Aman’s maiden win at Delhi-NCR Cup

March 14, 2014: Aman Raj posted his maiden victory on the Indian Golf Union circuit when he completed a wire to wire victory to emerge as the new champion of the ninth edition of the Delhi-NCR Cup that culminated at the Delhi Golf Club here on Friday. Leading by six shots at the start of the final round, the lad from Patna was a 5-stroke winner over another upcoming youngster Feroz Singh Garewal of Chandigarh.

Aman closed in with a 5-over 77 for a 72-hole total of 293 while Feroz submitted a final card of 3-over 75. Bangalorean Jaibir Singh finished third with a total of 299 while citymate Udayan Mane slipped to the fourth position for a total of 300. Varoon Parmar finished fifth at 302 while Vikram Rana and Pratap Atwal were tied for the sixth position just a shot behind.

[highlight] I am very happy. Actually this has not yet sunk in,I hope to carry on the form for the entire season, said Aman [/highlight]

Vikram Rana emerged as the winner of the Delhi State Championship while Pratap Atwal was the runner-up.

Aman began his final march in a brilliant fashion making birdies on the first two holes. Incurring a bogey on the fourth, Aman made another birdie on the eighth before making another bogey on the ninth to take the turn at 1-under. On the back nine, the diminutive lad began his back nine on a bad note making a hat trick of bogeys and four shots in the next three holes. However the only solace for him on the return journey was a birdie on the finishing hole.

“I am very happy. Actually this has not yet sunk in,” said the champion who has come back from a back injury which had forced him to stay away from the game for almost the entire season. “I think the front nine made a lot of difference and I took it easy on the back nine,” admitted Aman. “I hope to carry on the form for the entire season,” he added.

Scores after 72 holes:

293 Aman Raj (70, 73, 73, 77); 298 Feroz Singh Garewal (75, 75, 73, 75); 299 Jaibir Singh (81, 75, 69, 74); 300 Udayan Mane (74, 74, 74, 78); 302 Varoon Parmar (81, 71, 74, 76); 303 Vikram Rana (78, 78, 75, 72), Pratap Atwal (76, 73, 76, 78); 306 Pukhraj Singh Gill (77, 79, 81, 69), Ajit Rawat (74, 75, 83, 74); 307 Hemendra Chaudhary (82, 76, 78, 71), Trishul Chinnappa (78, 77, 78, 74); 308 Simarjeet Singh (79, 70, 75, 84); 309 Arshad Ali (79, 75, 77, 78); 310 Samarth Dwivedi (76, 79, 79, 76); 311 Ramos Joa (82, 76, 73, 80)