Vidhatri Urs of Bengaluru registered a hard-fought win over National Games silver medallist Zara Anand to clinch the All-India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in Pune on Saturday. (More Golf News)
The 17-year-old Vidhatri, who had topped the stroke play event, won tꦬhe 36-hole competition 2 and 1.
The 15-year-old Zara, who was four shots behind Vidhatri in stroke play, has time and again shown that she is ready for the highღer levels.
It was a long a🍰nd tiring week as the two teenagers played two rounds of 18 holes each and then qualified for match play.
They went through 36-hole matches on the two ꦺprevious days and were once again engaged in a titanic tussle on the final day.
Vidhatri beat Nidhi Tams🐠e 5&4 in the first round and then defeated Heena Kang 3&2 in the pre qua꧟rter-finals.
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In the quarter finals, she movꩲed past Keerthana Rajeev and then Saanvi Somu in the semifinals.
Zara on the other hand beat Pihoo Cꦫhauhan 6&5 in the first and then Prarthana Khanna 4 & 2 in the pre-quarter finals.
In the quarters she moved past Ananya ဣGarg and then de🍸feated Dia Cris Kumar in the semifinals.
Earlier, in the str♊oke play Vidhatri shot 71-71 to top the segment and grab the Billoo Sethi T🦩rophy.
Zara finished second for the match play toও reach the final.
In the summit clash, Vidhatri heldꦍ the upper hand for most꧋ of the time. She went 3-up at one stage.
However,🔴 Zara did well to fight hard but was still 3-down a little after the halfway stage.
Zara b♚rought the deficit down to two with two holes to go, before a halved hole on the 35th ended the matc♍h in Vidhatri’s favour.
