Sri Lankan Golf Ranking Tournament Amateur and Professional Golfers tee off at RCGC

By Shamseer Jaleel

Sri Lankan Golf Ranking Tournament commenced at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) with national amateur golfers vying for valuable World Amateur ranking points.   
The tournament promises four days of thrilling competition, featuring some of Sri Lanka’s top talents and seasoned professionals, as well as serving as a platform to select the Junior Asia Pacific tournament team which will take place till 15 September.   

Leading the amateur ranks is veteran, Chanaka Perera, who is widely tipped as the favorite to clinch victory. Perera’s impressive record and consistent performance on the world stage make him a formidable contender. Adding to the excitement, Reshan Algama, the Junior Champion, currently ranks within the top 2000 world amateur players and is expected to provide stiff competition to Perera.   

Algama at 15 years who created history, earlier this year as the youngest to ever have won this tournament and to add to same in tandem will no doubt give stiff competition for Chanaka and Uchitha. Uchitha Ranasighe and promising junior talent in the form of Jevahn Sathasivam and Jacob Norton too are at action in this event.Thejas Rathis Kanth will miss out due to his school examinations while Kaya Daluwatte is away in India.   

One of the highlights of this event is the selection process for the Junior Asia Pacific tournaments in Thailand and Malaysia, scheduled for next month.   
Sri Lanka’s seasoned golf professionals Anura Rohana, K. Prabagaran, and N. Thangaraja are also in action but Mithun Perera is missing out from the event.