Rashid Khan held his nerves on the second playoff to prevail over rookie Angad Cheema for the BILT Open golf title at the Jaypee Greens here on Saturday.
Rashid, leader after every round, shot a 71 for a tally of 16-under 272, an aggregate brought in by Cheema. The champion received Rs.16,16,500 from this Rs. One-crore prize money event. Cheema settled for Rs. 11,16,500, while third-placed S.S.P. Chowrasia collected Rs. 6,26,500.
The scores :
Rashid Khan (64, 68, 69, 71), Angad Cheema (69, 69, 68, 66) 272; S.S.P. Chowrasia (70, 65, 67, 71) 273; Harendra Gupta (70, 69, 70, 68) 277; Rahil Gangjee (66, 71, 71, 70) 278; Mithun Perera (70, 67, 72, 70), Chiragh Kumar (69, 69, 71, 70) 279; Shubhankar Sharma (70, 72, 69, 69), Abhijit Singh Cheema (69, 69, 70, 72) and Himmat Singh Rai (73, 69, 67, 71) 280.
