Tangerang, Aug. 15 -- Varoon Parmar, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army, fired rounds of 72, 68 and 76 (Even-par 216) to finish in solo fifth place overall and runner-up in Category C (ages 38 to 46) to emerge as the best Indian in the inaugural Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) Mid-Amateur Championship organised in association with Indonesia Golf Association here on Thursday.

Part of the four-member team sent by the Indian Golf Union (IGU), the 43-year-old took the lead in the second round with an impressive score of four-under 68 at the Graham Marsh-designed Gading Raya Golf Club. Parmar emerged the winner of the World Military Golf Championships in Kenya this June and ended runner-up at the IGU Senior and Mid-Amateur Golf Ch...