New Delhi, May 26: A seven-member Indian squad including three girls, will represent the country in the 26th Asia Pacific Junior Golf Team Championship to be held at Ora Country Club at Jeju-Do, Korea from May 31-June 3.
The Indian team which leaves here for Korea on May 27 will be accompanied by two officials.
The Indian Golf Union (IGU) has also cleared Rommel Majumdar, Viraat Badhwar to take part in the individual events in Category ‘C’ and ‘D’ to give them international exposure.
IGU secretary general S Aparajit said here yesterday that the boys’ team had a fairly good chance of winning the prestigious trophy.
Gaganjeet Bhullar, as a junior, heads the merit list in the men’s category and Ajeetesh Sandhu is the leading junior of the country and recently was runners up at the Asia Pacific Master Golf Championship. Both of them have the potential to win the championship.
The IGU secretary said the championship is of greater importance this year as these juniors will also be in the run for selection for the Indian team for Asian Games 2006.
Gaganjeet Bhullar and Ajeetesh Sandhu have also been selected to represent the men’s team for the Asia Pacific Amateur Golf Championship (Nomura Cup) to be played at Japan. Among the girls, Meghna Bal – who is now playing in US – and Bhavana Shetty, with Vaishvi Sinha are likely to offer strong opposition, he added.
