Ninad Muley wins Atur Foundation golf title

Pune: City youngster Ninad Muley played percentage golf sinking three birdies--two on the front nine and one during his home stretch to tally 37 stableford points to score a narrow one-point win over Gauri Karhade in winning Atur Foundation golf tournament at the Poona Club golf course here over the last weekend.

Two-handicapper Ninad opened with a par before two bogeys early on interspersed with a par on Hole No 3 pulled him down. Ninad, however, recovered himself towards the end of outward stretch by firing back-to-back birdies — on the Hole No 7 and No 8 to close at par 35.

He opened with a birdie on the par-4 10th hole but two bogeys on the home stretch forced him to tally one-over 72, which garnered him 37 points.

Five-handicapper Gauri finished runner-up, just one point behind Ninad at 36. Ranbir Patil (36), Shlok Jain (34) Sudaay Chaloo (33) finished in third, fourth and fifth positions respectively. Ranjit Parmar emerged victorious in bronze division.

Results:
Silver Division:
Winner: Ninad Muley 37 pts; Runner-up: Gauri Karhade 36.
Bronze Division:
Winner: Ranjit Paramar 44 pts;
Runner-up: Pradip Nadkarni 33.
Individual prizes:
Longest drive (Hole No 18): Pranav Mardikar 338 yard.
Closest to the Pin (Hole No 4): Sudaay Chaloo 10 ft 2 inch.
Straightest Drive (Hole No 14): Shlok Jain 1 ft 7 inch.