Chandigarh golfer, Hunar, finishes fifth in the IJGA World Stars of Junior Golf

Hunar Mittal In Action

Hunar Mittal, Thirty-year-old golfer, finished in fifth place at the IJGA Junior World Golf Championship at Paiute Golf Club in Las Vegas, USA, last week. Mittal had already tied for 16th place in the 13-14 age group at the IMG Academy World Junior Championships held in San Diego, California from July 11th to July 13th. In Mittal, Mittal earned a score of six 22 while Pimkwan Chookaew of Thailand won the title with a score of eight under-208 in the tournament played from July 17 to July 19.

In San Diego, the youngster had a score of five out of 221 to claim 16th place tied with S Ngamkham of Thailand and Y Tai of Singapore in the tournament played at the Rancho Bernando Country Club

"Playing USA is always a challenge and fifth place in Las Vegas in category B will help my game. Previously, the conditions at Rancho Bernando County Club at the IMG Academy junior golf championship were tough. climb and downhill and the key was to control the speed of the ball.The first-round score of two under-70 was the lowest of the first round with Yui Mori of Japan being the only golfer to score the same. Second-round score of 77 has shaken my hopes, but I'm going to take a lot of the positives from these two tournaments, players from countries like Thailand, Japan, Mexico, the United States, Canada and the United States. Australia participated in tournaments and this performance will strengthen my confidence, "said Mittal, a student at the Gurukul Global School School in Manimajra

. Father Sachin Mittal is a lawyer, began playing golf at the age of five at Chandigarh Golf Association Range and became the top ranked golfer in the U-9 category in the Indian Feeder Golf Union tour. She placed second in the U-10 category in the IGU Feeder Tour in 2015. This year, Mittal finished fifth in the B category at the Women's and Women's Championships of the IGU Southern India at the Clover Greens Golf Course, Hosur, Tamil Nadu, in April. . The young player then played in Orlando, United States, in May before playing in San Diego.

Mittal will participate in the Teen World Golf Championship in North Carolina, United States, from July 26 to July 28. Category B IGU tournaments help to understand the conditions in India. Fifth place in Hosur earlier this year reinforced my confidence and even though I missed some tournaments, it helped me to be in the top 10 in the order of merit. I will be playing the Teen World Golf Championship in North Carolina this week and the conditions will be different from those in San Diego and Las Vegas. Adjusting the game according to the conditions will be the key, "said Mittal, who coaches under coach Jesse Grewal.

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