New Delhi: Young home talent was on full view as the second edition of the Take Solutions Masters golf tournament got under way here on Thursday. The 21-year-old Feroz Garewal, who shares the same coach as Shubhankar Sharma, was quick off the blocks with a brilliant five-under 66, that placed him tied second along with a host of others even as a 49-year-old Thai veteran Thammanoon Sriroj set the early pace with a stunning 9-under 62 at the par-71 KGA Golf course.
Garewal, who competed in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, shared the second place along with Thai duo Danthai Boonma and Suradit Yongcharoenchai, Zimbabwe’s Scott Vincent and Argentina’s Miguel Carballo.“I started with a couple of bad shots, missing fairways, but got lucky both times, as I made the up-and-down for pars. I made a couple of other good putts on the front nine, to get to 1-under for the first half,” Garewal said.
There was also some good news coming from the Asian Games-bound young amateurs, as two of the three playing here got off to a fine start.
Chandigarh lad, the 17-year-old Aadil Bedi carded 3-under 68 to be tied 14th while Harimohan Singh, also going to the Jakarta, carded 2-under 69 to be tied 24th. The third amateur, Rayhan Thomas had a disappointing day with 3-over 74.
Seven players including last year’s runner-up Khalin Joshi were tied 7th at 4-under 67.
