Uchitha Ranasinghe produced two outstanding Rounds of 67 & 66, total 9 under par, 12 strokes clear of the second placed qualifier, obtaining the best Qualifying Round scores ever returned in the Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship history.
131st Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship tee-off
The second oldest Golf Championship in the world commenced at the Royal Colombo Golf Club, with over 75 participants in the…
22-year old, Uchitha Akash Ranasinghe, son of R.A. Anura Rohana who is a leading Sri Lankan Professional Golfer on the PGTI and Asian Tour, made a clean sweep of all the individual Trophies on offer in the two Qualifying Rounds of the 131st Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship.
Ranasinghe won the Victoria Cup best individual Gross score in Round 1, Illankoon Cup best individual Nett Score in Round 1, Pin Fernando Trophy for his 66 Gross in Round 2, the Sri Lanka Golf Union Trophy for the best individual Nett score in the second round and the best aggregate score of 133 for the two rounds.
The Cut-off of the Top 32 players to advance in to the Match-Play knock-out stage was administered at 168. Uchitha Akash earned Top Rank #1, whilst J.M.D. Indika put up 145, G M Pradeep Kumara a 146 and B. A. Sanjeewa managed a score of 147 to secure the 2nd, 3rd and 4th slots respectively. The 130th Amateur Championship Runner-up G P Sisira Kumara with an aggregate of 152 was ranked 12 and meets RCGC Club Champion Sachin De Silva in the 1st Round of the knock-out stage, in the top half of the draw.
In the next rounds, top Seed Uchitha Ranasinghe will meet Gehan Siribaddana, while 2nd Seeded J.M.D. Indika will play RCGC Vice Captain W A K Fernando. 3rd seeded Pradeep Kumara will go up against T. Jayaseelan (SLAF) and B A Sanjeewa meets young S. Dhuwarshan from Nuwara Eliya Golf Club.
Taniya and Vinod retain Junior National Titles
The 11th consecutive Prima Sunrise Bread Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship concluded at the Royal Colombo Golf Club…
The Pakistani and Indian challenge appear strong with qualifying rankings of 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th in the Men’s draw.
The Sri Lanka Ladies Amateur Golf Championship has already produced some exciting Golf play with Taniya Minel Balasuriya shooting Gross 2 under par 70, 11 strokes clear of Kayla Perera (81) and the Pakistani duo of Zaib Un Nisa (83), Suneya Osama (85).
131st Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship (Men) Two Qualifying Rounds
133- U A Ranasinghe 67, 66 (Winner Victoria Cup – Best Individual Gross Score 1st Round)
(Winner Pin Fernando Trophy – Best Individual Gross Score 2nd Round
(Winner Two Round Aggregate Gross Score)
145 – J M D Indika 72, 73
146 – G M Pradeep Kumara 72, 73
147 – B A Sanjeewa 74, 73
148 – Sampath Kelum 74, 74, – Ashiq Hussain (PAK) 72, 76
149 – M U Chanaka Perera 75, 74
150 – Ahaan Nath (IND) 77, 73
151 – Kahlid Mehmood (PAK) 78, 73, Zubair Hussain (PAK) 77, 74, N. Amarapadma 73, 78
152 – G P Sisira Kumara 81, 71
*CUT-OFF 32 PLAYERS MADE AT 168
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121st Sri Lanka Ladies Amateur Golf Championship 2018
Scores Round 1 Qualifier
70 – Taniya Minel Balasuriya
81 – Kayla Perera
83 – Zaib Un Nisa (Pak)
85 – Suneya Osama (PAK)
88 – Niloo Jayathilake
90 – Yun Jeong Choi
91 – Swen Selvaratnam
93 – Sherin Mithara Balasuriya, Irene Scarth
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