Rahil Gangjee gained the PKNS Selangor Masters regardless of six bogeys in his 3-over 73 on the ultimate day as he prevailed over Deyen Lawson (69) by one shot, right here Saturday.
The 45-year-old veteran, who had began the day with a 5 shot lead, completed at 8-under for the wire-to-wire win as Lawson was 7-under.
Gangjee’s five-shot lead going into the ultimate spherical disappeared inside a matter of holes as he was unable to search out the shape that he appeared to have had since spherical one.
With three bogeys in his first 9, and one other to match on gap 10, he quickly discovered himself neck and neck with Thailand’s Runchanapong Youprayong.
It was Gangjee’s second win on the ADT after his 2018 success at Louis Philippe Cup in India. He has two Asian Tour wins – first in 2004 in Volkswagen Masters in Beijing after which 14 years later in Panasonic Open in Japan.
In 2011 and 2012 he performed on the Nationwide Tour within the US and in addition performed between 2020 and 2022 in Japan.
Native rising star Marcus Lim and Australia’s Deyen Lawson have been respiration down his neck and only one shot behind within the USD 175,000 Asian Growth Tour occasion.
Gangee was in a position to birdie the par-three gap 12 after which the Par-5 thirteenth as he stayed forward. One other birdie got here on the sixteenth.
By the point he reached the seventeenth tee, Runchanapong had dropped away with a double bogey on sixteenth and solely Lawson was left, two photographs behind.
These two photographs vanished as Gangjee bogeyed seventeenth and 18th. Lawson’s birdie on 17 meant the pair have been heading down the ultimate fairway with only one shot between them.
Each managed solely bogeys on the 18th and Gangee was lastly in a position to breathe to get the win at 272 and Lawson (69) in solo second in 273.
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Lim (69) and Runchanapong (69) have been tied third.
Poosit Suprpramai (66) of Thailand posted the one bogey free spherical of the day, his 4 birdies serving to right into a share of fifth spot alongside compatriot Sarut Vongchaisit (71).
Saptak Talwar the one different Indian to make the minimize shot 70 with three closing bogeys and was T-Thirty third.