Yannik and Kaya take the lead

Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship 2021

Yannik Kumara (with 69 gross) and Kaya Daluwatta (with 74 gross) overcame tough course conditions to take the lead in the boys’ and girls’ categories respectively after the first day’s play of the Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship at the Royal Colombo Golf Club.

There was a close competition in the boys’ category with K. Danushan (71), defending champion Nirekh Tejwani (72) and Haroon Aslam from Kandy (75) battling against adverse course conditions due to overnight rain.

In the girls’ category, Sherin Balasuriya was four shots behind Kaya with a gross score of 78 and Dhevinka Kanag-Iswaran was on 90. The first day’s results indicate stiff competition during the next two days of play.

In the most junior category Copper Division, Revaan Amarasinghe was leading by ten shots with 44 gross score over nine holes, followed by Saqeeb Zuhar (54), Daink Daluwatte (57), and Anuja Methsara from Anuradhapura (63). It was heartening to see junior players blossoming from different regions of Sri Lanka.

The Bronze Division and Silver Division results were pending as the divisions were not completed at the time the results of the other divisions were issued. Officials were expecting a high standard of golf during the next two days. The championship organized by the Sri Lanka Golf Union is sponsored by Prima Sunrise Bread. It is the 13th year that the brand has been associated with this championship. (RF)