s Adit Veeramachaneni was fourth in. Boys nine category, while Vihaan Jain was tiedfifth in Boys 13 and Arshvant Srivastava rose with three-under 69 to finish seventh in the same section. Ananyaa Sood was fifth in Girls 12 and Naina Kapoor was tied-eighth among Girls 11. India has won two seconds, three other Top-5 finishers and two more in Top-Ten.
Overall, of the 16 Indians who teed up during the week at five famous Scottish golf courses, eight players finished in Top-8 or better. All three Indian girls were in Top-10. The toast of the Indian contingent was Harjai Milkha Singh, whose father, Jeev Milkha Singh, won the iconic Scottish Open in 2012. It was in the UK in 1958 that Harjai’s grandfather, the Late Milkha Singh, won India’s first-ever athletics gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.
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