PGTI

Ahmedabad, 16-01-2016

Veer Ahlawat wins Pre Qualifying II, thirty-nine players qualify for Final Stage

Delhi-based amateur Veer Ahlawat (73-67) topped the leaderboard with a four-under-140 total at the end of round two of the PGTI’s Pre Qualifying II for the 2016 season being held at the Kensville Golf & Country Club near Ahmedabad.

A total of 39 players qualified from Pre Qualifying II for the Final Qualifying Stage as three players were tied in 37th position when the cut was declared at 10-over-154.

Veer Ahlawat, who hails from the DLF Golf & Country Club, made six birdies and a bogey in his round of five-under-67 on Saturday.

Manish Goyal (71-72) of the DLF Golf & Country Club finished second at one-under-143.

Vikram Rana, another Delhi-based amateur, claimed tied third at even-par-144 along with Delhi’s Karan Vasudeva, Ravi Kumar of Chandimandir and Shaquill Shane Mongol of the United States.

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