Poom Saksansin of Thailand completed a convincing wire-to-wire victory after defeating home favourite Khalin Joshi by two shots at the inaugural TAKE Solutions Masters on Sunday.

The 24-year-old Poom never lost his lead on the last day as he returned with a four-under-par 67 to claim his second Asian Tour title with a winning total of 16-under-par 268 at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) Golf Course.

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Joshi, who hails from Bengaluru and grew up playing golf at KGA, battled tooth-and-nail before settling for second place following a round of 67. Three bogeys in a round of seven birdies dashed his hopes for a first Asian Tour title.

Ajeetesh Sandhu (66) of India finished a further shot back in lone third place on 274 while Rory Hie of Indonesia, Divyanshu Bajaj and Abhinav Lohan of India settled for fourth at the US$300,000 Asian Tour event.

Poom’s lead was only briefly threatened when Joshi birdied his opening hole but the Thai held his nerve and claimed a sensational victory after posting five birdies.

Did you know?

•  This is Poom Saksansin’s first wire-to-wire victory and the second on the Asian Tour in 2017 following Rattanon Wannasrichan’s start-to-finish win at the Thailand Open.
•  This is Poom’s second win in his ninth Asian Tour start since his victory at the BNI Indonesian Masters last year.
•  Poom only dropped five shots the entire week and accumulated 21 birdies. He rated his 15-feet birdie on the 16th hole in the final round as the most important as it handed him  a three-shot cushion.
• He said this victory was more satisfying as compared to his first win in Indonesia where he felt ‘lucky’.
• The win is a welcome return to form for Poom, who injured his back last year. He returned for his first tournament in January.
• Rory Hie of Indonesia enjoyed his best result on the Asian Tour with his tied fourth finish.