NEW DELHI: Mukesh Kumar is likely to face a stiff challenge from Gurbaaz Mann in their anticipated pre-quarterfinal clash of the Rs. 10 lakh All-India SRF Matchplay golf championship at the Delhi Golf Club on Thursday.
Mukesh, who is virtually assured of winning this season’s Order of Merit, finds himself in the same quarter of the draw as Arjun Singh and Harinder Gupta, winner of the Hero Chandigarh Open earlier in the season. Interestingly, Harinder opens his campaign against the vastly experienced Rohtas Singh, the only Indian golfer to have won more than 100 titles at home.
Tuesday’s pairings (prefix denotes seeding): 1-Mukesh Kumar v Rajesh Chaudhary; 16-Gurbaaz Mann v Raju Ali; 8-Arjun Singh v Akbar Ali; 9-Harinder Gupta v Rohtas Singh; 4-Digvijay Singh v Zai Kipgen; 13-Sanjay Kumar v Monish Bindra; 5-Vijay Kumar v Toran Shahi; 12-Yusuf Ali v Mohammad Maqbool; 2-Ashok Kumar v Karan Bindra; 15-Amritinder Singh v Vivek Bhandari; 7-S.S.P. Chaurasia v D. Patel; 10-Feroz Ali v Vikramjit Singh; 3-Shiv Kapur v Balbir Verma; 14-Shiv Prakash v Sachin Nigade; 6-Rafick Ali v Sheeraz Kalra; 11-Ranjit Singh v Mohammad Kokhan.
