Yuvraj extends his lead with another win at TATA Steel PGTI Feeder Tour Golf
Chandigarh-based rookie Yuvraj Singh Sandhu registered a nail-biting victory against Delhi's Wasim Khan in the playoff at the TATA Steel PGTI Feeder Tour in Noida on Thursday. This is his second win of the 2019 TATA Steel PGTI Feeder Tour season extending his lead in the Order of Merit.
Chandigarh-based 22-year-old rookie Yuvraj Singh Sandhu registered a nail-biting victory against Delhi's Wasim Khan in the playoff at the TATA Steel PGTI Feeder Tour in Noida on Thursday. With a score of (62-63-60), he matched the tournament's best score of seven-under-60 in the third round to end up with a total of 16-under-185 in regulation play. He then prevailed over Wasim Khan (62-61-62) in a fascinating playoff that was decided on the third extra hole.
An unbelievable eagle-birdie finish on the last two holes of regulation play for a round of five-under-62 got Wasim into the playoff after he was totaled 16-under-185 for the week. There was a three-way tie for third place at 14-under-187 between Delhi's Manav Jaini (63), Gurugram's Abhishek Kuhar (63) and Noida's Gaurav Pratap Singh (64) at the Rs. 8 lakh event.
"It's been a good season so far. I'm happy with the way I'm progressing, slow and steady. The off-season grind and the little sacrifices that I've made to improve my game are paying off. I enjoy being on the professional circuit and now I feel that I belong here. I enjoyed this course a lot as it is quite different from all the other courses that I've played as a professional. It is a short, tricky course and is a good test of wedge-play," Yuvraj said to the PTI.
Yuvraj, who bagged the winning cheque worth Rs. 1,01,720, has now taken his season's earnings to Rs. 2,82,480 thus stretching his lead in the Feeder Tour Order of Merit to almost Rs. 1 lakh over second-placed Anil Bajrang Mane of Mumbai whose season earnings have hit Rs. 1,82,515. This will be the 22-year-old's second win in the 2019 TATA Steel PGTI Feeder Tour season as he extended his lead in the Order of Merit with just one more event left in the season which will be played in Lucknow in the first week of October. The 2019 Feeder Tour Order of Merit champion will get an exemption for the PGTI main tour next year.
