Thangaraja emerges the champion
The Hindu
Vizag Open
VISAKHAPATNAM
N. Thangaraja of Sri Lanka had a dream final round of six-under 66, the day’s best score, to outplay all his rivals and emerge the champion of the Rs. 1 crore Vizag Open golf championship at the East Point Golf Club on Saturday.
The five-year long wait for a title has finally ended for the 42-year-old Thangaraja (71, 73, 70, 66), who was overnight tied ninth and trailing the leader by a massive seven shots.
It was a sensational and error-free last round to triumph by one stroke at a total of eight-under 280 by the Sri Lankan which separated him from the rest of the contenders.
Chandigarh’s Akshay Sharma (67, 68, 73, 73) finished runner-up at seven-under 281 as a result of his fourth round 73.
The quartet of Samarth Dwivedi (68), Om Prakash Chouhan (69), Saarthak Chhibber (70) and Harendra Gupta (69), took tied third place at six-under 282.
Thanga, as he is popularly known, bagged the winner’s cheque worth Rs. 15 lakhs to take a giant stride from 24th to sixth position in the TATA Steel PGTI Rankings and become the 11th winner on the PGTI this season in as many events.
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