Gaganjeet Bhullar finished T-5th and Ajeetesh Sandhu followed with a T-8th finish in Scotland
35-year-old Gaganjeet Bhullar, a 10-time winner on the Asian Tour, recorded his best finish of the year – tied-5th at the US$ 1.5mn St. Andrews Bay Championship – a lucrative international Series event on the Asian Tour, staged in Scotland which earned him a cheque of US$ 74,300 (Rs 61 lacs).
Following him was Ajeetesh Sandhu who tied-8th, his first top-10 finish of the season so far.
Anirban Lahiri, who has been consistent in the International Series events with a runners-up finish in Vietnam and a third in England, finished tied-14th. Anirban ranks 40th in the current Olympic Men’s rankings and Shubhankar lies at 51st which virtually guarantees them starts in Paris 2024.
Other Indians who made the cut in Scotland included –
Veer Ahlawat – T-30th – 66-71-72-70 (-9)
S.S.P. Chawrasia – T-30th – 69-71-68-71 (-9)
Rahil Gangjee – T-50th – 70-70-72-71 (-5)
Viraj Madappa – T-50th – 67-73-71-72 (-5)
Rashid Khan – T-66th – 70-71-75-74 (T-66th)
Indians who missed the cut at 3-under 141 included –
Chikkarangappa S.(-2)
Honey Baisoya (E)
Karandeep Kochhar (+3)
Jyoti Randhawa (+4)
Khalin Joshi (+4)
Kartik Sharma (+7)
The international series event also attracted the below listed LIV Tour members – who can earn valuable Official World Rankings points on the Asian Tour since they cannot play on the European and PGA Tours.
Eugenio Chicarra
Matt Jones
Mito Pereira
Dean Burmester
Anirban Lahiri
Andy Ogletree
Bernd Weisberger
Paul Casey
Ian Snyman
Peter Uihlein
Chase Koepka
Harold Varner III
Sergio Garcia
The Asian tour will restart action after the end of their UK swing, in South Korea for the US$ 1mn Shinhan Donghae Open from Sep. 7-10.
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Photo – ASian Tour