S. Chikkarangappa defended his title in style at the CG Open Golf 2014, producing a final round of four-under-66 at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club course on Saturday. The Bengaluru golfer totalled 17-under-263 in the PGTI Super Series event and also topped the Rolex Rankings.
Om Prakash Chouhan bettered the course record with 10-under-60 in the fourth round, and was rewarded with the second spot carding 16-under-264.
Overnight leader C. Muniyappa of Bengaluru returned a card of 15-under-265 for third place.
Chikkarangappa (67-66-64-66) started with pars on the first three holes, birdied the fourth, fifth and seventh.
Muniyappa bogeyed the 11th, as the former struck form to manage birdies on 16th and 18th for the title.
Final scores (after fourth round):
263: S. Chikkarangappa; 264: Om Prakash Chouhan; 265: C. Muniyappa; 266: Sanjay Kumar, 267: Shamim Khan and Mukesh Kumar; 268: Abhijit Singh Chadha; 271: Kapil Kumar; 272: Anura Rohana; 273: Md Zamal Hossain Mollah.
Rolex rankings (after CG Open): 1. S. Chikkarangappa, 2. Om Prakash Chouhan (Mhow), 3. Shankar Das (Kolkata), 4. Rashid Khan (Delhi), 5. Anura Rohana (Sri Lanka), 6. Sanjay Kumar (Lucknow), 7. Mukesh Kumar (Mhow), 8. C. Muniyappa (Bengaluru), 9. K Prabhagaran (Sri Lanka), 10. Shubankar Sharma (Gurgaon).
