Partee Panthers continue winning streak in Chandigarh Golf League

Partee Panthers continued their winning streak with a 5-2 victory over Golf Ninjas in the ongoing Chandigarh Golf League 2024 here. The win virtually assures them a place in the knock-out stages as they tied their opponents in the Group-A leaderboard, with a match to play.

Captain’s 18 kept their qualification hopes alive with a 4-3 win over the steadily improving Seven Iron, while Pirates of the Green recorded a fine win over Swinging Samurai (4.5-2.5).

In the final match of the day, Sultans of Swing pipped Punjab Aces to maintain their unbeaten run and put them in a prime position to get a bye into the quarterfinals.

• In the final match of the day, Sultans of Swing pipped Punjab Aces to maintain their unbeaten run and put them in a prime position to get a bye into the quarterfinals.

The Panthers opened the day and saw the Ninjas take early leads in most of the games. Both singles games last course as Girish Virk won 1 Up for the Ninjas, while Ramnik Tiwana overturned a two-hole deficit by winning the final three holes in a dramatic turnaround. As many as three Panthers pairs won 3&2 to dominate the four-ball games as the Ninjas could only score one more point.

Seven Iron continued their upward curve. Despite narrow loss, they played with great determination. Col AS Bajwa won his singles for the Captain’s 18 along with teammate Randeep Singh who managed to cross the line in a close contest. Seven Iron did better of the two teams in the four-ball games with Col BS Rangi and Gurjit S Lehal highlighting with a 5&3 win. YS Bains and Wg Cdr LS Sandhu won a point for the Captain’s 18 in the anchor game 4&2.

Samurai came into the match with a vital win in their last match, but could keep up with the pace set by the Pirates today. Muneet Jakhar gave them an early point from his singles, while Ashray Gakhar-Maj Gen KJS Thind combo won the anchor game 5&3 to round off the points.

Despite SK Sharma’s 5&4 win in the singles, Samurai couldn’t convert like against Seven Iron as all other games went to the final hole. The Sultans came out firing with Yogeshwarpreet Ghuman (2&1) and Tarun Lehal (5&4) winning their singles. The first two four-ball games also went the Sultans way in a contest where six games finished on the penultimate hole or later. The Aces got home in the final three games with Harpreet Singh-Baljinder Sidhu pair carding a 2&1 win.