Gaganjeet Bhullar romped home to a three-shot victory at the Macao Open to bag his eighth Asian Tour title here on Sunday. As a result, Bhullar etched his name on the Macao Open trophy for the second time having previously won in 2012.
The 29-year-old has now equalled Arjun Atwal and Jyoti Randhawa’s record of most wins (8) by an Indian on the Asian Tour.
Bhullar (64-65-74-68) was unstoppable on the final day of the $500,000 event as he brought in a card of three-under 68 to end up with a winning total of 271.
Ajeetesh Sandhu (66-67-71- 70), fresh from his twin triumphs in Taiwan and Japan over the last two weeks, delivered a last round of one-under 70 to grab a share of second place at 274 along with Angelo Que of the Philippines.
It was also Bhullar’s third wire-to-wire victory of his career following the Macao Open 2012 and the Indonesia Open 2013.
Bhullar had last tasted international success just about a year back at the Asian Tour’s Bank BRI-JCB Indonesia Open 2016.
Other Indian placings: Rashid Khan (T5), Chiragh Kumar (T19).
Shubhankar Sharma (T24), S. Chikkarangappa (33).
Himmat Rai (T58), Khalin Joshi (T66) and M. Dharma (70) .
