Sri lankan Anura Rohana's 'steely resolve' in Steel City Jamshedpur saw him cruise to a four-shot victory at the 16th TATA Open 2017, a Rs 1 crore event. Rohana returned a clinical final round of two-under-69 to total 19-under-265 for the week and as a result grab his second title of the season.
The quintet of Kolkata-based golfers Viraj Madappa (66) and Raju Ali Mollah (70), Gurgaon's Manu Gandas (68), Delhi's Shamim Khan (69) and Noida's Vikrant Chopra (69) finished joint runners-up at 15-under-269 at the penultimate event of the season staged at the pristine Golmuri Golf Course.
Anura Rohana's (69-61-66-69), the overnight leader by three shots, marched to his fifth PGTI title after driving home the advantage on the final day with five birdies against two bogeys.
The 44-year-old Anura, who won his fifth PGTI title along with a winning cheque of Rs 15 lakh on Sunday, never looked in any sort of trouble on day four. Despite a bogey on the first hole he kept his lead with pars on the next seven and a birdie on the ninth.
Rohana, who won on the PGTI in Pune earlier this year, went into attacking mode on the back-nine in order to build on his lead. He almost holed his approach from 45 yards for eagle on the 10th where he finally picked a tap-in birdie. A couple of quality birdie chip-putts on the 12th and 16th saw him home despite a couple of bogeys on the back-nine.