Date:25/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/25/stories/2008032555992000.htm

Sport - Golf

Amitabh wins

BANGALORE: Amitabh Poddar with a score of 36 points (gross) bagged the open event title in the Bangalore Golf Club-Titan tournament played on Friday and Saturday at the BGC.

The open event was played in the Stableford format and David D’Souza was runner-up with 35 points. C.G. Somaiah was third with 34 points.

Other results: Handicap (0-13): 1. Madhavi Reddy (40 pts), 2. K.V. Dasrathi (38 pts) and 3. Zubeer Ahmed.

Handicap (14-24): 1. Karthick Chandra (40 pts), 2. V. Umesh (38 pts), 3 Rathan Kumar (38pts).

Handicap 25 and above: 1. Aditi Ashok (40 pts), 2. Shrichand Rajpal (37pts) and 3. S.G. Gokul (35pts).

Seniors (60-70 years): 1. K.R. Sheshadri (37 pts), 2. K.A. Jeevan Kumar (36 pts), 3. Narayan Menon (35 pts). Seniors 71 +: 1. S.R. Krishnamurthi (34 pts), 2. Arjun Menda (33pts), 3. Rajshekar Murthy (33pts).

Ladies: 1. Jayashree Anandu (38 pts), 2. Shila Prabhu (35pts) and 3. Bina Sreedhar (35 pts).

Hole-in-one: K.P. Rao had a hole-in-one on Friday (March 22) on the second hole. — Special Correspondent