- By Vishal Pushkar
- Fri, 05 Dec 2025 04:23 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
IGPL Tour: Gaganjeet Bhullar, who started the week modestly, finished strong to become the first player to win three times on the IGPL Tour. He began with a round of 1-under 71 that featured a hole-in-one. Over the last two days, he shot solid rounds of 67 and 67, finishing with a total of 11-under at the beautiful Glade One Resort and Golf Club.
The talented 21-year-old Raghav Chugh, who graduated from Rice University in the US just three months ago, gave it his all. However, after making three pars on the last three holes, he fell one stroke short, finishing in a commendable second place.
Chugh posted a round of 4-under 68, ending the week with a total of 10-under.
Three international players—Filipino Justin Quiban, Mexican Santiago de la Fuentes, and Indian-American Manav Shah—who aimed to be the first international winner on the IGPL, settled for Tied-third at 8-under.
The contest could not have been tighter as three players, Bhullar, Chugh, and Fuentes, were tied at 10-under with two holes left. But in the end, Bhullar, with 5-under, won the day, capped by an 18th hole birdie, that followed the crucial eagle-birdie combination on the 14th and the 15th.
.He had a up-and-down front nine with a bogey-birdie start. He bogeyed again on the fourth, but three birdies on the fifth, sixth and the eighth saw him turn in 2-under. That put him firmly in the title race after having started the final day one behind the overnight leaders Manav Shah and Santiago de la Fuentes.
He again had a bogey start on the back nine and once again he pulled back with an eagle on the 14th and a birdie on the 15th. With matters level a 10-under alongside Raghav Chugh and Fuentes, the contest was still open.
Bhullar, playing in the second last group, threw the challenge with a birdie on the 18th and moved to 11-under and sole lead.
Bhullar, India’s most successful player on the Asian Tour with 11 wins, won the first two events of the inaugural IGPL season in Chandigarh and Jaypee Greens.
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