Taniya Balasuriya wins third successive Sri Lanka Ladies Open Amateur Stroke Play Golf title
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Winner Taniya (third from left), Kayla, Sherin and Kaya with SLGU officials
Taniya Balasuriya stamped her supremacy in ladies golf with gross scores of 73, 72 and 71 to win the Sri Lanka Ladies Open Amateur Stroke Play Golf Championship 2021 last week. The significant feature of the tournament was the dominance of youngsters, who claimed the top five positions.
Winning the title for the 3rd consecutive year, Taniya finished with 10 shots ahead of her closest rival. There was a keen tussle for the runner-up position between Kayla Perera, Kaya Daluwatta and Sherine Balasuriya. However, Kayla shot a superb round of gross 71 on the third day to claim runner-up position.
The Sri Lanka Ladies Open Amateur Stroke Play Golf Championship 2021, sponsored by the Abhayaratne family in memory of Malin Abhayaratne, a Past President of the Sri Lanka Golf Union and Past President and Captain of the Royal Colombo Golf Club for the second consecutive year was played on December 7, 8 and 9 at the Royal Colombo Golf Club.
This prestigious tournament was played as a WAGR ranking tournament for the ladies.
As usual Taniya showed that she is a star in the making to win the championship, while the rest were battling for the positions below.
The Nuwara Eliya Cup which is awarded to the best nett score over 3 rounds was won by Sherine Balasuriya (208) and in the runner-up position was Arika Wickramasinha (215).
The Bronze Cup awarded to the aggregate gross score for handicaps 21-30 was won by the experienced golfer Roshini Sangani with Vivienne Fowler Watt emerging runner-up.
“The golf played this year was of a high standard” said Anouk Chitty, the Captain of the Ladies section of Royal Colombo Golf Club and Chairperson of Ladies Events (of Lanka Golf. Michael Perera Magala, the President of Sri Lanka Golf and Yvonne Abhayaratne gave away the awards.
