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Darren Clarke, one of the most successful players in team competitions and a many-time hero at the Ryder Cup, and Mukesh Kumar, one of the most successful golfers of all times in Indian golf, pooled in their amazing experience and carried Uttarakhand Lions alongwith Chapchai Nirat and Shankar Das to a memorable win in a nail-biting finish at the inaugural Pearls Golf Premier League in association with Aamby Valley City on Sunday.

Uttarakhand Lions, who were third overnight and seven shots adrift of leaders Witalsee Punjab Lancers and five behind second-placed Nippon Kenwood Delhi Darts, zoomed to the top at 34-under. Witalsee Punjab Lancers and Nippon Kenwood Delhi Darts were tied for second at 33-under, while Shubhkamna UP Eagles ended fourth at 32-under despite an incredible and best-of-the-day 11-under by Anirban Lahiri and Shamim Khan.

Uttarakhand Lions were powered by sterling performances from the Clarke-Chapchai and the Mukesh-Shankar combinations. Clarke, a five time member of the European Ryder Cup team, who has also played World Cup and Alfred Dunhill Cup for Ireland, and Chapchai soared on the wings a dramatic eagle and seven birdies for nine-under in the 14-hole round. 

Mukesh and Shankar were eight-under with two holes to play, before they bogeyed the 13th, the penultimate hole, but then Mukesh birdied the final par-3, which has a beach bunker and hauled his team atop the leaderboard.

Uttarakhand Lions’ duo Clarke and Chapchai, had two groups behind them when they finished at 34-under. They then sat in the marquee facing the closing hole and watched Delhi Darts and Witalsee Punjab Lancers failed to find a birdie on the last, leaving them stranded at 33-under.

Delhi Darts’ pair of Rahil Gangjee and Scott Barr had two unlucky breaks, which may well have cost them the title. First Barr’s tee shot on the third found a sprinkler in the middle of the fairway and went into the trees and then managed only a par on the par-5 where a birdie is what most others got. Then on the 14th, the final hole, Gangjee sitting on a 12-footer for birdie, suddenly saw his ball move after addressing it. That cost him a stroke and Barr’s par was what they got for the final hole.

In the final group Johan Edfors and Ajeetesh Sandhu played with Gaganjeet Bhullar and David Howell. Edfors and Sandhu were eight-under after 12 holes and their team was 34-under, when they bogeyed the 13th and failed to birdie the last finishing at 33-under.

Rashid Khan and Thaworn Wiratchant also bogeyed the 13th and failed to birdie the last to finish at four-under. Bhullar and Howell played to five-under and despite brave efforts to add any birdies in the last four holes.

The day’s best score came from Shubhkamna UP Eagles pair, Anirban Lahiri and Shamim Khan, who had one eagle and nine birdies. The only holes they failed to birdie were second, fourth, 10th and 12th holes. With the other Shubhkamna pair of Daniel Chopra and Michael Campbell managing only five-under the team finished fourth at 32-under, one behind the tied second and two behind the winners.

The prizes were given away by Mr. K K Bakshi, CEO of Pearls, and Col S K Sinha, the General Manager of Aamby Valley City.

TEAMS	International Indian Players	Asian Tour Players	International Players	PGTI Players
Shubhkamna Eagles	Anirban Lahiri	Daniel Chopra	Michael Campbell	Shamim Khan
Delhi Darts	Rahil Gangjee	Scott Barr	Johan Edfors	Ajeetesh Sandhu
Maharashtra 59’ers	Shiv Kapur	Scott Hend	Angel Cabrera	Ashok Kumar
Punjab Lancers	Gaganjeet Bhullar	Thaworn Wiratchant	Shaun Micheel	Rashid Khan
 Gujarat Underdawgs	Digvijay Singh	Jarmo Sanderlin	David Howell	Gaurav Ghei
Uttarakhand Lions	Shankar Das	Chapchai Nirat	Darren Clarke	Mukesh Kumar
Colombo 6's	Chiragh Kumar	Jason Knutzon	Simon Dyson	Mithun Perera
Tamilnadu Pullees	Himmat Rai	Siddikur	Rich Beem	Harendra P Gupta

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