Nathwani cruised to top the African division of the championship as he carded a relatively good score of ten over par 156, edging out five handicapper Moroccan Amine Benabdallah by a single shot.
The twelve handicapper Nathwani struggled on the event’s opening day when he failed to control the course with stuttering 12 over par 85, seven shots more than overnight leader who happened to be South African Woo-Jo Son.
However, the Tanzanian woke from a deep slumber in the final round to storm the par-73 course with staggering two under par totals 71 for a cummulative ten over par 156 and emerge victorious.
While Benabdallah slowed to four over par 77 on the final round, third-placed Son who took the opening round lead stumbled to 82, opening the gate for Natwani to dictate terms among African visitors.
Nathwani is the first junior golfer to play in the tournament since 2002 when Dar es salaam Gymkhana Club teenagers Sarfaraz Daya and Ayne Magombe made an impression at the Royal Musselburg Course in Preston pans, close to Mueirfild course where the 131st edition of british Open was held, with South Afrcian Ernie Eels beating the fourman play off on six under par totals.
The Afrcian division winner for junior golfers was Kenyan Christine Andersen from Muthaiga Golf Club in Nairobi. Nathwani is still in Scotland following through the Britsih Open championship at the Royal Troon on the western coast.
Tanzania Golf Union chairman Joseph Tango congratulated Nathwani for his efforts and wished him the best of luck in his blossoming career. However, Tango bemoaned to miss a girl representative in the Scotish trip. A field of 143 junior featured in the championship from 80 countries all over the world.
Portuguese Pedro Lencart Silva won the Junior Open posting a round of six-under-par 67 .
The 16 year-old started the round two strokes behind Valeria Pacheco but produced a fine performance in the final round to lift the title with an aggregate score of 214, five-under-par.
Pacheco made a slow start to her round and eventually signed for a one-over-par 74 to finish second on level par 219, one ahead of China’s Yifan Ji (72) who was the overnight leader after the first day.
South Korea’s Hyunkyung Park (75) was fourth on two-over 221, one ahead of American Garrett Barber (74) and Argentina’s Mateo Fernandez De Oliveira (75) in a tie for fifth.
The leading group took to the course during excellent conditions and a birdie on the first hole by Lencart Silva set the tone for the day.
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