Rabat [Morocco], June 15 (ANI): India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar carded 6-under within the USD 2 million International Series Morocco, whereas Hong Kong’s Taichi Kho clinched the celebrated title on the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat.
Bhullar completed on T31 after registering a par rating within the fourth spherical. He hit 4 birdies on the ultimate day, however his spherical was undone by 4 bogeys. Ajeetesh Sandhu and Karandeep Kochhar completed on T61 with 4-over and 5-over within the last spherical, respectively.
Sandhu had a troublesome final day on a difficult structure as he registered 4 bogeys. Kochhar completed with 4 bogeys and a double bogey other than a birdie on the third gap.
Meanwhile, with simply three bogeys in 4 days, Kho added yet one more feather to his cap when he secured his first International Series occasion.
The 25-year-old, who made historical past for his nation by successful its first-ever gold medal in golf on the Hangzhou Games in 2023, was 4 below par by means of 10 holes with 5 birdies to take sole possession of the lead, however struggled to search out the sixth that may have given him the respiratory house.
That birdie lastly got here when it was wanted most – on the par-5 18th gap. Overnight chief and two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson (70), who was stage with Kho after making a birdie from the bunker on the seventeenth gap, pulled his second shot from the golf green in direction of the LED display screen, and couldn’t make his up-and-down from there.
Kho completed on 19-under par complete to get his palms on the USD 360,000 successful cheque, which elevates him to No. 2 within the Asian Tour Order of Merit behind Australia’s Travis Smyth, and to No. 3 in The International Series Ranking.
‘It’s been an extended 12 months. It’s had a number of hardships and a little bit of adversity. Through all of it, I believe I actually grew as an individual. I realised the work I put in surpasses any outcomes. Golf’s a humorous recreation. It actually provides and takes, and I used to be very lucky the final couple of weeks to be on the great aspect of it. I simply have a number of gratitude in direction of the sport itself, the individuals round me, the individuals who make it potential, ‘stated Kho.
It additionally helped him recover from the ache of dropping in a playoff on the Japan Golf Tour within the earlier week. No surprise Kho was misty-eyed and emotional after the win.
The Thai duo of Suteepat Prateeptienchai (69) and Jazz Janewattananond (72) have been tied third at -15. It may have been even higher, however Suteepat made a bogey-bogey end, and Jazz dropped a shot on the final.
Australian Elvis Smylie, winner of LIV Golf Riyadh earlier this 12 months, made six birdies in his final seven holes for a 66 to hitch South Africa’s in-form Ian Snyman (67), Zimbabwe’s Kieran Vincent (67) and Japan’s Takanori Konishi (71) in tied fifth place at 14-under. (ANI)