Chandigarh:
City boy Angad Cheema won the 111th CNEB All India Amateur championship title after beating an experienced Gagan Verma 5 and 4 in a final 36-hole competition at Chandigarh Golf Club on Sunday. With the victory, Cheema also finished second on the Indian Golf Union’s Order of merit list as it was the last event of the 2011 season. In the team championship, Bangalore’s duo S Chikkarangappa and Khalin Joshi got the runner’s-up prize while Cheema and Delhi’s Honey Baisoya were declared winners. Cheema, who turns 22 on January 25, was followed by his father throughout the day.

After taking the trophy, he said, “It was an emotional win for me as my dad was watching my game for the first time on course.” Both players, who finished second in World Inter Amateur Championship in Malaysia in 2011, started the day aggressively in the morning session as both of them were all square until 16th hole. Verma won 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 12th, 14th holes. Cheema won 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th and 13th to become equal. In afternoon, Cheema became 1-up to claim the contest.

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