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Chandarjeet Yadav dominates PGTI Feeder Tour event at Lucknow
Golf Club, registers maiden victory
Chandarjeet Yadav (centre) receives the winner’s cheque from Mr. JPS Sial, Captain,
Lucknow Golf Club (left) and Mr. Rajnish Chopra, Secretary, Lucknow Golf Club (right)
handarjeet Yadav of Chandimandir,
Haryana, produced a timely ¿ ve-
under-65 in the third and ¿ nal round
of the PGTI Feeder Tour event at the
Lucknow Golf Club to bag his maiden title.
Yadav’s (71-65-65) second straight 65
enabled him to maintain his overnight
one-shot lead and took his total to
nine-under-201.
Lucknow’s Amardeep Rawat (72-65-65),
who was overnight second and one off
the lead, also delivered a 65 on day three
to end up in the runner-up position at
eight-under-202.
The 23-year-old Chandarjeet Yadav
strengthened his claim to the title after
making ¿ ve birdies over the ¿ rst 12 holes.
Chandarjeet Yadav - Winner
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Yadav’s bogey on the 13th was his only
blemish of the day. The man with two
previous top-10s in the season, ¿ nally
worked his way to his ¿ rst title with a 15-
feet birdie putt on the 16th and steady pars
on the last two holes.
Chandarjeet, who moved up from ninth
to ¿ fth place on the Feeder Tour Order of
Merit, said, “I wasn’t sure of my win even
after the birdie on the 16th. I knew I had
to make pars on the last two holes since
they are among the toughest holes on the
course. I knew negotiating the last two
holes without dropping a shot would force
my nearest rival Amarjeet to go for a birdie
which wasn’t an easy task.”
Rajesh Kumar Rawat, another Lucknow-
based
professional,
registered
the
tournament’s best round of six-under-64 to
¿ nish third at ¿ ve-under-205.
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