The 28-year-old Yuvraj (67-64-68-65), the overnight joint leader, shot a final round score of six-under 65 highlighted by his match-winning birdie on the last hole to total 20-under 264 for the week at the Rs 2 crore event, the PGTI’s season finale, played at the Beldih and Golmuri Golf Courses in Jamshedpur
Twenty-one-year-old Shubham Jaglan (68-66-65), who turned professional earlier this year and is playing only his third event on the PGTI, came up with a top-notch and error-free six-under 65 on day three to move up one spot into the joint lead at 14-under 199
Shubhankar Sharma had a bunch of birdies and an eagle on the final day of the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, but he also gave away a lot of bogeys and carded 3-under 69. He totalled 5-under with cards of 74-69-71-69 and finished Tied-32nd
Gurugram golfer Veer Ahlawat (65-65-73-67), who was at the top of the leaderboard for the first three days being the sole leader in the first two rounds and the joint leader after the third round, produced a solid final round effort of four-under 67
The 22-year-old produced the highlight of his round by chipping in on consecutive holes on the back nine — an eagle on the 15th followed by a birdie on the 16th. Bhattacharya now trails surprise leader Tomohiro Ishizaka of Japan by a single stroke
Bainsla, who has been supported by US Kids India, brought home a round of 6-under 66 in the Boys 15-18 section, and led another strong candidate, Arshvant Srivastava (71), who just could not get his birdie putts to drop
In a first of sorts each of the 13 categories will carry a prize which will be distributed up to the fifth place, in addition to a special ‘Skills contest’ to be held over two days during the three-day extravaganza at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Classic Golf & Country Club, Manesar from December 17 to 19
The Chandigarh-based Yuvraj (73-69-66-66), who shot a second straight bogey-free 66, totaled 14-under 274 for the week. As a result, Sandhu picked up the winner’s cheque worth INR 30 lakh to take an unassailable lead in the PGTI Ranking with his season’s earnings moving to Rs 1,61,67,100
Thangaraja (73-66), a three-time winner this year and currently placed fourth in the PGTI Ranking, took his 36-hole tally to five-under 139 for a two-stroke advantage over the rest of the field. Thanga, thus jumped 17 spots from his overnight tied 18th
Gurugram-based Veer Ahlawat (67-62-70-62), who had also shot a 62 earlier in the second round, totalled 19-under 261 for the week to pick up his fifth title and the winner’s purse of Rs 15 lakh that lifted him from 38th to 18th position in the PGTI Order of Merit
The fourth and final game of the Round Robin stage was played in the fourball better ball matchplay format. Team ‘Icons’ tallied 48 points for the four Round Robin matches while ‘Ishum Eagles’ totalled up 43.5 points in Group A. Group B witnessed the only All-Women’s team ‘Charlies Angels’ tally a staggering 52.5 points, while ‘Casual Gurus’ totalled 45 points
Three girls and three boys made it back-to-back victories. Leading them among the boys was Drona Singh Dhull, who shot the day’s best score of 4-under 68 in Boys 11. The other two repeat winners were Keon Aggarwal in Boys 7 and Zowra Sikand in Boys 8