Yuvraj prevails over Udayan in playoff
Chandigarh, Aug. 23 -- Yuvraj Sandhu prevailed over Udayan Mane in a marathon playoff that lasted five extra holes to win the Rs.1 crore PGTI Players Championship 2025 played at the Clover Greens Golf Course and Resort near Hosur in Tamil Nadu.
Both Yuvraj, the overnight leader by three shots, and Udayan, who was overnight second, ended the regulation 72 holes with identical totals of 28-under 256 that pushed the match into a dramatic playoff.
The 28-year-old Chandigarh resident Yuvraj (63-67-61-65), also the winner in Mysuru last week, thus registered back-to-back titles and took a commanding lead in the PGTI Order of Merit after picking up the winning cheque worth Rs.15 lakh.
Sandhu's fourth victory of the year, achieved after a solid final round of six-under 65 and a gritty playoff performance, took his season's earnings to Rs.88,67,200 giving him a lead of over Rs.25 lakh in the PGTI's merit list. It was Yuvraj's second wire-to-wire win in two weeks.
Olympian and Pune-based professional Udayan Mane (67-65-62-62), a 12-time winner and former PGTI Order of Merit champion who was looking to end a four-year-long victory drought, fired a second straight nine-under 62 on Friday to force a playoff. Udayan's runner-up cheque worth Rs.10 lakh pushed him up two spots to fourth position in the PGTI's money list.
Delhi's Kshitij Naveed Kaul (68-67-64-66) delivered a 66 in the last round to claim the third spot at 19-under 265.
Eighteen-year-old Veer Ganapathy (65) of Bengaluru won the trophy for the best performance by an amateur as he ended tied fourth at a total of 17-under 267.
Three other players who secured tied fourth place were Delhi's Shaurya Bhattacharya (65), Gurugram's Kartik Sharma (67) and Nepal's Subash Tamang (67). Yuvraj Sandhu, who registered his 13th professional win, was in top form with the driver as he drove the Par-4 greens on three occasions on Friday. Yuvraj also scored birdies on three out of the four Par-5s by landing his second shots on the green by putting on a show with his outstanding ball-striking.
Sandhu was on a roll on the front-nine as he picked up five birdies. However, on the back-nine he mixed four birdies with three bogeys allowing Udayan Mane a window of opportunity.
Yuvraj said, "I would like to thank my team my family. They've all contributed a lot in making me believe that I can be the best."...
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