St. Albans, United Kingdom, 06-05-2017
Indian team makes early exit from GolfSixes event
The Indian team comprising of SSP Chawrasia and Chikkarangappa S made an early exit from the Euroepan Tour's GolfSixes event played at the Centurion Club in St. Albans, United Kingdom.
The competition featured 16 teams of two batlling it out over six holes in a greensomes format. The teams were split into groups of four in a round robin format on Saturday with the two two from each group progressing to the knockout stages on Sunday.
The Indian team drew their first match against England with a 2-2 score before losing their next two matches to The Netherlands with a 2-1 margin and Denmark with a 1-0 margin.
India thus finished at the bottom of their group with just one point from their drawn match.
The two teams from India's group (Group A) that advanced to the next stage were England and Denmark with five points each. The Netherlands finished third in the group with four points.
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