Dubai, Dec. 11 -- Karandeep Kochhar ended his wait for a maiden title on the IGPL Tour with a hard-earned victory at IGPL Invitational UAE hosted by Shiv Kapur. Kochhar pipped young Veer Ganapathy and Pukhraj Singh to the post at the Els Club in Dubai at the tenth IGPL event of the inaugural season.

Kochhar, a recent winner on the Asian Development Tour, made up for his runner-up finish at the IGPL Invitational Kolkata, while Ganapathy's wait for a first pro win continued as he was left knocking on the doors yet again.

Kochhar shot a third straight 3-under 69 to total 9-under, while Ganapathy, who was seemingly coasting to fine win, was left ruing a costly triple bogey on Par-4 14th hole on the back nine. He shot even par 72 and finished ...