Phillaur: Wasim Khan of Delhi shot a ultimate spherical rating of four-under 67 to maneuver his whole to 10-under 203 for the week and thus win his maiden title on the PGTI NEXGEN’s Phillaur Open offered by R S Gill performed on the Ranjitgarh Golf Membership in Phillaur, Punjab.
Lucknow’s Rajesh Kumar Gautam (68) and Chandimandir’s Chandarjeet Yadav (69) completed joint runners-up at a complete of eight-under 205.
Kurush Heerjee (71) of Jamshedpur, the in a single day chief, ended the week in tied fourth place at a complete of seven-under 206 together with Chandigarh’s Brashwarpal Singh (69).
Thirty-four-year-old Wasim Khan (67-69-67), who was in a single day tied third and one off the lead, outperformed the remainder of the sector on the ultimate day as he combined seven birdies with a bogey and a double-bogey throughout his spherical of 67.
Wasim’s iron-play was the spotlight of his spherical on Thursday as he landed it inside three ft of the flag to arrange three of his birdies. He was additionally in keeping with the putter as he sank three birdies from a variety of 10 to 12 ft.
A few errant tee pictures on the fifteenth and sixteenth noticed Wasim drop three strokes on that stretch. Nevertheless, he closed it out effectively with a birdie on the seventeenth and a vital par on the 18th.
Khan picked up the successful cheque price INR 2,54,300 to climb from eleventh place to second place within the 2025 PGTI NEXGEN Order of Benefit. Wasim’s whole earnings for the season now learn INR 3,54,600.
Rajesh Kumar Gautam, a winner in Gurugram and runner-up this week in Phillaur, now tops the NEXGEN Order of Benefit with season’s earnings of INR 4,29,600.
Wasim stated, “I’m delighted to register my first skilled win. I got here near successful earlier as I had two runner-up finishes on the PGTI Feeder Tour in 2019. I’m glad that I may shut out the match this time round.
“My sport has been in fine condition since final week’s occasion in Kapurthala. So, I simply determined to proceed with the identical game-plan this week and play share golf by making an attempt to hit most fairways and greens. The recommendation from my mentor and senior skilled Shamim Khan helped me an important deal.”
