Published 23:37 IST, September 20th 2019
Kapil Dev comes out as a golf champion in the AVT Champions Tour
Kapil Dev came out as a champion in the 60-64 individual age category in the two-day Pune leg of AVT Champions Tour in the 60-64 individual age category.
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two-day Pune leg of AVT Champions Tour saw participation of over 100 golfers from 10 cities across country which included former cricket player Kapil Dev. Dev came out as a champion in 60-64 individual category. Speaking about win, Dev said that it is always a 'good feeling'. He furr ded that AVT Champions Tour is a good initiative to make senior golfers play more often.
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"Winning is always a good feeling. AVT Tour is a brilliant step towards helping us senior amateur golfers play more consistently w for a goal. senior's Tour has revived competitive spirit and winning amongst some really talented golfers is a feeling that is worth being cherished," Kapil Dev said in a statement.
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AVT Champions Tour has been initiated for senior golfers. It is only second national-senior (50 years and above) golf tournament in India. two-day event witnessed 100 golfers participating in Pune Leg from 10 different cities. Kapil Dev came out as a winner along with All India Senior Golf Champion Vijay Kumar, who was runner-up in respective category. Tasreem Kazi took home individual prize for women golfers.
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Gangesh Khaitan, former All India Senior Golf Champion, was winner in individual category of 65 and above. Rishi Narain, former Asian Games gold medalist and 2018 IGU Senior All India National Champion was winner in 55-59 individual category. He is also winner of first leg of AVT Champions Tour. Four AVT events are touted to take place this year. It will be played to supplement National Championship. As a consequence, tournament practice will be provided to Indian team for forthcoming international events like Asia Pacific.
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23:01 IST, September 20th 2019