Eugenio Chacarra of Spain rose to the problem to emerge the champion within the $2.25 million Hero Indian Open golf championship on the DLF Golf and Nation Membership on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Spaniard, who had the expertise of competing within the Worldwide collection right here and was competing on an invite from the sponsor, had an entertaining one-under 71 within the fourth spherical.
Chacarra’s in a single day one-shot lead evaporated on the primary pin itself, as he had a double bogey. He endured two extra bogeys and returned 5 birdies to drag via with a two-shot margin over defending champion Keitaka Nakajima of Japan.
The 24-year-old Nakajima had two birdies and two bogeys for a par spherical, however he had finished exceptionally properly to make a struggle of it. He gained $247,500 for the second spot.
“It feels unimaginable to win an European Tour occasion right here in India. It was one in all my goals after I was younger. I thank Hero for the chance to compete right here. It was one of many hardest programs and the way in which I did it, it was superior,” mentioned Chacarra, who was introduced a cheque of $382,500.
“After taking part in right here in February, I went and labored laborious. I knew that I would wish my A-Sport right here. It’s a life altering win. I don’t need to fear about entries for the subsequent two years,” mentioned Chacarra, as he conceded that his focus can be to play as many tournaments as potential, preserve getting higher and keep wholesome.
The champion underlined that on a course that was “this difficult, and this stunning”, it was simple to get into the defensive mode, and emphasised that he stored reminding himself to remain aggressive.
Brandon Stone, who was additionally one shot behind Chacarra in a single day, went five-over, following 5 bogeys, a double bogey and two birdies, and completed joint sixth with three-over 291.
Om Prakash Chauhan was one in all a handful of gamers to return a sub-par rating within the fourth spherical. His one-under 71 put him joint seventeenth together with final yr’s runner-up Veer Ahlawat and Gaganjeet Bhullar amongst others.
Ajeetesh Sandhu who had a spectacular begin with three-under 69 on the opening day, had a six-over at the present time, for an general 10-over 298 that positioned him joint twenty first.
RESULTS
1. Eugenio Chacarra (Esp) (70, 70, 73, 71) 284; 2. Keita Nakajima (Jpn) (74, 66, 74, 72) 286; 3. Joost Luiten (Ned) (69, 73,
74, 71) 287; 4. Jens Dantorp (Swe) (71, 71, 73, 73) 288; 5. Adrien Saddier (Fra) (74, 70,72, 74) 290; 6T. Brandon Stone (RSA) (70, 73, 71, 7), Andreas Halvorsen (Nor) (70, 74, 72, 75), Joshua Berry (Eng) (71, 74, 73, 73); 9. Edoardo Molnari (Ita) (73, 71, 75, 73) 292; 10T. Pablo Larrazabal (Esp) (75, 72, 72, 74), Andrea Pavan (Ita) (73, 69, 79, 72) 293; 17T. Veer Ahlawat (70, 77, 74, 75), Gaganjeet Bhullar (72, 73, 78, 73), Om Prakash Chouhan (72, 76, 77, 71); 21T. Ajeetesh Sandhu (69, 77, 74, 78) 298; 43T. Shubhankar Sharma (75, 74, 76, 75) 300; 54T. Shaurya Bhattacharya (73, 77, 74, 79) 303; 60T. Shiv Kapur (72, 74, 78, 83), Kshitij Kaul (77, 70, 85, 75) 307; 64. Sachin Baisoya (73, 75, 80, 82) 310; 65. Jairaj Sandhu (76, 72, 83, 81) 312; 66. Saptak Talwar (74, 75, 76, 88) 313; 67. Aman Raj (73, 73, 85, 85) 316.