Bangladesh Ice golfer Mohammad Siddikur Rahman is tied jointly in fourth place with four other professionals after the final round of the McLeod Russel Tour Championship 2017 at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club, Kolkata today.
Siddikur has a score of eight under 280 and his some way behind winner Shubhankar Sharma of India who produced a fabulous seventeen under 271 to grab the title.
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Shubhankar Sharma snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the final round of the Rs. 1.5 crore McLeod Russel Tour Championship 2017 to make it the ‘icing on the cake’ to a dream season which saw him win three titles.
The 21-year-old from Chandigarh, who recently became the youngest Indian to win on the European Tour, prevailed over Delhi’s Rashid Khan by one shot in a classic encounter at the revered Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) on Sunday.
Shubhankar, trailing by two shots till the 14th hole, turned it around in the final stages to end up with a round of 68 and a winning total of 17-under-271. He thus took home his sixth professional trophy and the winner’s cheque worth a whopping Rs. 22,50,000. The 26-year-old Rashid (71) finished with a total of 16-under-272.
Another Bangladeshi golfer Md Zamal Hossain Mollah completes tour as joint 44th.
Top Ten Scors:
| 1 | SHUBHANKAR SHARMA | 66 | 70 | 67 | 68 | -17 |
| 2 | RASHID KHAN | 67 | 67 | 67 | 71 | -16 |
| 3 | RAHIL GANGJEE | 67 | 68 | 73 | 71 | -9 |
| 4 | VIRAJ MADAPPA | 70 | 70 | 72 | 68 | -8 |
| 4 | MD SIDDIKUR RAHMAN | 75 | 69 | 68 | 68 | -8 |
| 4 | MANU GANDAS | 71 | 72 | 67 | 70 | -8 |
| 4 | SHAMIM KHAN | 70 | 73 | 66 | 71 | -8 |
| 8 | AMAN RAJ | 69 | 70 | 70 | 72 | -7 |
| 9 | AJEETESH SANDHU | 72 | 68 | 69 | 73 | -6 |
| 10 | ADAM BLYTH | 72 | 74 | 70 | 67 | -5 |
| 10 | SSP CHAWRASIA | 71 | 68 | 72 | 72 | -5 |
