Jammu: Yuvraj Singh Sandhu of Chandigarh stamped his authority with a powerful seven-shot win on the Rs. 40 lakh J&Okay Open 2022 offered by J&Okay Tourism performed on the Jammu Tawi Golf Course.
Yuvraj (69-70-65-71), the in a single day chief by 4 pictures, shot a gradual one-under 71 within the final spherical to whole 13-under 275 for the event and declare his fourth profession win and third title this season. Sandhu, who bagged the winner’s cheque value Rs. 6 lakh, consolidated himself in second place on the PGTI Order of Benefit.
Bengaluru’s Khalin Joshi (70-68-70-74) secured the runner-up spot at six-under 282 after firing a 74 in spherical 4.
Gurugram’s Manu Gandas (67) took third place at three-under 285.
Chandimandir’s Ravi Kumar shot the day’s greatest rating of 66 to clinch eleventh place at two-over 290.
Among the many outstanding names, Rashid Khan was tied twenty first at six-over 294, the 2021 champion Honey Baisoya was tied twenty fifth at seven-over 295 and Olympian Udayan Mane was tied twenty eighth at eight-over 296.
Yuvraj Singh Sandhu, who had shot the event’s greatest rating of 65 earlier in spherical three, continued his domination in spherical 4 to ease to a snug win at PGTI’s first ever occasion staged on the Jammu Tawi Golf Course (JTGC).
Sandhu made two birdies and bogeys every on the primary 9 holes however nonetheless managed to stretch his result in 5 pictures as nearest rival Khalin Joshi was one-over on the flip. Yuvraj birdied each par-5s, first and eighth, on the front-nine.
On the back-nine, Sandhu pushed forward additional sinking birdie putts from a variety of six to 9 ft on the eleventh and thirteenth and saving a par with an ideal shot from 100 yards after incurring a penalty on the twelfth. Yuvraj dropped a bogey on the seventeenth however cruised to the end line with a mammoth seven-shot margin as the opposite nearest contender Khalin performed one-over on the back-nine.
Yuvraj stated, “I used to be a bit nervous coming into this week as a result of I had performed properly off late however not scored properly on the Asian Improvement Tour (ADT) occasions in Indonesia. So I felt I simply wanted a bit reassurance.
“My father gave me a shock this morning by arriving in Jammu. After I noticed him on the golf course earlier than my spherical at this time that basically helped me loosen up. I then simply wished to observe the yardage e book, maintain it in play and discover fairways and greens. I managed to do this properly at this time.
“The nine-feet birdie conversion on the thirteenth was the purpose once I thought I had the match within the bag. The spotlight of the week for me was my good course administration with my caddie Sonu contributing lots to it. You need to be 100 per cent dedicated on this course and that’s what I did for many a part of the week.
“I noticed once I went to Indonesia to play on the ADT, I felt a bit void as a result of my common caddie Sonu wasn’t there. He’s not simply my caddie however like a youthful brother to me. He has performed a giant half in my efficiency this week.”
