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No stopping Irina

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, JAN. 7. Irina Brar picked up her fourth title on the ladies amateur golf circuit this season with a commanding twenty-stroke lead in the South India Ladies Open tournament at the Karnataka Golf Course here on Friday.

Irina, who had set a course record in Delhi recently by carding a six under for the four rounds, also set the benchmark at Bangalore with a cumulative of four-over 292. She carded one-under 71 on the final day.

The Chandigarh lass, still on pain-killers for her back injury which kept her out of the game for two years, started off with a bogeys on the second and sixth hole. She however did some damage control with a birdie on the ninth. The last nine holes went like clockwork for Irina with birdies on the 14th and 18th, the last one being the most satisfying for the entire tournament.

Mysore's 16- year-old Bhavana Shetty came up with a superb performance in the final round to share the day's best card with Irina. Birdies on the 4th, 5th and 6th gave Bhavana a lot of confidence and she was playing on two-under on the 17th when she dropped a stroke on the 18th. Bhavana vaulted into second place with her fine showing on the final day.

The silver division was a cakewalk for KGA's Dhanalakshmi Rice. The 14 handicapper extended her winning lead to ten strokes over Rohini Majithia.

The results:

Gold Division: Irina Brar (Chd) 75, 71, 75, 71 (292), Bhavana Shetty (Mys) 81, 77, 83, 71 (312), Manavi Halwasiya (Cal) 78, 78, 77, 80 (313), Meghana Bal (Del) 80, 80, 78, 77 (315.

Silver Division: Dhanalakshmi Rice (B'lore) 92,96,91,90 (369), Rohini Majithia 102,92,92,93 (379), Madhavi Reddy (Blore) 97,98,95,107, Sangeeta Verma (Blore) 99,98,98,102 and Megha Verma (Blore) 95,104,106, 92 (397 each).

Other Prizes:

Gold Divison: Gross winner: Irina Brar, runner-up: Bhavana Shetty; Nett winner: Meghana Bal, runner-up: Irina Brar. Best gross any one day: Irina Brar and Bhavana Shetty.

Silver Division: Gross winner: Dhanalakshmi Rice, runner-up: Rohini Majithia. Nett winner: Sangeeta Verma, runner-up: Dhanalakshmi Rice.

Bronze Division: Gross winner: Tripta Ahluwalia, runner-up: Chanchala Rao. Nett winner: Tripta Ahluwalia, runner-up: E. Shalini.

Seniors trophy (Age 50+): Gross winner: Lalitha Balasubramanian, Nett: winner: Lalitha Balasubramanian.

Juniors trophy (18 and below): Gross winner: Bhavana Shetty, Nett winner: Meghana Bal.

Daily Prizes: First Day (Medal round): Lalitha Balasubramanian, Second Day: Nett winner: Irina Brar, Third Day: Nett winner: Shalini Malik.

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