Mulligans rally to beat Raptors 5-2

The Mulligans rallied to beat Canam Raptors 5-2 before booking the quarterfinals’ berth in the Chandigarh Golf League being held at Chandigarh Golf Club.

On the final round robin match day, Fairway Comets beat Signature Chiefs 5-2 and went through to the Super 12 stage having narrowly missed out on direct entry into the quarterfinals. Partee Panthers will also need to play the Super 12 qualifier to get through as Tee Birds held them to a tie. In the most dramatic match, Swinging Samurai pipped Empire 4-3 with a photo finish in a virtual knockout match.

The Mulligans lived up to their pre-season billing as one of the top teams in the competition. Himmat Singh was on fire as he came out 4-3 in his singles game. Air Marshal TS Randhawa won 4-3 to give the Raptors some hope but Angad Sangha and Sultan Matharoo won 5-3 to start a series of four straight four-ball wins. Col Harjeet Singh and Parvinder Singh Pruthi won 2-1 before Col SS Grewal and Jaikaran Sandhawalia took the final point of the Raptors campaign this season.

Comets swept the singles games 6-4 for Raman Singh Gill and 5-4 for Adil Bir Singh. After Rajiv Janjua and Jagatvir Dhindsa won 6-4 for the Comets, the Chiefs claimed two big wins, courtesy pairs of Brig GPS Virk and BPS Brar and Col GS Gill and Hanima Grewal. Prithvi Singh Sandhu and Capt Jitender Singh were on hand to ensure there were no further slip-ups as they closed out 5-4. The two reverse results cost them a place in the top four and will now play Chandigarh Gladiators in the Super 12 qualifier.

Also missing out on a bye into the quarters are the Panthers, whom the Tee Birds gave a real run for their money today. Vivek Krishan won 1-Up, while K Raghav Bhandari won 3-1 to split the singles points. Sahil Sahgal and Jaspreet Bhaika finished their game on the 14th hole to have the Panthers 2-Up but Birds came prepared for the four balls too. Arun Gupta and Ankit Bansal won 3-2 before RS Pammy and Puneet Jain won 4-2 put Birds in the lead. Skipper Simarinder Singh and Aarman Singh Kler won 4-3 to put the brakes on the Birds charge and halve the points. The Panthers will now face Moksha Royals in the Super 12 qualifier next.

In the last match, Samurai went head-to-head with Empire. The last game of the round robin stage was won by CS Grewal and Bhupinder Singh for the Samurai. Col Sunil Khorana and Chanbir Mann won the two singles points for Empire before Brig GS Puri and DS Randhawa won their four-ball game. Around the three positive results were three reverses as BS Gill and Sandeep Jasuja, along with the pair of SK Sharma and Ranjeev Dahuja, won 3-2 and 4-3, respectively. Deshvir Singh and Hitesh Arora recorded the biggest win of the match 7-6.