Aman Raj of Patna clinched his second title of the season when he scored a two-under- 68 within the last spherical within the Telangana Golconda Masters 2023 on the Hyderabad Golf Association course right here on Saturday.
He totalled 18-under 262 within the last standings.
Aman (66-65-63-68), the in a single day chief by one shot, took residence a winner’s cheque of Rs. 15 lakhs to consolidate himself in second place on the TATA Steel PGTI Rankings.
Mysuru’s Yashas Chandra (63-67-68-65) returned a 65 on Saturday to complete runner-up at 17-under 263.
Aman started the day with a birdie on the primary however then had a topsy-turvy front-nine as he sank one other birdie and, on the identical time, dropped two bogeys, a results of touchdown his tee shot out of bounds on the eighth.
He then managed to get his focus again on the back-nine with birdies on the tenth, thirteenth and 14th, thus re-emerging as the highest contender.
After Aman’s bogey on the sixteenth issues acquired somewhat tense for him as Yashas Chandra, only one shot behind, was respiration down the chief’s neck. However, he managed to shut it out and pip Yashas to the put up with strong pars on the final two holes which included a nervy four-feet putt for victory on the 18th.
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“I just wanted to play my game today and not think about anything else. I had the ideal start with a birdie on the first. But the momentum just slowed down for me thereafter,” Aman, who bagged his third profession title, mentioned, “I then knew that things were not going as per my plan so I had to just hang in there.”
“The birdies on the 13th and 14th gave me a much-needed boost. Finally, when I was looking at the tricky four-feet putt to win on the last hole, I told myself just to follow the process and not think about the result,” Aman mentioned.
Yashas Chandra’s 65 featured an eagle, 5 birdies and two bogeys. The Mysuru-based golfer took residence the runner-up prize of Rs. 10,00,000 that helped him climb from thirtieth to tenth place within the PGTI’s cash listing.
Akshay Sharma and Sachin Baisoya shot scores of 69 on day 4 to take joint third place at 16-under 264.
Om Prakash Chouhan’s (64) tied fifth end at 14-under 266 meant that he additional constructed on his lead within the TATA Steel PGTI Rankings.
Angad Cheema fired the final day’s finest rating of 63 to finish the week in eighth place at 13-under 267. Local lad Mohd Azhar completed tied 18th at eight-under 272. Rahil Gangjee ended tied thirty fourth at two-under 278.
Final Leaderboard:
262: Aman Raj (66-65-63-68)
263: Yashas Chandra (63-67-68-65)
264: Akshay Sharma (61-65-69-69); Sachin Baisoya (66-61-68-69)