Teenaged arshvant

US Kids Malaysian Championships: Arshvant Srivastava, who will complete 15 later this year, picked his first big title at the 12th NCR Cup at the Golden Greens when he topped the combined leaderboard of the tournament sanctioned by the Indian Golf Union. He won by a massive six shots over the entire field of Category A, B and Amateurs.

Arshvant, who recently won a silver medal at the US Kids Malaysian Championships, shot rounds of 72-72-74 for a total of 2-over 218. He was also six shots clear of second-placed Harman Sachdeva (70-77-77), who was the best among Category A players.

The NOIDA-based teenager Arshvant (74), trained by Amit Dube, also picked the top prize in Category B. His total of 218 gave him a winning margin of eight shots in Category B over Anas Khan (76) and Aarush Naveen (76), who totaled 226 each.