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Congratulations to Gaganjeet Bhullar -- and to SSP Chowrasia for last week's big title. Really nice to have two Indians win titles in Asia in successive weeks. Also nice to see Jeev finish runner-up, regaining some form after awhile.

Wow! Great win for Gaganjeet! he went 4-under on the last day to grab the title, while the overnight leader Jeev had an even par round for T2...

Congratulations Gaganjeet for winning second tournament of the year. Good to see Gaganjeet is back. His goal is to play PGA tour. So we may see him play the qualifiers this year.
Great to see Jeev showing some old spark.

Yes, Ajay. Gaganjeet returning to form post-injury has been the highlight of the current season.

US$ 400,000 Panasonic Open India

Round 1 scores (Top 10):

T1 Jyoti Randhawa -5
T1 Mukesh Kumar -5
T1 Rashid Khan -5
T1 Shamim Khan -5
T1 Khalin Joshi -5
6 Kapil Kumar -4
T7 Arjun Atwal -3

As expected, Indian golfers are doing well as Panasonic Open India.

US$ 400,000 Panasonic Open India

Round 2 scores (Top 10):

1 Mukesh Kumar -8
T2 Khalin Joshi -6
T2 Shankar Das -6
T1 Rashid Khan -5
T1 Shubhankar Sharma -5
T6 Chirag Kumar -5
T6 Jyoti Randhawa -5

Due to disruption of the play caused by the fog at Delhi. The tournament has been reduced to 54 holes.
Indians are still dominating the tournament.

US$ 400,000 Panasonic Open India

Final scores (Top 10):

T1 Mukesh Kumar -10
T2 Jyoti Randhawa -9
T2 Rashid Khan -9
5 Honey Baisoya -7
6 Shankar Das -6
T7 Shamim Khan -5
T7 Khalin Joshi -5
T7 Kapil Kumar -5
T7 Sanjeev Kumar -5

51 year old Indian golf veteran Mukesh Kumar wins the Panasonic Open India and has become the oldest winner at the Asian Tour.
Jyoti Randhawa and Rashid Khan have finished tied second and 20 year old Honey Baisoya has finished fifth.
9 indian golfers have finished in top ten.

US$ 2,000,000 UBS Hong Kong Open

Round 1 scores:

T22 Shiv KAPUR -2
T31 Gaganjeet BHULLAR -1
T57 Arjun ATWAL Par
T68 S.S.P CHAWRASIA +1
T68 Rahil GANGJEE +1
T68 Jyoti RANDHAWA +1
T80 Himmat RAI +2
T97 Chiragh KUMAR +3
T121 Rashid KHAN +6

US$ 2,000,000 UBS Hong Kong Open

Round 2 scores:

T18 Shiv KAPUR -3
T29 Gaganjeet BHULLAR -2
T49 Arjun ATWAL Par
-----missed cut------
T69 Rahil GANGJEE +1
T88 Chiragh KUMAR +3
T88 Jyoti RANDHAWA +3
T106 S.S.P CHAWRASIA +5
T112 Himmat RAI +7
126 Rashid KHAN WDN

Shiv Kapur, Gaganjeet Bhullar and Arjun Atwal have made the cut.

US$ 2,000,000 UBS Hong Kong Open

Round 3 scores:

T14 Shiv KAPUR -5
T19 Arjun ATWAL -4
T47 Gaganjeet BHULLAR -1

Good round by Arjun Atwal, he needs a top 20 finish here to retain the Tour card for next year.

US$ 2,000,000 UBS Hong Kong Open

Final scores:

T29 Arjun ATWAL -3
T45 Gaganjeet BHULLAR Par
T54 Shiv KAPUR +2

Arjun Atwal has managed to retain his Tour card for next season.

Good to hear that Arjun has retained his card.

Asian Tour Order of Merit 2016.

Indians in Top 60 of OOM (prize money):

6 S.S.P CHAWRASIA ($517,467)
9 Gaganjeet BHULLAR ($368,737)
17 Rahil GANGJEE ($188,834)
26 Rashid KHAN ($156,008)
27 Chikka S ($144,945)
34 Shiv KAPUR ($124,479)
37 Chiragh KUMAR ($116,980)
38 Jyoti RANDHAWA ($116,376)
43 Jeev Milkha Singh ($109,001)
51 Shubhankar Sharma ($89,052)
54 Arjun Atwal ($85,278)

This year there are 11 Indians in Top 60 compared to 9 last year. Anirban Lahiri & Mukesh Kumar have exemptions under Order of Merit Winners & Tournament Winners respectively.