Rashid Khan wins Eagleburg Masters

Rashid Khan is on a roll. The Delhi youngster bagged his sixth title pocketing the Rs. 40 lakh-PGTI Eagleburg Masters 2014, the fourth Super Series golf event of the season.

Rashid shot a confident three-under-69 in the final round to end up with a tournament total of 19-under-269 at the Eagleton-The Golf Resort course here on Friday.

C. Muniyappa of Bangalore also fired a 69 in round four to garner second place with a 17-under-271.

Rashid, a winner on the Asian Tour this year, said, “I played really good golf this week compared to the last two weeks on the Asian Tour. This is my second-best tournament total and I’m very proud of this effort.”

Muniyappa’s (69-67-66-69), runner-up finish helped him move up from 28th to 13th in the Rolex rankings and from 33rd to fifth in the Super Series. — Special Correspondent

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sports / by Special Correspondent / Bangalore – October 05th, 2014