Delhi’s Rashid Khan, who largely went unnoticed on the first three days of the Rs.30 lakh TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship presented by Chandigarh Golf Club, knocked out all his closest rivals with a gallant final round of six-under-66 to register a two-shot victory at 13-under-275.

Mysuru lad M.S. Yashas Chandra returned with a good performance on the final day with a card of two-under-70 and finished joint 29th with a four-day aggregate score of one-under-287 (69+71+77+70).  Yashas on a fine note finished the season eighth on the prize-money earnings.

The 28-year-old Rashid (70-68-71-66), a two-time Asian Tour winner, earned a just reward for firing the last day’s best score as he lifted his 12th professional trophy which was also his 10th                    on the PGTI.

Khan’s second title of the season pushed him up from second place to first position in the 2019 TATA Steel PGTI Order of Merit as his season’s earnings now read Rs.25,68,453.

Rashid overtook previous money list leader Chikkarangappa of Bengaluru.

Noida’s Gaurav Pratap Singh (69-67-71-70) and round three leader Shankar Das (68-68-68-73) of Kolkata, who were both in contention till the final stages at the Chandigarh Golf Club (CGC), claimed joint second position at 11-under-277.

The highest-placed golfers from the host city of Chandigarh were the trio of Aadil Bedi (67), Karandeep Kochhar (68) and Harendra Gupta (69) as they all ended up in tied eighth with matching totals of seven-under-281.