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Top stars for LG Tamil Nadu Open
Coimbatore: The LG Tamil Nadu Open
amateur golf championship, the fourth leg of the
LG Indian Amateur Tour, begins at the par-72
Coimbatore Golf Club course in Chettipalayam,
near here, on Tuesday. The championship is of
great importance to the players as this is the
last tournament for them to accumulate points
before the probable's for the Nomura Cup is
selected. Fresh from his victory in the LG
Southern India Open in Bangalore last week,
Hyderabad’s Arshdeep Tiwana will be hoping to
repeat his winning act when he tees off along
with 49 others in one of the most challenging
course in the country. Rashid Khan, Karan
Vasudeva, Gagan Verma and Pawan Kumar (from
Delhi), Abhishek Jha (Bangalore), Moin Malak (Pune),
H.S. Kang (Chandigarh) and Jasjeet Singh (Noida)
are the other top stars geared up for the big
occasion. Rashid, who missed out in Bangalore,
is confident of doing well. “It was one messy
round in the middle that left me out of
contention. I am confident of striking back and
making amends here.”
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The 22-year-old Arshdeep
is also keen to make it two in a row. “The LG
Southern India Open was my maiden win as an amateur. I
want to win this time around as well. I know the field
is strong with many higher ranked players but I will
give it my best shot.” It’s going to be tough test for
the golfers to tackle the fast greens and the mighty
winds blowing across the course. Besides precious points
and some attractive prizes, TaylorMade has announced a
gift of a set of holes to the first player to score a
hole-in-one on the par-3 14th.
