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Randhawa ends 10th, Thai teen wins World Classic golf

PTI
Published : Nov 16, 2015, 6:28 am IST
Updated : Nov 16, 2015, 6:28 am IST

Seasoned pro Jyoti Randhawa turned in his second successive top-10 finish on the Asian Tour, as he ended 10th despite a late double bogey in the final round of the inaugural World Classic Championshi

Danthai Boonma
 Danthai Boonma

Seasoned pro Jyoti Randhawa turned in his second successive top-10 finish on the Asian Tour, as he ended 10th despite a late double bogey in the final round of the inaugural World Classic Championship at the Laguna National in Singapore on Sunday.

Randhawa (72) was the best Indian at sole 10th on four-over 288. The next best Indian was Gaganjeet Bhullar (73) one shot behind him in tied 11th.

Last week, Randhawa was tied 4th at the Panasonic Open India and is now showing signs of the form that made him Asia no. 1 in 2002 and among the top stars in the region till some years back. His last win came in Thailand in 2009, but in 2014 he had three top-10s.

Danthai Boonma’s cautious and patient strategy proved to be the winning formula when he emerged triumphant after carding a final two-under 69 on Sunday. The Thai teenager was one of only two players to have broken par after four days of punishing and tense battle with the region’s heavyweights at the $750,000 Asian Tour event.

Danthai’s winning total of two-under 282 was enough to give him a slender one-shot victory over Malaysia’s Nicholas Fung, who was the other player to end the week with a red number.

S. Chikkarangappa, who went into the final day in tied-third, had a disappointing day as he ended tied 30th at nine-over 293.

Location: India, Delhi, New Delhi