Om Prakash Chouhan made his dream come true by having a victorious win in the maiden European Challenge Tour on the home soil at PGTI and Challenge Tour Golf Tournament.  Winning this tournament with purse of $300,000, Chouhan played 20-under (70,67,66,65) with a total score of 268 at the Karnataka Golf Association, Bangalore, India. He took home €44,337.55 as the winning amount. 

 

 

Om Prakash Chouhan with the winning trophy

 

 

Chouhan said, “After a good start, the double-bogey on the 12th was quite disappointing but fortunately I didn’t let that affect my game. I was pleased with the very strong finish.“I’ve been working on the mental aspect of my game as errors on the course used to affect me a lot in the past. But I’m in a much better mental space now to handle such situations.“My driving and iron shots are my strength at the moment but I know once the putts start rolling in for me I can even shoot a round of eight-under.  “It’s a huge achievement for me as I had never won an international title before".

 

 

The final round of the Taylor Black Bull Challenge went with a closing bogey-free seven under par round of 65, winning two shots ahead of English player Ashley Chesters and Spanish golfer Victor Pastor who tied-2 with 18-under. 

 

 

Ashley Chesters (Left) and  Victor Pastor

 

 

An Amazing golf shot by Chouhan was at 11th in the third round of the tournament where the golfer birdied six holes in the third day. This was his first challenge tour win, where the golfer had two double-bogeys in a total of all the four days of the tournament. 

 

 

Ashley also had a bogey free final round with five birdie hits and he parred the rest of the holes going (67, 68, 68, 67). On the other hand, Spaniard Victor Pastor had one bogey shot on the final day of the tournament on the 5th. He birdied six holes and parred the rest in the final round. Both the players on the second position wins €24,939.87 as the prize money. 

 

 

Lorenzo Scalise from Italy secures a solo 4th position at KGA, Bangalore. He is currently at the 10th position in the Challenge Tour Ranking. He stood four shots behind the leader playing 16-under ( 68, 68, 65, 71), who went for two bogey hits on 7th and 16th. He won €16,626.58 as the winning amount. 

Scalise said, “I hit it great off the tee and put myself into some great positions. My putting was very good, and I only left myself short sided once.

“I’ve started the season well and my aim is to be in contention every week because you have to play consistently throughout the year if you want to finish in the top 20 and get your DP World Tour card.”

 

 

Swedish Player Rickard Karlberg secured a solo 5th position in the PGTI and Challenge Tour Golf Tournament. He had an amazing eagle shot in the second round of the tournament on the 5th hole. He took home a prize money of €13,855.48 standing five shots behind the leader with 15-under ( 68, 66, 69, 70)

 

 

Aman Raj on putting greens

 

 

The hat master, India's Aman Raj tied-8 with two other players Liam Johnston from Scotland and  Andrea Pavan from Italy with a score of 12-under in the tournament. Raj (67, 68, 71, 70) was unable to make a bogey free round in the tournament. But his front nine on the final round of the tournament seemed to have a better approach where he birdied the 1st and 6th, whereas on the back nine he got two bogey putt on the 13th and the 18th. All the three got €6,835.37 as the winning amount. 

 

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