Kolkata: On a cool wintry Sunday, Viraj Madappa put an end to city mate Sunit Chowrasia’s giant killing run with an emphatic 7&6 victory at the Tata Steel Eastern India Amateur 2014 which was played here at the Par – 72 Royal Calcutta Golf Club.

Looking for his second victory on the tour in as many weeks, Viraj went 1 Up immediately with a birdie on the 1st hole. Sunit remained in touch with the favourite as he squared the match on the 5th hole and again on the 8th hole with a birdie 3. But his wayward driving was a reason for worry as he bogeyed the next two to hand Viraj a 2 Up lead. He matched Viraj stroke for stroke for the next four holes before another birdie gave Viraj a 3 Up lead which he extended to take a commanding 4 Up lead after the first 18 holes.

“I’m striking the ball as good as I ever have and my putting is also coming along pretty okay.” Remarked top junior Viraj.

The 16 year old was in the zone as anything Sunit produced he matched or bettered it. On the 20th hole (2nd hole of the course), both hit birdies while on the Par 5 22nd hole (4th hole of the course), Viraj’s monstrous drive set him up for a superb eagle to go 5 Up. Sunit would concede the 25th hole (7th hole of the course) when he found the hazard as Viraj put the match effectively out of reach with a timely birdie on the very next hole to 7 Up with ten holes to play. Sunit couldn’t come up with birdies on the next four holes as they were squared with a simple tap in for par gave Viraj the match with 6 holes to go.

“It has been a great two weeks in Kolkata for me and I’m ecstatic that I’ve ended up with two wins.” Said the winner. He added, “I had to miss a few events this year on the tour due to school exams, so I was playing catch up and this puts me in the right frame of mind for the Tata Steel 114th Amateur Golf Championship of India.”