Golconda Masters Telangana Open: Manu Gandas lifts maiden PGTI trophy

Manu Gandas lifted his maiden skilled title when he posted a two-under 64 on the ultimate and fourth spherical of the Golconda Masters Telangana Open on the Hyderabad Golf Association (HGA) course on Sunday.
The chief all three days, Manu (64-58-64-64) was main by 5 pictures on the penultimate spherical, signed a card of two-under 64 consisting of 4 birdies and two bogeys to complete with a tally of 22-under 250 to pocket the Rs 40 lakh occasion. Manu, 25, went dwelling richer by Rs 6,46,600 and climbed to fourth place within the PGTI Order of Merit with a complete purse of Rs 24,12,350.
Karandeep Singh Kochhar (67-64-63-59) shot the day’s finest rating of seven-under 59 and completed runner-up at 19-under 253. The Chandigarh lad, 22, is main the PGTI Order of Merit with an earnings of Rs 42,95,130 together with 4,46, 600 he received on Sunday.
Former champions Chikkarangappa (67-63-61-63) of Bengaluru ended third at 18-under 254 with a three-under 63 on the fourth day.
On the front-nine, Manu suffered a bogey on the second and missed birdie putts from a variety of 10 ft thrice however was nonetheless forward of the remaining. On the back-nine, he started with birdies on the tenth and eleventh however missed on the thirteenth, 14th and fifteenth.
Manu Gandas (in crimson T-shirt) of Gurugram receiving the winner’s trophy from G Kishan Reddy, Union state minister of tourism (third from proper). Okay Santosh Reddy, chairman, Dream Valley Golf & Resorts (fourth from left), T Ajay Reddy, captain, HGA; BVK Raju, secretary, HGA; Ramakrishna Reddy, treasurer, HGA, Jasvinder Singh Birgi, joint secretary, HGA and Sanjay Kamtam, committee member, HGA are additionally seen.
The DLF Golf & Country Club golfer, nevertheless, made up for the loss by changing birdies on the sixteenth and seventeenth however suffered a bogey within the final gap however went on to win by three pictures.
“I’m relieved and happy to win a title. My ball-striking has been at its best and psychologically I was good. I was comfortable all through and the early bogey and missing the birdies didn’t bother me. I didn’t check on the scoreboard often and was just focusing on my own game. Of course, this title gives me tremendous confidence going ahead. I would like to thank my family for all their support and my coach Anitya Chand for his guidance,” Manu mentioned.
Karandeep, a two-time winner, sank a 30-feet birdie on the fifteenth and landed his tee shot inside two ft of the pin for a tap-in birdie on the 18th and made all greens in regulation.
Bengaluru’s Khalin Joshi (61) and Noida’s Amardeep Malik (65) had been tied fourth place at 16-under 256. Local skilled Mohd Azhar completed tied twenty fourth at five-under 267.
For the third consecutive day the play was restricted to 66 as an alternative of standard 71 after rains left waterlogging on the fairways of the HGA course. The organisers had been compelled to scale back 4 holes: No. 2 (par-4 to par-3), No. 6 (par-5 to par-3), No. 8 (par-5 to par-4) and No. 18 (Par-4 to Par-3). The second spherical was restricted to 68 whereas the third spherical was lowered to 67.
The subsequent occasion is a Rs 50 lakh PGTI Players Championship at Panchkula Golf Club, Panchkula from September 8-11.