Chalitha Pushpika returned the best score of 284 at the April golf ranking tournament worked off over four days at the Royal Colombo Golf Course (RCGC) last week.
Sri Lanka Golf (SLG) conducts these ranking tournaments among selected golfers to peak in readiness for the Asian Games to be held in China in September.
Pushpika came ahead out of a pack of 31 golfers who teed off and there was a keen tussle to showcase their skills.
According to an official, amateurs and professional golfers are being put through this elaborate training and mental strengthening schedule to peak at the correct time.
Scores:
Chalitha Pushpika: 69, 72, 72, 71=284
Vinoth Kumar: 70, 73, 73, 72=288,
Uchitha Ranasinghe:75, 71, 70, 72=288,
Chanaka Perera: 69, 71, 79, 76=295,
HLP Hemantha:73, 77, 73, 79=302,
Roshana Prasad; 78, 70, 75, 79=302
Reshan Algama: 75, 78, 75, 75=303
Januka Dilshan: 80, 77, 78, 75=310
RMS Rupasingha: 78, 74, 81, 80=313
Sampath Kelum:82, 81, 80, 74=317