The 13th Sri Lanka Junior Golf Open Championships organized by Sri Lanka Golf Union and sponsored by Prima Sunrise Bread conducted at The Royal Colombo Golf Course over three days ( 15th – 17th Dec 21) was a great success. Despite the set back of junior golfers being unable to practice due to Covid 19,the golf dished out was of a high standard. The weather stayed sunny and the course played true for the Juniors to display a very high standard of Golf.
Yannik Kumara fresh after winning the100 th Royal Colombo Open Men’s club championship was in no mood to let his guard down and cantered over the finish line with impressive scores of 69,69,and 69 to be 6 under in the Gold Division placing Nirekh Tejwani in second place. Young Tejwani, a vastly improved golfer returned a card of 72,73, and 71. The third place was secured by K. Dhanushan returning scores of 71,71, and 77.
Kaya Daluwatte, romped home easily with scores of 74,72 and 77 to win the Gold Division for Girls, 16 shots ahead of her closest rival Sherin Balasuriya who returned cards of 78,82 and 79. Third position was secured by Devinka Kanag-Iswaran , 90,90 and 89.
Gross Scores
SRI LANKA JUNIOR OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP 2021
14th to 17th December 2021
Copper Division (Age 09 & under)
| Round | Round | Total | Round | Grand | ||||
| I | II | III | Total | |||||
| 1 | Revaan Amarasinghe | 44 | 48 | 92 | 46 | 138 | ||
| 2 | Saqeeb Zuhar | 54 | 53 | 107 | 53 | 160 | ||
| 3 | Danik Daluwatte | 57 | 63 | 120 | 58 | 178 | ||
| 4 | L.G. Anuja Methsara-ANU | 63 | 59 | 122 | 59 | 181 | ||
| 5 | Yuwan Rathiskanth | 67 | 59 | 126 | 64 | 190 | ||
| 6 | Jaeden Sathasivam | 73 | 70 | 143 | 68 | 211 | ||
Bronze Division (Age 10 – 11+)
| Round | Round | Total | Round | Grand | ||
| I | II | III | Total | |||
| 1 | Thejas Rathis Kanth | 75 | 76 | 151 | 78 | 229 |
| 2 | Kaiyan Johnpillai | 75 | 82 | 157 | 79 | 236 |
| 3 | H. Shanal Nimsith | 96 | 87 | 183 | 89 | 272 |
| 4 | W.G. Induneth Saubagya | 103 | 102 | 205 | 104 | 309 |
Silver Division (Age 12 – 14+) Boys
| Round | Round | Total | Round | Grand | ||
| I | II | III | Total | |||
| 1 | Reshan Algama | 76 | 79 | 155 | 76 | 231 |
| 2 | N.W.G. Shanal Binushka | 84 | 81 | 165 | 82 | 247 |
| 3 | Kvahn Tejwani | 86 | 80 | 166 | 87 | 253 |
| 4 | Keshav Algama | 90 | 85 | 175 | 88 | 263 |
Gold Division (Age 15 – 18+) Boys
| Round | Round | Total | Round | Grand | ||
| I | II | III | Total | |||
| 1 | Yannik Kumara | 69 | 69 | 138 | 69 | 207 |
| 2 | Nirekh Tejwani | 72 | 73 | 145 | 71 | 216 |
| 3 | K. Dhanushan | 71 | 71 | 142 | 77 | 219 |
| 4 | Haroon Aslam-VGC | 75 | 78 | 153 | 73 | 226 |
Gold/Silver Division (Age 12 – 18+) Girls
| Round | Round | Total | Round | Grand | ||
| I | II | III | Total | |||
| 1 | Kaya Daluwatte(F) | 74 | 72 | 146 | 77 | 223 |
| 2 | Sherin Balasuriya(F) | 78 | 82 | 160 | 79 | 239 |
| 3 | Dhevinka Kanag-Iswaran(F) | 90 | 90 | 180 | 89 | 269 |
| 4 | R. M. Dinumi Sanjana Rajapashe(F)-ANU | 106 | 90 | 196 | 103 | 299 |
Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship winner Boys (Age 15 – 18+)
| Round | Round | Total | Round | Grand | ||
| I | II | III | Total | |||
| 1 | Yannik Kumara | 69 | 69 | 138 | 69 | 207 |
Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship winner Girls (Age 12 – 18+) –
| Round | Round | Total | Round | Grand | ||
| I | II | III | Total | |||
| 1 | Kaya Daluwatte(F) | 74 | 72 | 146 | 77 | 223 |
Prima Sunrise Bread has sponsored the Junior Golf Open for the 13th consecutive year underscoring their commitment and importance to promoting golf amongst juniors in Sri Lanka. Ms Niloo Jayatilleke, Chairperson of Sri lanka Golf Junior Sub Committee said, “ Sri Lanka Golf owes a great deal to Prima Sunrise Bread for supporting Junior Golf in Sri Lanka through the years. Young golfers continue to rise- up to the challenge and lift their game as evidenced over the past 13 years. We thank Mr. Shan Tien Shing, General Manager of Prima who has been a tower of strength to us as well as Sajith Gunaratne, Dep. General Manager of Ceylon Agro Industries ( Prima Group) for his unstinted assistance.”
Michael Perera Magala, President Sri Lanka Golf Union stated, “ Golf in Sri lanka is on an upward trend as seen by the performances of the Juniors. The future tournaments culminating with the Junior Olympics in 2026 is a milestone for these young golfers to have in mind. I am confident that our golfers will continue to do well. Our thanks go out to Prima Group.”
Messrs. Shan Tien Shing, Michael Perera Magala, Ranil Peiris and Lal Wickrematunge gave away the awards.
Messrs. Sai Kasturiratne and Brig. Nanda Hathurusinghe (retd), were the Referees in attendance to ensure the rules were adhered to.