All the five golfers had to fight hard in the field of 500 golfers over four rounds of the 7th Toyota Karnataka Golf Festival, South India's largest event that concluded at the Karnataka Golf Association yesterday.
A scratch golfer, Shiv Naren, who is a regular on the Indian Golf Union's men amateur circuit, collected 39 stableford points in 0-5 handicap category. Naren who came 3rd at the 2015 IGU's Western India Amateur said, "I am glad with the way I have played. It's a step towards my dream of playing for Indian amateur golf squad."
Bhisham Batra (H'cap - 16) with 39 points and Shrenik Kumar (H'cap - 22), also with 39 points will be playing in 16-20 and 21-24 handicap categories respectively.