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At $750K Venetian Macau Open, Macau
Final Standing
1 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 63 68 69 68 -16 $118,875.00
5 Shiv Kapur (IND) 70 67 70 67 -10 $30,750.00
T38 Himmat Rai (IND) 69 70 74 70 -1 $4,950.00
T47 Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND) 70 71 71 73 +1 $3,375.00
24 yrs old Gaganjeet Bhullar completed a commanding start-to-finish victory at the Venetian Macau Open on Sunday ... He played final round with a three-under-par 68 to secure his second Asian Tour title in five starts and in a month ... He held off the big challenges from American Jonathan Moore, who finished two shots back in second place after a 65, and Thai youngster Thitiphun Chuayprakong, who closed with a 70 to share third place with Bangladeshi Siddiku.
Gaganjeet was leading from the first day in this Macau open ... In the beginning of the final round he was leading by 2 strokes and was leading by 3 strokes after 9 holes but bogeys on 10 and 13 holes gave chance to his opponents ... Despite the pressure from Moore , Bhullar responded like a true champion ... He putted a six-foot par putt on 17 to hold on to a one-shot lead into the last hole and then delivered like a champion with a 12-foot birdie to become the first Indian winner of the Venetian Macau Open.
Gaganjeet Bhullar - “This is going to take a long time to sink in. I hit the ball so good. I was just in the perfect zone. More than that, it was self-belief. This is my first wire-to-wire Asian Tour title. I think it was more that I had to prove to myself that I’m a good front runner. I had to believe in myself. I did it and it was really special.”
“I thought I was going to play relaxed in the last few holes. But Jonathan played really well. He holed a long putt on 17 … I saw that. I had a good tee shot, missed on the left but the first putt, I hit it over the hole. Trust me, it wasn't an easy putt (coming back). I had to visualize the ball going into the hole a few times and that’s what I did. I think the putt on 17 was the putt of the tournament. The whole week, I just struck the ball really well. Mentally, I was focused and I was in the zone. I knew I would win it easily,”
At $750K Venetian Macau Open, Macau
1 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 63 68 69 68 -16 $118,875.00
5 Shiv Kapur (IND) 70 67 70 67 -10 $30,750.00
T38 Himmat Rai (IND) 69 70 74 70 -1 $4,950.00
T47 Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND) 70 71 71 73 +1 $3,375.00
24 yrs old Gaganjeet Bhullar completed a commanding start-to-finish victory at the Venetian Macau Open on Sunday ... He played final round with a three-under-par 68 to secure his second Asian Tour title in five starts and in a month ... He held off the big challenges from American Jonathan Moore, who finished two shots back in second place after a 65, and Thai youngster Thitiphun Chuayprakong, who closed with a 70 to share third place with Bangladeshi Siddiku.
Gaganjeet was leading from the first day in this Macau open ... In the beginning of the final round he was leading by 2 strokes and was leading by 3 strokes after 9 holes but bogeys on 10 and 13 holes gave chance to his opponents ... Despite the pressure from Moore , Bhullar responded like a true champion ... He putted a six-foot par putt on 17 to hold on to a one-shot lead into the last hole and then delivered like a champion with a 12-foot birdie to become the first Indian winner of the Venetian Macau Open.
Gaganjeet Bhullar - “This is going to take a long time to sink in. I hit the ball so good. I was just in the perfect zone. More than that, it was self-belief. This is my first wire-to-wire Asian Tour title. I think it was more that I had to prove to myself that I’m a good front runner. I had to believe in myself. I did it and it was really special.”
“I thought I was going to play relaxed in the last few holes. But Jonathan played really well. He holed a long putt on 17 … I saw that. I had a good tee shot, missed on the left but the first putt, I hit it over the hole. Trust me, it wasn't an easy putt (coming back). I had to visualize the ball going into the hole a few times and that’s what I did. I think the putt on 17 was the putt of the tournament. The whole week, I just struck the ball really well. Mentally, I was focused and I was in the zone. I knew I would win it easily,”
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