Ardee Masters win thriller at Lloyd DGC League

Khel Today Bureau

New Delhi:   Jaideep Sangwan, owner of them Ardee Masters, teamed up with Raghav Puri to help his team to a hard-fought win against SwingKKings on day-6 of the Fourth Edition of the ‘Lloyd Delhi Golf Club League powered by Radico’. Ardee Masters won by a score-line of 3-2.

The closest match of the day was the contest between Ardee Masters and SwingKKings.  SwingKKings drew first blood with the duo of Dr. Bharat Aggarwal and Aditya Pratap Tripathi beating Shiv Suri and Ajay Madan of Ardee Masters in the opening game.  Ardee however, came back strongly to win the next two games with their Owner Jaideep Sangwan and Raghav Puri pulling off a good win in the third game against Anuva Saurabh and Ranjit Chowdhry of SwingKKings.  SwingKKigs came back to level scores with a win in the fourth game and post a tie in the fifth game all eyes were on the sixth and final game of the day.  Here Pranay Puri and Ashok Bedi of Ardee dominated the team of Govind Mann and Rajiv Thapar to take their team to a 3-2 win and earn them 3 vital points.

In the opening contest of the day, Sterling Swingers won the first game against Tee Birds but thereafter the two teams alternated wins till the fourth game.  Heading into the fifth game all-square, Tee Birds Owner Pia Sahni and Angad Kumar beat Kartik Bharat Ram and Dhruv Shringi to nudge one ahead.  Sterling Swingers however, won the final game to tie scores at 3-3.

In the second match, Bharat Strikers won the first game but Sudhir Power recovered lost ground with a win in the second.  Bharat Strikers then went on to win three straight games to take an unassailable lead at 4-1.  A late charge by Babbar Bahadur and Gautam Malhotra of Sudhir Power, could not prevent Bharat Strikers from winning 4-2. The winners earned 3 points.

The contest between Birdie Machine and Eagles & Birdies was dominated by the former. Eagles & Birdies won the first match with Owner Tushar Aggarwal and Tanuj Taneja beating Aditya Khanna and Sanjiv Rai of Birdie Machine, in a close fought game.  Birdie Machine however, came back with a vengeance to win the next four games on the trot.  A win in the final game was only a consolation prize for Eagles & Birdies.  The score-line read 4-2 in Birdie machine’s favour and the winning team pocked 3 points for their effort.

The match between The A-Team and Bliss Golfers started with a tied opening game. The A-Team then went on to win the next two games but Bliss Golfers fought back valiantly to win the fourth and fifth games.  The final game was tied and the teams finished at a score-line of 2-2.

The League is being played on a four-ball better ball Matchplay Format and over two stages – a Round Robin stage followed by a Knock-out stage. During each playoff match between two teams in the Round Robin stage, each team will field 6 pairs (12 players). One pair from each team will play against a pair from the other team in the above-mentioned format, with all the players playing off 90% of their original handicaps. The teams will get points for their wins. The 24 teams have been divided into 4 groups. After the Round Robin stage, during which the teams from one group will compete against each other. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Knock-out stage starting with the Quarter-finals. In the Knock-out Stage the matches between two teams will be contested by seven  pairs (14 players). The Finals, as mentioned earlier, will be played on 26^th October, 2024.