Kaya Daluwatte led from start to finish to win the Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship 2022, in a common canter 28 strokes clear of the Gold & Silver combined division Age Group category for Girls from Sherin Mithara Balasooriya who snatched second place from Dhevinka Kanag-Iswaran with a final round of 77, having trailed Dhevinka by 4 strokes going into the final round.
Kaya Daluwatte’s performance is outstanding completing the Junior Championship with another 1 under par 71 for a 3 round Gross total of Seven under par form 54 holes. An extremely impressive performance for the budding fourteen-year-old lass, showing all the positive signs of going the distance as a lady golfer.
K. Dhanushan also led from the 1st round and maintained his lead throughout to secure the title as Junior Golf Champion Boys 2022, withstanding the mighty challenge of the defending champion Yannik Kumara and the RCGC Club Champion Nirekh Tejwani.
The top three in the leader board of the 2022 Junior Boys Championship, Nirekh fired 7 Birdies and ended with an outstanding 3 under par Gross 68. Yannik shot a 72, whilst Dhanushan held his nerve and displayed a cool attitude to end on Even Par 71 and win the Junior Boys Champ title for 2022 by a comfortable five strikes. Nirekh with his 3 under 68, managed to grab second place from Yannik Kumara 2 strokes ahead in 2nd place.
The Chief Guest was Suresh Subramaniam President of the National Olympic Committee Sri Lanka.
Final results
Gold Division Boys – Junior Champion – K. Dhanushan 215 1st Runner-up – Nirekh Tejwani 220 2nd Runner up – Yannik Kumara 222
Gold Division Girls – Junior Champion – Kaya Daluwatte – 209 1st Runner-up – Sherin Mithara Balasooriya 237 2nd Runner-up – Dhevinka Kanag-Iswaran 241
Silver Division Boys and Girls Combined – Champion Silver Division
Reshan Algama 206 1st Runner-up – Thejas Rathiskanth 230 2nd Runner-up – HD AdithyaWeerasinghe (A’pura) – 231
Bronze Division Boys and Girls Combined – Winner – Kaitlyn Norton 273 1st Runner-up -SaqeebZuhar 276 2nd Runner-up – LG Anuja Methsara 278
Copper Division Boys and girls Combined – Winner – Revaan Amarasinghe 120
2nd Place – Yuvan Rathiskanth 131 3rd Place – Danik Daliwatte 142
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