Chandigarh, Star golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar performed as per his expectations and won the Chandigarh Open title with a record total score by playing a strong card of four under 68 on the last day on Saturday.
Playing on the high home course this week, 12-time international winner Bhullar (67-67-65-68) created a record for the fewest wins at Chandigar Golf Club by winning the title.
Bhullar won his 25th career title and 13th win on the PGTI, taking his total for the week to 21-under 267, the lowest winning score at Chandigarh Golf Club. Bhullar's third win at the Chandigarh Golf Club took him past his previous best 72-hole total. At the venue, 20-under 268 was achieved by Ajites Sandhu and Rashid Khan at the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational 2019. Ajitesh had won that event.A playoff.
“I knew the 72-hole course record was within my reach, but I had a target of 25-under in mind for the week,” said Bhullar, who took home a winning check of Rs. Rs 15 lakh for finishing seventh in Tata Steel PGTI ranking.
"The way I was playing, I thought I could get it. I got close and a few putts fell on the back-nine, it was within my reach. Still, 21-under is a good score "I haven't had a good start to the year, so I needed a solid week here to boost my morale for the rest of the season, a win in the first half of the year that I was looking for."It was important for me to hit most of the fairways this week. I only missed hitting fairways today and about four to five fairways all week."
Another professional from Chandigarh, Angad Cheema (66-67-66-72), who was the overnight joint leader with Bhullar, finished runner-up with a score of 72 in the fourth round for a total of 17-under 271, worth Rs. . 1 crore. Was Rs. Tournament. Bhullar's ball-striking was once again on point as he found all the fairways except one in the final round. With his hitting, his good wedge shots and the long conversion on the 15th, he got seven birdies at the cost of three bogeys on Saturday.The 35-year-old DP World Tour winner Gaganjeet took a three-shot lead by the 11th hole and never looked back.
Cheema's card included two birdies and two bogeys. If he had been the runner-up, he would have received Rs. Received prize money check of Rs. 10 lakh and moved him from sixth to fourth position in the Tata Steel PGTI rankings. Mysore's Yashas Chandra (72) finished the week tied for third at 15-under 273, while Faridabad's Abhinav Lohan (68) was one shot behind in fourth.
Karandeep Kochhar (68) was the third player from Chandigarh to break into the top 10, finishing tied fifth at 13-under 275.Indian golf great Milkha Singh finished tied 42nd with a score of one under 287.
Playing on the high home course this week, 12-time international winner Bhullar (67-67-65-68) created a record for the fewest wins at Chandigar Golf Club by winning the title.
Bhullar won his 25th career title and 13th win on the PGTI, taking his total for the week to 21-under 267, the lowest winning score at Chandigarh Golf Club. Bhullar's third win at the Chandigarh Golf Club took him past his previous best 72-hole total. At the venue, 20-under 268 was achieved by Ajites Sandhu and Rashid Khan at the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational 2019. Ajitesh had won that event.A playoff.
“I knew the 72-hole course record was within my reach, but I had a target of 25-under in mind for the week,” said Bhullar, who took home a winning check of Rs. Rs 15 lakh for finishing seventh in Tata Steel PGTI ranking.
"The way I was playing, I thought I could get it. I got close and a few putts fell on the back-nine, it was within my reach. Still, 21-under is a good score "I haven't had a good start to the year, so I needed a solid week here to boost my morale for the rest of the season, a win in the first half of the year that I was looking for."It was important for me to hit most of the fairways this week. I only missed hitting fairways today and about four to five fairways all week."
Another professional from Chandigarh, Angad Cheema (66-67-66-72), who was the overnight joint leader with Bhullar, finished runner-up with a score of 72 in the fourth round for a total of 17-under 271, worth Rs. . 1 crore. Was Rs. Tournament. Bhullar's ball-striking was once again on point as he found all the fairways except one in the final round. With his hitting, his good wedge shots and the long conversion on the 15th, he got seven birdies at the cost of three bogeys on Saturday.The 35-year-old DP World Tour winner Gaganjeet took a three-shot lead by the 11th hole and never looked back.
Cheema's card included two birdies and two bogeys. If he had been the runner-up, he would have received Rs. Received prize money check of Rs. 10 lakh and moved him from sixth to fourth position in the Tata Steel PGTI rankings. Mysore's Yashas Chandra (72) finished the week tied for third at 15-under 273, while Faridabad's Abhinav Lohan (68) was one shot behind in fourth.
Karandeep Kochhar (68) was the third player from Chandigarh to break into the top 10, finishing tied fifth at 13-under 275.Indian golf great Milkha Singh finished tied 42nd with a score of one under 287.
