Indian golf's Generation Next will be on view this week at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championships, as a six-member squad tees off at the annual event that rewards the winner with places in two Majors, the Masters and The Open next year.
Joining India's No. 1 amateur Rayhan Thomas, who joins College golf in US next year, will be Kshitij Naveen Kaul.
While Thomas turns 19 next month, Kaul is still two months away form his 18th birthday, but will be playing his third AAC event, just like Thomas.
Also playing his third AAC is Yuvraj Sandhu, who plans to turn pro soon after this event. The other three are Varun Parikh, 19, Kartik Sharma, 18, and Vinay Kumar Yadav, all playing their first AAC.
Rayhan Thomas, India's Number 1 amateur, has been paired in a marquee group with Chinese prodigy Andy Zhang, who played the US Open at the age of 14, and Australian Dylan Perry, who is World No. 31 amateur.
Thomas said, "The course is so good that you can even putt on the tee boxes. It is a great event and I have played twice before in it. Also the rewards of winning here are amazing. I have been in good form and the course looks like it might yield low scores, so I am looking forward to it."