Top amateurs for Tata Steel Southern India Amateur

The country's top amateurs will be seen in action when the sixth event of the Tata Steel Indian Amateur Golf Tour tees off at the challenging Karnataka Association course here tomorrow.
This is one of the most stellar fields in recent times where all the top 22 players on the IGU Order of Merit are in fray.
As many as 99 players will battle it out for honours in the event to be played over four days of strokeplay.
Leading the competition front is the youth brigade of Karan Taunk who is currently perched at the No.1 spot on the Order of Merit, local lads Udayan Mane, Syed Saqib Ahmed and Trishul Chinnappa who occupy the second, fourth and fifth positions respectively, Viraj Madappa (No.3) and Samarth Dwivedi (No.6) amongst others.

Young Manu Gandas who had won the IGU South Zone Juniors a couple of months at the same venue is back from a confidence-building victory at Coimbatore last week and would be looking to register an encore.
The win has also catapulted the Gurgaon youngster to the ninth position on the Order of Merit.
Among the experienced, the battle will be between three time Sri Lankan Open Amateur champion Simarjeet Singh (No.7), Vikram Rana (No.10), Gagan Verma and Jasjeet Singh.