Manila, The Philippines, 22-11-2015
Top-5 finish for Gangjee in Manila
Chawrasia is tied 14th
Rahil Gangjee and SSP Chawrasia were both in contention at the halfway stage of the final round of the US$1 million Resorts World Manila Masters on Sunday. While Gangjee wasn’t able to make the much-needed charge in the final stages, Chawrasia slipped out of contention with two double bogeys. Even though Gangjee (68) managed to hang on for a share of fifth place at 12-under-276, Chawrasia (72) dropped to tied 14th at nine-under-279.
Twenty-two-year-old Thai Natipong Srithong won the event with a 15-under-273 total.
Among other Indians Jyoti Randhawa was on fire in the final round with a 65 that saw him finish tied 25th at seven-under-281 for the week. S Chikkarangappa (69) was six-under-282 and tied 32nd, Shiv Kapur (68) and Shubhankar Sharma (72) were tied 53rd at two-under-286 and Chiragh Kumar (70) was two-over-290 in 64th.
Gangjee said, “I enjoyed the first few holes, birdie, birdie, birdie start. In the final round, everybody is looking for those starts to try and catch up with the leaders and get a peak. I played well on the front nine but made a bogey on 12 but bounced back with a good birdie on 13. After that it was a flat line.”
He added, “I played decently well this week. Finishing with that putt for par on 18 was a big thing as that would help me keep my card. Now, I’ll try to get back into the top-30 as that’s where the big money is.”
Gangjee admitted, “I didn’t look at the leaderboard until the 13th hole. I was trying something new, just go out to play. On 12 it was an untimely bogey. The wind switched on us. It was blowing really hard and it just switched on us. It caught my ball and pushed it all the way right and I made bogey there.”
Chawrasia, who is fourth on the Asian Tour Order of Merit, was disappointed. “I had a chance (of even winning) but I did not capitalize on it. Still my game is coming back and there are some more events left,” he said.
Source: V Krishnaswamy
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