Pinehurst (North Carolina) [US], August 4 : Vedika Bhansali of Bengaluru emerged as the champion at the US Kids World Championship golf at Pinehurst Village. Playing in the Girls 9 years category, Vedika shot her best nine-hole round of the week with 4-under 32, and for the second time in three days, it was bogey-free.
With 33-33-32, she totalled 10-under and beat Japan's Emi Minami by one shot and American Audrey Zhang by two.
Vedika, who was fourth a year ago, had just one bogey in three rounds, each of which is nine holes for her age group.
As Vedika picked the gold another Bengaluru golfer, Aida Thimmaiah (75-68-66) was third in Girls 11 Category. Aida's final round was brilliant as she shot 6-under 66 and totalled 7-under to finish third. The runaway winner was American Bella Simoes (66-62-67) at 21-under while Ananya Venkataraghavan (70-69-67), granddaughter of former India cricketer S Venkataraghavan, was second at 10-under. Ananya is now based in the United States and represents the US.
Two other Indians finished in the top-8. Last year's medallist, Chandigarh's Nihal Cheema, was Tied-fourth in the Boys 8 category with cards of 38-39-35. In Boys 10, Noida's Kabir Goyal shot 72-70-68 and finished eighth.
Results of the Indians after the third and final round at the US Kids World Championships at Pinehurst:
The Indian boys were placed as follows after the second round:
Boys 8: Nihal Cheema (Chandigarh) (38-39-35) T-4;
Boys 10: Kabir Goyal (Noida) shot (72-70-68) (8th);
Boys 11: Sohraab Singh Talwar (Mohali) - (76-74-75) (T-42);
Boys 12: Adit Veeramachaneni (Bangalore) (73-79-71) (T-41), Hridaan Saraogi (Jaipur) (79-79-72) (T-89) and Siddhant Sharma (Faridabad) (78-78-75) (T-97).
The girls were placed as follows:
Girls 8: Pramati Veera (Bangalore) - (37-36-41) in 9-hole rounds (T-21), Naaysha S Sinha (Noida) (38-39-39) in 9-hole rounds (T-25);
Girls 9: Vedika Bhansali (Bangalore) (33-33-32) in 9-hole rounds (Winner); Ahana Shah (Mumbai) (41-42-34) (T-42), Suhani Chandra (Gurugram) (43-42-41) (T-78), Aahana Shrivastava (Gurugram) (44-41-42) (T-82);
Girls 11: Aida Thimmaiah (Bangalore) (75-68-66) (3rd);
Girls 12: Ojaswini Saraswat (Mohali) (70-68-76) (T-18).
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