mumbai entrusted with the responsibility to play singles for the first time in a team event ananya datar not only fulfilled her captains wishes but also went on to defeat a golfer more than 35 years her agebudding amateur ananya of bombay presidency golf club bpgc defeated pune golf clubs ravi budhwar 2up on the opening day of the 18th grover zampa vineyards interclub golf championship to pave way for the hosts 25 points lead over willingdon sports club wsc 15 points in the team standingspoona golf club pgc are in third place with 12 points and united services club usc ended the day at the bottom with 10 points ananya picked up a club albeit reluctantly with inspiration from dad abhay datar who shuffles between his job in a telecom firm and the sport at the age of ten years and gradually improved upon her game to start winning on the indian golf unions igu junior tourwhen my dad first took me to bpgc i was like its such a boring sport i watched golf videos and soon started liking it and now i want to play the sport professionally when i am 18 said the 14yearold who won the igu junior girls title last decemberthe st anthonys high school student who practices four hours daily with coach mita govande holed a sixfoot birdie on the par3 10th hole to push budhwar backi hit close to the pins for most part of my round on the tenth i used a 7iron to reach six feet near the flag and got my only birdie of the day i made a crucial par save on the finishing hole which my rival missed from 10 feet said the 12handicapper who will give her class x board exams next monthananyas father was visibly delighted at the outcome i am very happy her hard work has started to bear fruit i have already named her in my companys team for next weeks corporate golf event the merchant trophy where you form a team of three people i always wanted her to take up this sport and am happy she is doing well we moved from mulund to chembur so that ananya gets more time to train at bpgc said abhay standings day 1 bombay presidency golf club bpgc 17 12 willingdon sports club wsc 15 poona golf club pgc 12 united services club usc 10