Pune: 14-Year-Old Guntas Kaur Seals Fourth Treble of Season at Oxford Golf Resort
Pune, 15th November 2025: Order of Merit leader Guntas Kaur Sandhu reserved her best for the last. The 14-year-old shot one-under 71 to clinch a splendid treble in the IGU Maharashtra Ladies & Junior Girls Golf Championship at the Oxford Golf Resort here on Friday.
Guntas finished with a 54-hole tally of two-over 218 for a two-shot victory over Keya Badugu (74), who did the frontrunning on the first two days. The Chandigarh teen, who has been a revelation this season, annexed the overall title, and Category ‘A’ (15-17 years) and Category ‘B’ (13-14) crowns as well. This was her fourth treble of the season.
Guntas and overnight leader Keya began with birdies on the second hole. The latter, who had a one-shot cushion going into the final day, lost the plot thereafter as bogeys on the fifth, which the winner too bogeyed, and sixth and a double bogey on the seventh dashed her hopes of a second straight victory.
Both golfers picked up a shot on the ninth hole. Keya, winner in the previous event in Coimbatore, dropped a shot on the 12th to fall three behind, and the birdie on the 16th only limited the damage. Guntas, meanwhile, played steady golf and parred all the holes on the back nine for her 71.
“It feels awesome to win my fourth treble of the season,” said an elated Guntas.
Karnataka’s Aastha Prasanna Rao (75) scored a runaway 10-shot victory over Vanyaa Singh in Category ‘C’ (11-12 years).
Final scores (after 54 holes): Ladies and overall: 218: Guntas Kaur Sandhu (74, 73, 71); 220: Keya Badugu (70, 76, 74); 222: Ceerat Kang (73, 77, 72); 224: Shiksha Jain (74, 76, 74); 225: Priya Kumari (79, 73, 73), Janneya A Dasanniee (75, 73, 77).
Category ‘A’ (15-17 years): 218: Guntas Kaur Sandhu; 225: Priya Kumari; 226: Prarthana Khanna (77, 75, 74), Aradhana Manikandan (73, 76, 77); 227: Riya Jaden (75, 75, 77).
Category ‘B’ (13-14): 218: Guntas Kaur Sandhu; 224: Shiksha Jain; 228: Jia Kardbhajne (82, 75, 71), Aida Thimmaiah (76, 75, 77).
Category ‘C’ (11-12): 238: Aastha Prasanna Rao (82. 81, 75); 248: Vanyaa Singh (84, 83, 81); 252: Gairat Kaur Kahlon (86, 83, 83).
