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The leaderboard of the inaugural S.S.P. Chawrasia Invitational was shining with the name of Manu Gandas as he displayed his amazing performance in the event picking up a record sixth Win of the season at The Royal Calcutta Golf Club. He scored a strong four-under 68 in the final round with a total of 13-under 275 (69-66-72-68) taking a winning amount of Rs. 15,00,000. This win has made Gandas to climb up in the PGTI rankings as well.
Picture left to right - Mr. Uttam Singh Mundy, CEO, PGTI; SSP Chawrasia, Indian Golf Legend and Tournament Host; Mr. Rohan Ghosh, Captain, RCGC; Manu Gandas, Winner, SSP Chawrasia Invitational 2022 and Mr. Srinivasan H R, Director, TAKE Sports
Gandas had a good beginning with some birdies on first and fourth , swinging two more birdies on the fifth. Later on 12th, both Anirban and Manu had birdies in their accounts. 13th was the deciding hole as , by that time both the players were leading, but it seemed that Manu got his club hit in a better way, who made a par-save.
Anirban Lahiri and Ganganjit Bhullar finished as runner-up and first runner-up.
With international fame in India , Anirban Lahiri had hit two-under 70 in the concluding round where he lost his chance to stand at the top. Meanwhile Ganganjit Bhullar , just stood behind Lahiri with one under 71 (69-72-67-71) in the final round to stand at the third place in the event. Bhullar had three birdies on front nine and slipped out with three bogeys between 12th and the 18th.
Anirban Lahiri (left) and SSP Chawrasia
The host of the tournament himself finished 21 at three-over 291.
Gandas moved into a comfortable five-shot lead with birdie on the 15th and closed the day with bogeys on the 17th and 18th and managed to beat Lahiri, who had a birdie on the 17th, by two shots.
Winner of 11 International events , Gaganjeet Bhullar had a tie with Veer Ahlawat(70) at eight under 208. Next is Kapil Kumar who stood at fifth place hitting seven-under 29.
Manu said, "I'm happy that I was able to perform the way I wanted to. It's great to have my sixth win of the season which is a record on the PGTI but I'm just looking to continue doing what I do well and not thinking too much about the records. I stuck to my plans through the week and converted a lot of chances, so it was a satisfying performance. My drives and my putting stood out this week.
"It was a memorable experience to play alongside two of Indian golf's biggest names Anirban and Gaganjeet. They've played in the most elite fields across the world. But today I didn't think too much about who I was playing with. Instead I only focused on controlling my own game and I did that well."
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