USHA IGU Delhi Juniors tees off from tomorrow
9th April, New Delhi: USHA IGU Delhi Juniors, the season’s opening junior golf tournament will tee off at the Army Golf Club (AEPTA), Delhi from tomorrow. In the 2012 calendar, three out of 11 junior tournaments will be sponsored by USHA as part of their commitment to promote Junior amateur golf in the country. Around 96 golfers in Category A (Age group 15-17) and Category B (Age group 13-14) will participate out of which 50 from the IGU’s order of merit list and rest through an open registration will vie for the title. The tournament will be played in stroke play format and the cut will be applied after 36 holes on Wednesday. There will be an over all winner declared apart from the winners in different A and B categories.
In Category A, the no. 1 junior of the country Syed Saqib Ahmed
will be out of action while two of last season’s winners – Delhi’s Honey
Baisoya and Shubhankar Sharma will be looking to begin their year by
clinching the title. Other top four players including Patna’s Aman Raj,
Delhi’s Abhishek Kuhar, Manpreet Mann and Manu Gandas will also be in
the fray to give a strong challenge.
In category B, Delhi’s Piyush Sanghwan who won two tournaments on
the IGU circuit last year will try to remain as no. 1 in his category by
winning the tournament. Kolkata’s Viraj Madappa, currently no. 2 on the
IGU’s Order Of Merit, Jaipur’s Prakhar Asawa and Chandigarh’s Feroz
Grewal will also be eager to add their names in the trophy as well.
Due to the ever increasing number of Junior Golfers in the National
Junior Tour, a large number of eligible players had to sit out due to
the limitations of field that could be allowed to play each day. The
IGU has now decided to bifurcate the Junior Tour into Junior and Sub
Junior Tours in order to accommodate larger number of eligible Junior
Players on the Tour. The Sub Junior Tour for category C, D and E will be
held on a zonal basis while the Junior Tour for category A and B will
continue at the National Level. The IGU hopes that by doing so, not
only the field in each category will be increased but it will also
restrict the travelling of Sub Juniors with their parents in the
respective zones only.
About USHA’s association with Golf
Usha has been sponsoring ladies golf since 1987 with the
sponsorship of the Ladies Northern India Open Amateur Golf Championship.
The Junior Training Programme and Junior Tournaments at the Delhi Golf
Club are being sponsored by Usha since 2006.
From this year, Usha will be the exclusive sponsor of the entire
ladies golf tour on the IGU (Indian Golf Union) Ladies Circuit which
includes the 4 regional tournaments, the 4 zonal tournaments and the All
India Ladies Open Amateur Golf Championship. Usha is also the exclusive
sponsor of the Junior Tournaments at Delhi, Bangalore and Chandigarh
and will also continue to conduct the Junior Training Programme at the
Delhi Golf Club.
The Mawana Marathon which is sponsored by the Group for the last
23 years is actively supported by Usha. This marathon is approved on
the calendar of the Athletic Federation of India and has been flagged
off from the historic India Gate for the last 3 consecutive years.
About Usha International
Usha International Ltd, a Siddharth Shriram Group Company, is one of
India’s leading consumer durable marketing and manufacturing
companies. The diverse products marketed by the company under the brand
name USHA include fans, sewing machines, home appliances, engines and
pump sets, electrical motors and pumps, water coolers and dispensers,
inverters, cook tops, hobs and hoods and auto components. The brand USHA
has been re-energized through creative marketing, modernizing its
product range and offering high technology products.
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