Golf league: Sultans of Swing lead halfway

At the halfway mark of the league stage, the Sultans of Swing lead the Chandigarh Golf League by logging three consecutive 6-1 wins, followed by Hunting Hawks scoring 18.5 to follow the overall leader.

A total of 36 matches have been played until now and the 252 games have seen intense competition as the crowded leaderboard suggests. This season has recorded the most number of tied matches at this stage of the competition in the league’s two-year old history. The pre-tournament favourites Tee Birds (16.5), Golf Ninjas (15.5) and Netsmartz Tigers (15.5) follow on the overall leaderboard.

The competition is expected to be intense for the top four places in each group as qualification takes precedence over rotation of the squad. Group A has the strong Partee Panthers (12.5), defending champions Captain’s 18 (11). Group B has seen Punjab Aces (14) flash their winning cards with two solid wins, followed by the gritty Moksha Royals (13). The team to watch out for will be last year’s bronze medallists Cee Dee The Mulligans, way off the pace with 9.5 points in three matches. Group C has five, possibly six teams, which are still fancying their chances as Fairway Comets (13), followed by Soaring Eagles (12.5) and Canam Raptors (11.5). Jubilee Chandigarh Gladiators (11.5) and Green Gators (10.5) will look to rise up the leaderboard with three matches to play.

Meanwhile, the highlights have been the two hole-in-ones on the 8th hole by Tarun Ghai and Gurpreet Singh. Five players have won all their four games, Dilmick Lamba, GS Bakshi, Puneet Sood, Kulwaran Singh and Shaurya Sharma, achieving them in singles.