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Monday, March 29, 1999

Uttam Singh Mundy wins AGC-Wills Meerut Open

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MEERUT, March 28: Uttam Singh Mundy, enjoying his best season in the Wills Sport Indian Golf Tour, added a third title to his 1998-99 kitty when he won the AGC-Wills Meerut Open by a clear margin of four strokes at the Army Golf Course, today.

At the par-72, 6,785-yard course, the twice Honda-Siel PGA champion from Calcutta shot a four-under 68 on the final day to aggregate 10-under 278 for the tournament to take home the winner's cheque of Rs 83,300. In second place at six-under 282 was the Indian Open runner-up Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia, who shot a three-under 69 to finish ahead of Jyoti Randhawa and Sanjay Kumar, joint third at four-under 284. Chowrasia's earning for the week was Rs 55,550.

Delhi's Mohammed Maqbool and Feroz Ali (Calcutta) were joint fifth at three-under 285, while another Calcutta golfer, Yusuf Ali shot a three-under on the final day to finish seventh at two-under, one stroke better than veteran Rohtas Singh of Delhi.

In a roller-coaster round, Mundy exploited the par-5s to the hilt as he made two eagles, on the 7th and 17th. Till the seventh, things didn't look good for the bearded pro, who started with a bogey, but made up with a birdie on the 4th. A double bogey on the 6th made him two-over at that stage. But a remarkable 30-footer eagle putt got him going and he added birdies on the 8th and 14th, before making another eagle on the 17th.

Chowrasia is a different player after finishing joint runner-up in the Wills Indian Open. His 69 today had four birdies including three in the last four holes.

The early charge was made by the Hero Honda Masters champion Jyoti Randhawa, who took the sole possession of lead with birdies in the first two holes. But he fizzled out thereafter, and made consecutive bogies on the 5th and 6th. He was still in the race with another birdie on the 9th, but three bogies on the back nine put him out of contention. Sanjay Kumar, the Color Plus Open champion in Chennai and runner-up in Wills Northern Open in hometown Lucknow earlier this year, played a sedate one-under 71 with three birdies. "I could have had a better finish had I putted well today," he said.

Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.


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