Chandigarh, Nov. 15 -- Gurugram's Manu Gandas clinched the inaugural Trident Open title after winning a tense three-way playoff at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Friday.

The playoff was necessitated after Manu (66-73-69-73), Chandigarh's Yuvraj Sandhu (72-69-70-70), who is PGTI Order of Merit leader, and 21-year-old Shubham Jaglan (71-69-71-70), who made his PGTI debut this week, ended the regulation 72 holes with matching totals of seven-under 281. Manu prevailed in the playoff with a par, ending a 22-month drought and securing his ninth professional victory.

With the win, Manu picked up a Rs.15 lakh cheque in the Rs.1 crore event while also climbing to the seventh position, from the 14th, in PGTI Order of Merit. Shubham and Yuvraj shared...