Verma pockets maiden crown
Pawan Verma (second from right) with the winner’s trophy and the cheque.
Delhi’s Pawan Verma bagged his maiden professional title with a two-stroke victory at the Aravalli Golf Club in Faridabad on Thursday.
Verma shot a three-over-75 in the third and final round to total two-over-192 at the fourth event of the 2012 PGTI Feeder Tour season. Faridabad’s Abhinav Lohan also fired a three-over 75 to finish second at four-over-194.
The 21-year-old Verma (45-72-75), who began the day one stroke off the lead in the second place, made two birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey in his third and final round.
Verma sank a 10-feet putt to birdie the fifth and then dropped a bogey on the seventh. The professional from the Delhi Golf Club chipped it within a few inches for a birdie on the eighth to make the turn at one-under for the day.
He then dropped four strokes on the 11th, 12th and the 13th as a result of two bogeys and a double bogey (12th). However, the Delhi lad held on with pars on the last five holes to bag his maiden professional title. Verma sealed it with a chip shot that landed within a few inches on the closing 18th and set up an easy par putt.
Local favourite Lohan (46-73-75) was the runner-up with a total of four-over 194. He made five birdies against eight bogeys in his final round of 75.
Rajesh Kumar Rawat of Lucknow secured third place with a five-over 195 total.
Ramesh Kumar of Faridabad and Sudhir Sharma of Meerut were tied fourth at six-over 196.
Aditya Raj Kumar Chauhan of Delhi leads the 2012 PGTI Feeder Tour Order of Merit with earnings of Rs 1,23,325 for the season.
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