The 21-year-old Harshjeet Singh Sethie (69-67-72-67), who stands tall at a towering height of six feet and seven inches, collected the winning cheque worth Rs 15,00,000 to skyrocket 70 spots from 81st to 11th position in the PGTI Rankings.
N Thangaraja hit his irons and chips with pin-point precision on Tuesday that helped him collect seven birdies in exchange for a lone bogey. Thanga, as he is popularly known, landed it extremely close to the pins leaving himself birdie putts within three feet on six occasions. The other high
The 22-year-old Sunhit Bishnoi (66-68-70-64), playing only his second season as a professional, totalled 20-under 268 at the Rs. 50 lakh event to emerge wire-to-wire winner with an imposing nine-stroke margin. Bishnoi’s last round of 64 matched the tournament’s lowest score shot by Divyanshu
On a more windy day and with tougher pin positions in place there were fewer under-par scores (34) in round two as compared to round one (45). The 22-year-old Sunhit Bishnoi’s 68 helped him rise from being the overnight joint leader to sole leader at a total of 10-under 134.
Om Prakash Chouhan is currently 11th on the Order of Merit for Challenge Tour, from where the Top-20 go to the DP World Tour. Also, the winner of the Indian PGTI Tour also goes to the main Tour.
Jamal Hossain, lying overnight third, one shot off the lead, emerged triumphant in round four as he totalled eight-under 208 for the week thus securing his fourth PGTI title which was also his first win on the tour since 2019.
Two-time Asian Tour winner Rashid struck a four-under 68 to jump six spots from his overnight tied seventh position, and three-time PGTI winner Kshitij Naveed Kaul shot a three-under 69 to gain one spot from his overnight tied second.
Two-time PGTI Order of Merit champion Shamim Khan (31-36), who enjoyed a two-shot lead after round one, totalled five-under 67 at the halfway stage to stay ahead of the rest of the field by one shot.
Ahmedabad Open is set to feature some of the top Indian professionals such as Rashid Khan, Khalin Joshi, Udayan Mane, Aman Raj, Veer Ahlawat, Viraj Madappa, Om Prakash Chouhan, Honey Baisoya, Sachin Baisoya, Gaurav Pratap Singh and Karan Pratap Singh, to name a few.
The in-form Karan Pratap Singh's win followed his career-best runner-up finish in Noida last week where he had lost in a playoff. Karan (70-70-68-70), lying two shots off the lead in second place at the start of the day, posted a resolute two-under 70 on day four to tally 10-under 278 for
Faridabad's Karan Pratap Singh (70-70-68), the runner-up in Noida last week, continued his fine form by posting the day's best score of 68 and moving up four spots to the second position at eight-under 208.
Dhaka-based Jamal Hossain's (70-67) total read seven-under 137 and he enjoyed a two-shot lead over the quartet comprising Greater Noida's Arjun Sharma (68), Kolkata's Mohammad Sanju (71), Chandigarh's Harendra Gupta (70) and American Varun Chopra (71).