Valley springs

FCG World Junior Golf Championship: He is happy but not elated. And definitely not content by finishing as the runner-up in FCG World Junior Golf Championship held in California recently. This Chandigarh-based 14-year-old golfer said: “I honestly think I could have done better. Right now is the time to analyse the shortcomings.”

Neil Jolly, who faced the challenge of playing on two different golf courses over three rounds (Marriott Desert Springs and Valley Springs) and carded an overall six under-par finishing second behind J Hu, started playing golf at the age of four.

“I cannot pinpoint what attracted me towards the game when I was four years old, but there was a peculiar fascination towards it. However, after a few years, I focussed on other games like cricket. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, I returned to golf and picked it up again -- this time, very seriously. What I like most about it is that it is highly competitive and there is no politics -- it’s just you and the course,” said Jolly.