Arjun Singh Chaudhri of Noida, won the PGTI Feeder Tour
Order of Merit title for 2013. Chaudhari, who finished tied 17th at The
Palms Golf Club this week, topped the Order of Merit with earnings of Rs.
2,09,330. He has now earned a full card for the 2014 PGTI season (main tour).
Honey Baisoya of Delhi finished second on the Order of Merit with earnings of
Rs. 1,40,190. Baisoya secured tied 15th place in Lucknow .
Harendra Gupta (68-62-72), who ended round two in second
place, after shooting a course record score of 62, came up with a steady
even-par-72 in the final round. Gupta began with a good chip-putt for birdie on
the first. A wrong club-selection on the fifth tee led to a bogey for Harendra.
He capitalized on the sixth and 15th, both par-5s to pick up two more strokes.
The 29-year-old, who was playing with fellow professional Vijay Kumar’s putter,
having forgotten his own back in Chandigarh ,
sank a 12-footer on the 15th. Gupta’s second shot landed out of bounds on the
16th and resulted in a double-bogey.
Both Harendra and Manoj made pars on the first playoff hole.
Gupta sealed it with a par on the second playoff hole after Manoj hit his tee
shot out of bounds.
“I played some solid golf through the week. I putted well
despite using someone else’s putter. I was aggressive in the final round and
even though that strategy didn’t really pay off for me, I ended up making some
good chip-putts for birdies. I stuck to the basics in the playoff and that
helped me bag the title. This win has lifted my spirits as I head into some
important events in the coming weeks,” said Gupta, who bagged his seventh
professional title on Thursday.
Manoj Kumar (65-68-69) made five birdies and two bogeys in
his final round of three-under-69. Manoj’s runner-up finish on
Thursday helped him secure third place on the Feeder Tour Order of Merit.
Gurgaon golfer Shubhankar Sharma shot the day’s best score
of 65 to end up in fifth position at 11-under-205.
Arjun Singh Chaudhri, the Feeder Tour Order of Merit
champion, said, “It’s a great feeling to win the Order of Merit. All the hard
work put in by me this season has paid off. My game’s looking good as my
short-game and putting has been very consistent this year. I’ll now be in a lot
more relaxed frame of mind while playing on the main tour. I’d like to carry
this form into the big events coming up on the PGTI in the next two months.”
Chaudhari, who had also won the Feeder Tour Order of Merit
back in 2011, posted two wins during the 2013 Feeder Tour season.
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