Chandigarh, October 26: Top three seeds - Netsmartz Tigers, Captain's 18 & Canam Raptors - scored big wins in their respective quarter final matches to book their semi final slots at the JLPL Chandigarh Golf League in association with Vredestein Tyres being played here at the Chandigarh Golf Club.
The opening quarter final saw the Netsmartz Tigers comprehensively beat Empire 5-2. The numbers started adding up for the Tigers once the pair of captain Amandeep Bhaika & Dilmick Lamba registered a quick 6&5 win. The singles games were split between the teams but post that results, it was Tigers all the way with them registering 3 more points out of the last 4.
They will now face Punjab Aces, who pipped the Hunting Hawks 4.5-2.5 in a closely contested match. In a first for the tournament, all games but one went down the wire and finished on the 18th hole with the other one finishing just a hole earlier on the 17th. In an epic see saw battle, it was the Aces who held their nerve to get over the line and be the only team to have beaten a higher seeded one after the round robin stage.
The bottom half of the draw saw Captain's 18 getting the better of Green Gators 5.5-1.5 after a tense match which saw the lead fluctuate multiple times. The Captain's 18 team got off to a really poor start but started recovering mid way through the round. They inched their way back and eventually ended with the biggest margin of victory on the day.
In the final quarter final, Canam Raptors beat Chandigarh Gladiators 4.5-2.5 to seal the final semi final spot. The result never looked in doubt as the Raptors took the lead from the get go and never looked like going behind at any stage of the match. They will now face Captain's 18 in what promises to be a mouth watering semi final clash.
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