The 17-year-old Golfer wins both The Stroke Play Trophy and The Amateur Championship of India
Mysuru’s Vidhatri Urs, who clinched the Billoo Sethi Trophy, a symbol of supremacy in the stroke play segment on Wednesday by four shots, scored a hard-fought 2&1 win over a battling Zara Anand of Delhi to complete a splendid double at the IGU All-India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship at the Poona Club Golf Course (Pune) yesterday.
“It feels great to win the All-India title. This was one title I always wanted to win, and it feels doubly sweet to complete a double,” the 17-year-old added.
Like in the semifinals, Vidhatri got off to a flier, going 6-up after seven holes in the 36-hole finale.
Despite a mini fightback from her 15-year-old rival, who made a few clutch birdies to stay in the hunt, Vidhatri was 4-up after the first 18 holes and was playing six-under for the day.
The half-an-hour break probably seemed to have broken Vidhatri’s rhythm as the birdies soon dried up and even bogeyed the 20th hole, her first blemish on the day. Zara made a birdie on the 22nd to reduce the deficit to 2-up.
Vidhatri then had a rare double bogey on the 30th after pulling her drive into the trees, and she duly lost that hole to give Zara hopes of a comeback.
The Mysurean quickly put that blemish behind her and concentrated on the task at hand. She went 2-up when Zara dropped a shot on the 33rd hole. Both missed birdies on the 34th and Zara missed a birdie on the penultimate hole. Vidhatri then holed a tricky five-footer to save par and seal the deal.
Vidhatri Urs is the daughter of Kantharaj Urs and Ramya Urs, residents of Lakshmipuram in Mysuru.
This post was published on December 10, 2023 6:44 pm