Driving to Success: Roshan’s Championship Win Propels Him to Regionals
Over the Easter holidays, Lower Remove pupil Roshan A completed and won the Middlesex English Schools U16 Championship with a gross score of 81! His victory also qualifies him to represent Middlesex at the National Regional Finals.
We caught up with Roshan to ask him some questions about his time at the championship:
How long have you been playing golf?
I have been playing golf since I was 5, but I really only started getting serious about the game in 2018.
How was your experience at the championship?
It was a good experience, a very long course of 6,500 yards. My goal was to get in the top 4 to qualify for the Southeast regionals, and it’s great to see that I did that.
What was a highlight for you when competing?
A highlight for me was the resilience I showed coming off a very disappointing hole on the 10th hole. I left myself, I’d say, 3 feet for a par after missing the birdie chance and missed the putt, which really annoyed me. It was such a poor mistake on a hole where a par would have been so nice to get. It could have gone two ways after that. So, in the next hole on the 11th, a par 5, I hit a perfect drive, which was a nice settler after the disappointment, and then a 3-wood lay-up to about 60 yards. Then I hit a great 52-degree wedge to about five feet and made the putt for birdie. So the bounce back after the three-putt was great.
That’s what playing in lots of tournaments teaches you to let the past be the past and focus on the present, which I’ve learnt over playing competitive golf tournaments for the last 6 years.
How did it feel to win? Are you looking forward to representing Middlesex at the regional finals?
It felt great to win, like it always will do. I hadn’t won an event in two years, and 2024 had been a very tough year for me golfing-wise, just not playing my best. But to start the season like I have, it’s very positive, and I’ve just got to keep going and improve the parts of my swing and game that need to be improved to help me get to the next level. I am definitely looking forward to representing Middlesex in the regional finals. It will be a great experience.
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