India, Sept. 13 -- An early eagle and a late birdie coupled with smart course management drawn from his experience of almost two decades saw Gaganjeet Bhullar card a 2-under 70 final round and become the first IGPL Invitational champion on Friday. Bhullar, winner of 11 Asian Tour titles, the most by an Indian, and an icon player in the IGPL shot three great rounds of 70-71-70 for a 5-under total and won by two shots over the consistent M Dharma at the Chandigarh Golf Club. "This one is for the history books," Bhullar remarked after the win.

Bhullar took home a cheque of R. 22.50 lakh from the prize purse of Rs. 1.5 crore. Dharma bagged Rs, 15 lakh and the trio of Veer Ganapathy, Kartik Sharma and Shaurya Binu earned Rs. 8.7 lakh each. Bh...