The Second round of the SREENIDHI UNIVERSITY TELANGANA PREMIER GOLF LEAGUE 2021, was held today at the Hyderabad Golf Association golf course.
The league sponsored by Sreenidhi University and powered by Magnifiq Securities, HDFC and NMDC; has 5 qualifying Rounds at league stage. The two teams qualifying from each division play in the 3 Rounds of Knock out/playoff matches of Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Finals.
The second of the first five qualifying rounds was played in Doubles format today, where 64 golfers from 8 teams teeing off in the morning session at 6.30 am and another 64 golfers from 8 teams teeing off at 11.30 am in the afternoon session. Though it rained intermittently, the weather was perfect for golf and saw intense competition among the teams.
The 2ndround was keenly contested with TEAM MYSA, owned by Deepak Gullapalli & captained by Madhav Kota, backed by Molteni & C & Armani dada emerging as the clear leader with cumulative 12 points, followed by Villaggio Highlanders and Classic Champs sharing 11 points each.
Team Mysa had a great round winning most of the matches with comfortable leads, tying two matches and losing one closely, thereby adding 5 points to their earlier score of 7 points and emerging as the leader in the league.
The Villaggio Highlanders battled with the Bhagyanagar Birdies garnering four points, the highlight being the team Captain, Dr. Sameer Mahendra & partner Sanjay Gadipati winning their match 8 up with 7 holes to go.
Manoj Chawda and Akshat Goel of Classic Champs, got off to a good start, kept the momentum going, finishing with a birdie and par on holes 3 and 4 to win the match 6 up with 5 holes remaining.
MYK Strikers had a remarkable round claiming 6 points out a total possible 8 in the second round of doubles matches. While the first pair of Vivek Chandrashekar and Rahul Rao wrapped up their match in the 13th hole, Mithun Reddy & Captain TTVR Prasad won the match on the 17th hole. A lot of drama unfolded in the last match which included Shravan/Mohan Rao. It went into the 18th hole with a one-point lead and Shravan, playing with an injured hand, made a clutch 15 feet putt to seal the win for MYK Strikers.
Though Apollo cancer crusaders saw an average performance, the last pair of Nagi Reddy & Shekar Nukala, won their match in a thrilling fashion on the 18th hole with Nagi Reddy birdying the hole with a long putt much to the excitement of spectators at the club house.
The roller coaster round of the day was fought between the pair of Sashidhar Reddy & Hitesh of Classic Champs against Jayanth Tagore & Giridhar Thota of Team Labonel. The first half ended being all even. From being 2 down by the 6th hole, Team Labonel pulled back to all even 8th hole, coming down to the 9th hole for either team to win. In an exciting finish, both Sashidhar Reddy & Hitesh missed their birdies putts ending up with pars. Jayanth made a par to half the hole, thereby halving the match.
Glendale Golfers had a good run today claiming 6 points and climbing up the leader board. Nageswara Rao & Ahmed had an excellent game outing the opponents on the 13th hole.
DevPixel Devils lead by its Captain, C.V Ramana Reddy had a great run claiming 6 of the possible 8 points and moving up the leader board.
Team Tee off Captained by cricketer, S.L. Venkatapathi Raju too had a good run claiming 5 points.
The team scores in the respective groups is as follows:
| Telangana Premier Golf League 2021 | ||||||||
| GROUP LEADERBOARD | ||||||||
| ROUND 1 POINTS | ROUND 2 POINTS | TOTAL POINTS | ||||||
| GROUP A | ||||||||
| CLASSIC CHAMPS | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||||
| CIVET RANGERS | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| TEAM TEE OFF | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||
| TEAM LABONEL | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| GROUP B | ||||||||
| MYK STRIKERS | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||||
| VALLEY WARRIORS | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||||
| APOLLO CANCER CRUSADERS | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| SREENIDHIAN THUNDERBOLTS | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| GROUP C | ||||||||
| VILLAGGIO HIGHLANDERS | 7 | 4 | 11 | |||||
| BHAGYANAGAR BIRDIES | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| DEVPIXEL | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| TEAM ELEGANS | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| GROUP D | ||||||||
| MYSA | 7 | 5 | 12 | |||||
| GLENDALE GOLFERS | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||||
| MAHI MASTERS | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| EAGLE HUNTERS | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| TPGL Overall Leader Board | ||||||||
| S.No | Team Name | Round-1 | Round-2 | TOTAL | ||||
| 1 | MYSA | 7 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 2 | VILLAGGIO HIGHLANDERS | 7 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | CLASSIC CHAMPS | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 4 | MYK STRIKERS | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | VALLEY WARRIORS | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | BHAGYANAGAR BIRDIES | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | GLENDALE GOLFERS | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 8 | MAHI MASTERS | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 9 | CIVET RANGERS | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | TEAM TEE OFF | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| 11 | DEVPIXEL | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 12 | APOLLO CANCER CRUSADERS | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 13 | SREENIDHIAN THUNDERBOLTS | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 14 | TEAM LABONEL | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 15 | TEAM ELEGANS | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 16 | EAGLE HUNTERS | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
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