Amarjit Brara from USA retained the overall championship trophy in the Chandigarh Golfing Tour that concluded on the par-72 greens of Panchkula Golf Club in Panchkula on Sunday.
Although Amarjit could not repeat his winning streak on the third day, his score of six over 78 was enough to take him to the top spot with a three-day tally of 231. He left his nearest rival Neil Singh Chahal a good nine strokes behind. Sukhi Gill, also from the USA was overall winner in the nett category finishing with an overall nett tally of 207. Dalminder Minhas of the USA fired the best card of two over 74 on the final day with Sikander Kaleka finishing three strokes behind at 77. However in the overall gross standing, Minhas finished third at 241.
In the 15-24 handicap category Surjit Balaggan clinched the gross title at 82 with Ruby Sangha finishing one stroke behind at 83. In the nett standings, Harbans Singh of Malaysia won in the 0-14 handicap category at 64 with Anil Shama of Canada second at 69. Sukhi Gill triumphed in the 15-24 handicap category at 67 with Raja Sandhu second at 68.
YS Sangha won the gross title among the invitees at 81 with JS Bhatt second at 82. The nett title in the invitees category was won by Amarinder Aulakh with Deshbir Singh finishing second at 68. CGA president CSR Reddy, who has been the man behind the tourism golf project thanked the NRIs for making the tournament a big success and appealed for more and more NRIs to join the golf tourism project every year.