The championships

Pacific Amateur Championships:  India will be fielding a seven-member team, headed by a 13-year-old Kartik Singh, who is the highest world-ranked in the squad, at the annual Asia-Pacific Amateur Championships, which rewards the winner with a place in both the Augusta Masters and the Open Championships alongside the best golfers in the world.

The others include three players Shubham Jaglan, Krishnav Nikhil Chopra and Shaurya Bhattacharya, who have played the AAC earlier, while Kartik, Yuvraj Singh, Raghav Chugh and Vedant Sirohi are making their debuts at the event.

Jaglan finished Tied 11th in his only previous experience at the AAC in 2021 in Dubai and missed the event last year. Krishnav Nikhil Chopra (T-44 in 2022) and Shaurya Bhattacharya (T-47 in 2022).