Thangaraja stamps his class again
Nadaraja Thangaraja.
Sri Lanka’s amateur golf prodigy, Nadaraja Thangaraja repeated his prolific success by clinching the July – Pin Fernando Grand Prix at the Royal Colombo Golf Course. Thangaraja who annexed the inaugural Pin Fernando Grand Prix series a fortnight ago waived off the challenge by Sisira Kumara to clinch his second successive Grand Prix series by a narrow margin of two points.
Thangaraja finished with 280 points after scoring 67, 68, 73 and 72 each on four separate days. He dominated the first couple of days but the third day belonged to runner-up Sisira Kumara and M. Arumugam who ended two points each after the day’s play. However Thangaraja still managed to cling on to the leader board. Overall fourth Zen Dharmaratne stole the show on the final day a best of 70, two points below par winner Thangaraja.
The Pin Fernando Grand Prix was inaugurated in July 2011 under the auspices of the Sri Lanka Golf Union (SLGU) in order to provide an opportunity for all amateur golfers in Sri Lanka to compete in tournaments on a monthly basis. Each month, by courtesy of one of the member clubs of the SLGU, the golfers play four consecutive rounds under strict tournament conditions.
Previously, only two major tournaments were available for men conducted by the SLGU — namely the Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship and the Sri Lanka Open. The inaugural Pin Fernando Grand Prix was won by Thangaraja, Sri Lanka’s current number one and Asia’s eighth best amateur golfer. – NA
Overall results:
1. N. Thangaraja (67 + 68 + 73 + 72) 280
2. Sisira Kumara (70 + 70 + 71 + 71) 282
3.M. Arumugam (71 + 70 + 71 + 71) 283
4.Zen Dharmaratne (70 + 71 + 75 + 70) 286
5.Vijitha Bandara (74 + 73 + 75 + 71) 293
6.N. Ranga (76 + 73 + 77 + 72) 298
7.P. Hemantha (76 + 73 + 75 + 83) 307
8.M. U. Chanaka Perera (74 + 78 + 83 + 73) 308
9. B.A Rohana (74 + 84 + 78 + 73) 309
9.Pradeep Gunasekara (76 + 80 + 80 + 73) 309
11. R. Sureshan (80 + 80 + 73 + 78) 311
12.G. M. Pradeep Kumara (85 + 79 + 78 + 78) 320
13. M. H. Chalitha Puspika (81 + 80 + 83 + 80) 324
14. Prabuddha Silva (89 + 82 + 76 + 79) 326
15. DM Pradeep (85 + 80 + 88 + 76) 329
17. S. Sasinathan (86 + 84 + 79 + 82) 331
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