BHGCC Raiders Take Early Lead At T9 Challenge 2023

Hyderabad: BHGCC Raiders posted a convincing 3-1 win over Boulder Ninjas on the opening day of Titan Eye+ Cemetrix T9 Challenge 2023 to take an early lead here at the Boulder Hills Golf & Country Club. Despite the overnight torrential rain, 64 players teed off the second edition and played some thrilling golf under challenging conditions.

Deshant Kaila & Andrew Wood starred for the BHGCC Raiders with a runaway 4 holes up with 3 to play win. D Tarun & Venu Pollineni also won their game with the two other games being halved.

In the marquee opening match, defending champions Boulder Hills Tigers were held to a 2-2 draw by the Novotel Stars. For the Tigers, Anil Yamini sunk a long birdie putt on the final green to keep their unbeaten run going in the T9 Challenge.

One of the tournament favourites Cemetrix were made to sweat for their win against Ecolastic Eagles as they recorded a 2.5-1.5 scoreline. The final match of the day between Jaagruthi Jaguars & TGF Backspinners also finished 2.5-1.5 in favour of the Jaguars.
The opening day saw quite a few games go to the wire and the initial nerves were on display in windy, overcast conditions. The league table will only get tighter as six more rounds of matches are to be played over the next weeks.

Results - 25.06.2023:
Boulder Hills Tigers tied with Novotel Stars 2-2
BHGCC Raiders beat Boulder Ninjas 3-1
Cemetrix beat Ecolastic Eagles 2.5 -1.5
Jaagruthi Jaguars beat TGF Backspinners 2.5- 1.5