2014 Asian Tour

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Re: 2014 Asian Tour

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Congratulations to Anirban Lahiri on an excellent surge to the top on the final day. He had a great first and last round, which won him the title, and enabled him to narrow the gap with Lipsky atop the APGA Order of Merit race. Here is the rediff report:

http://www.rediff.com/sports/report/ani ... 141027.htm
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Anirban has been very consistent on the Asian level for a while now but is still to make the step-up to be consistent at the European or PGA level (as Jeev was in his best years).

Of course, there are a lot more ranking points for the Asian Tour these days.
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Anirban Lahiri had a poor start to the CIMB Classic he currently T54 with a score of 2 over par and 9 shots behind the leader.

Elsewhere in India, Eagleton Golf Resort Banglore is the hosting the Asian Development Tour event and India's Abhishek Jha takes the lead by matching his opening day's effort with another six-under-par 66 to take the second round lead by 1shot.

Indian Masters Leaderboard after Round 2

132 - Abhishek Jha (IND) 66-66
133 - Nils Floren (SWE) 71-62
134 - Chikka S. (IND) 64-70
136 - Khalin Joshi (IND) 67-69; Deepinder Singh Kullar (IND) 67-69
137 - C. Muniyappa (IND) 69-68; Niall Turner (IRL) 67-70
138 - M. Dharma (IND) 67-71; Pijit Petchkasem (THA) 65-73
139 - R. Murthy (IND) 71-68; Lindsay Ryenolds (CAN) 70-69; Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND) 72-67.
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No improvement for Anirban Lahiri at the day 2 of CIMB Classic, he is currently T53.

At Eagleton golf course Abhishek Jha continues to lead the ADT tournament of India.

Indian Masters Leaderboard after Round 3

1 Abhishek JHA -19
2 R. MURTHY -13
2 Chikka S -13
4 M DHARMA -9
4 Niall TURNER -9
4 Deepinder Singh Kullar -9
4 Khalin JOSHI -9
4 Nils FLOREN -9

Top 6 finishers of the tournament are eligible world ranking points.
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$70,000 India Masters (ADT event)

Final Leaderboard

1 CHIKKA S -18
2 ABHISHEK JHA -16
3 NILS FLOREN -14
T4 C MUNIYAPPA -13
T4 NIALL TURNER -13
T6 SSP CHOWRASIA -12
T6 R MURTHY -12

Chikka wins the inaugural Indian Masters, SSP also manages to finish in Top 6
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Anirban Lahiri finishes the CIMB Classic tournament at T52 position.
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Rahil Gangjee made a great start as he leads the home tournament Panasonic Open India in Delhi Golf Club with a first round of 6 under par. Following him 2 strokes behind is Rashid Khan at -4. Other Indians in top 10 are Pratap ATWAL (amateur) , Om Prakash CHOUHAN, Shankar DAS, and Akshay SHARMA, all at -3 and T6
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Rahil Gangjee continues to lead the tournament, he is currently 10 under par and has the 2 shot lead over defending champion Wade Ormsby.

Leaderboard after Round 2

1 Rahil GANGJEE (IND) -10
2 Wade ORMSBY (AUS) -8
3 Mithun PERERA (SRI) -7
3 Terry PILKADARIS (AUS) -7
3 Pratap ATWAL (A) (IND) -7
3 Siddikur RAHMAN (BAN) -7
7 Panuphol PITTAYARAT (THA) -6
7 Rashid KHAN (IND) -6
7 Shubhankar SHARMA -6

Overall 35 Indian players made the cut.
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Looks like 18 year old Subhankar Sharma and Atjun Atwal's nephew, Pratap Atwal are the future of Indian golf. What is your take on them, prajgolf?
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Rahil manages to hang on to the lead, just by a shot.
In the last group, Rahil has 18 year old Shubhankar Sharma for company along with Siddikur from Bangladesh.
Top 9 players are separated by 3 shots. Anyone in the top 9 can play well and win tomorrow.
We have 4 Indians in the Top 10 and hope the home advantage helps one of them to land the trophy. :goodluck: to all 4....
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Shubhankar Sharma has been a consistent performer at the PGT of India and this year he is 5th in the PGTI Order of Merit.
He is also a regular at the Asian Development Tour, however outside India his progress has been bit slow. Considering his is just 18, indeed he would be an exciting Indian golf prospect to watch out for in the near future.

Regarding Pratap Atwal, he is an amateur golfer and i do not follow much of the amateur golf, all i know about Pratap is that he is the winner of 2013 All India Amateur Golf Championship.
I hope that he turns pro soon and follows the footsteps of his uncle Arjun.

The other players to watch for in future will be Chikka S, Khalin Joshi and Udayan Mane.
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US$ 300,000 Panasonic Open India

Final scores:

1 SSP CHOWRASIA (IND) -12 (playoff)
2 Rahil GANGJEE (IND) -12
2 Mithun PERERA (SRI) -12
4 Shubhankar SHARMA (IND) -11
5 Unho PARK (AUS) -10
5 Siddikur RAHMAN (BAN) -10
5 Akinori TANI (JPN) -10
8 Jazz JANEWATTANANOND (THA) -9
8 Panuphol PITTAYARAT (THA) -9
10 Rashid KHAN (IND) -8

SSP wins the Panasonic Open India :dance:

SSP started the day 5 shots behind the leader Rahil Gangjee, however his 6 under par score was sufficient for him to have a 3 way tie at the leaderboard.

A birdie at the play-offs ensured him the third title of his career.
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prajgolf wrote: Regarding Pratap Atwal, he is an amateur golfer and i do not follow much of the amateur golf, all i know about Pratap is that he is the winner of 2013 All India Amateur Golf Championship.
I hope that he turns pro soon and follows the footsteps of his uncle Arjun.
Thanks for the info. I read that Pratap plans to turn pro at the end of this year.
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Consistency is something which is missing amongst the Indian player's. We have had so many players in the recent years who have just faded away. Till few years back, Gaganjeet and Shiv were considered as exciting talent however they have been unable to make a mark in the recent years. Then our big two, Jeev and Arjun have unfortunately also been unable to rise up to the occasion. I just hope Anirban is not one of them and is able to maintain the consistency for few year's atleast. Best of luck to him for the European Tour qualifiers.
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US$ 750,000 Chiangmai Golf Classic

Round 1 scores

T4 Rashid KHAN -4
T4 Jyoti RANDHAWA -4
T11 Chikka S -3
T11 Chiragh KUMAR -3
T19 M DHARMA -2
T34 Abhijit CHADHA -1
T34 Shubhankar Sharma -1
T48 Jeev Milkha SINGH Par
T74 Rahil GANGJEE +2
120 Himmat RAI +5
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