Asian Games-bound golfers Aditi & Karan felicitated

Young golfers, Aditi Ashok and Karan Taunk, who will be representing India at the Asian Games, were felicitated by Karnataka Tourism on the announcement of the 6th edition of Toyota Karnataka Golf Festival (TKGF) to be held from September 11 to 14.
The four-day festival will see around 500 golfers competing from Bangalore, Jammu & Kashmir, Ahmedabad, Pune, Mysore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Goa, Assam and Delhi to get a spot on a team going to the 20th edition of the World Golfers' Championship which will take place in South Africa from November 1st to 8th, 2014.
Among those participating in the festival are former cricketers Venkatesh Prasad, Syed Kirmani and Sunil Joshi as well as former Indian hockey captain Ashish Ballal as well as several prominent Bangalore golfers.

Bengaluru-girl Aditi Ashok, who is India's No. 2 lady amateur, said, "It's my honour to get felicitated by Karnataka Tourism today right before my departure for the Asiad.
"I want to thank all the people who have been supporting me from day one and I promise that I will make my country proud at the upcoming Games in Korea. As I am only 16 I hope to play on many more Asian Games and perhaps even the Olympics in the future," said the 16-year-old.
Also felicitated was former top Indian amateur, Karan, who was the lone Indian selected for the Asia-Pacific team for the Europe v Asia-Pacific Team match, The Bonallack Trophy, held at KGA in March 2014.

Karan has recently shifted his base to Bangalore to train better here.
He said: "Bangalore is indeed the golfing capital of India with the best golf courses and training facilities. I have shifted base here and left my family behind in Jamshedpur because of the city's facilities and the weather which makes it conducive to train and play all day long, year round.
"My friend Anirban (Lahiri) also decided some years back to shift his base to Bangalore and he has had amazing success, so I plan to follow his lead.