Golf: Indian amateurs finish 31st at World Amateur Team Championship

Indian amateurs ended the week in tied 31^st position at the end of 30^th World Amateur Team Championship (WATC) at the par-71, 6,771-yard Mayakoba El Camaleon Golf Club.

On the final day, Arjun Prasad was the best scorer for India with a round of 68 and he finished the week at five-over 291, the same as Indira Lakshminarayana Aalaap, who had a 74 in the final round.

Prasad and Aalaap were tied for 71^st in Individual standings.

Meanwhile, the Australians won the Eisenhower Trophy by 19 strokes for the first time since 1996.

Cameron Davis and Curtis Luck each shot 3-under 68s and Australia tied the 72-hole.

Australia’s Davis, the lone player in the field to shoot all four rounds in the 60s despite the hot and humid conditions, turned in the lowest individual score at 17-under 269. He birdied three consecutive holes on the inward nine and had six during the final round.

Luck, the 2016 US Amateur champion, followed Friday’s sparkling 9-under 63 at the par-72 Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club with six birdies and three bogeys during his fourth round. He finished second at 15-under overall.

England won the silver medal at 553, behind a final-round 6-under 136. Austria and Ireland shared the bronze medal andwere one stroke back at 554