The Bengaluru-based golfer’s 63 on the day was also a course record.
Two-time Asian Tour winner golfer Rahil Gangjee carded a stunning 7-under 63 for an overall score of 11-under 269 to win the $75000 Louis Philippe Cup by three strokes at Bengaluru on Friday.
Beginning the final day of the Asian Development Tour and PGTI co-sanctioned event in tied fifth and four shots behind overnight leaders Udayan Mane and Rashid Khan, the Bengaluru-based Rahil dished out a superlative performance to pocket the $13,125 winner’s cheque.
His 63 on the day was also a course record which was created by Mane and Argentine Miguel Carballo on the first day of the competition. This was Rahil’s second title of the year after winning the Panasonic Open Championship in Ibaraki, Japan. This was his third win on the Professional Golf Tour of India.
Rahil also collected six world ranking points in the process. He is currently ranked 5th on the Habitat for Humanity Asian Tour Order of Merit with total earnings of $290,426. “The first day of the tournament was rusty for me and I had said I needed some practice. The second round was exactly that practice which I was longing for. The third round gave me the much-needed boost. Today when I started I honestly did not have much of plan in mind,” said Rahil.
“Over the last year I have played the final rounds one shot at a time and I don’t play for a particular number and today wasn’t any different. I am thankful to the weather gods that except for a minor sprinkle there wasn’t much of a rain scare and that helped me stay in rhythm.”
Explaining his performance today, Gangjee said, “I shot eight birdies starting from hole no 1,2,3,7,8,13,14 and 18. Hole number 12 was what I consider my turning point in the game. I used a driver to hit to the mud on the green and missed a 10 feet putt to birdie.”
“That par on the hole was what made the difference for me and kept me alive in the game today. I kept growing from hole no 13 where I made a brilliant up and down birdie, followed by another on the 14th, a bogey on the 16th and to sign off with a birdie on the 18th.”
Overnight leader Rashid Khan finished joint second with PGTI regular Om Prakash Chouhan with an overall score of 8-under 272.
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