Teen golfer Arjun Bhati sells his trophies, raises Rs 4.30 lakh to fight coronavirus

He might be just 15 but golfer Arjun Bhati has mand to raise Rs 4.30 lakh to fight COVID-19 pandemic by selling all his trophies, including three world junior golf championship titles and a national championship. golfer from Greater ida, who won US kids junior world championship in 2016 and 2018 and FCG callaway junior world championship last year, has donated money to -CARES Fund. Arjun said he sold all of his trophies to his relatives and friends of his parents to raise fund.

Teen golfer Arjun Bhati sells his trophies

"In last eight years, 102 trophies that I won across world, I have given m to 102 people in this hour of crisis. total amount of Rs 4,30,000 that I received from that, I have donated that today to -CARES Fund," he tweeted in hindi on Tuesday.

"After coming to kw about my contribution, my grandmor first cried and n said, 'you are a real Arjun. At this point of time, it's important to save human lives. Trophies can be won in future'."

youngster thus joined Indian sports fraternity, which has made a significant contribution to contain deadly disease, which has killed over 80,000 and infected nearly 1.5 million globally. significant contributors to cause include former and current star cricketers such as Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Sunil Gavaskar, Suresh Raina to Olympic medallists Mary Kom, P V Sindhu, Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt. Coronavirus infection, which originated in Chinese city of Wuhan, has killed nearly 150 people and infected over 5100 in India. 

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