Hyderabad, Nov 13 (PTI) Gaganjeet Bhullar’s self-belief and experience once again came to the fore as the seasoned golfer clinched his seventh Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) title, defeating young Raghav Chugh in a play-off at the Phoenix Invitational Hyderabad here on Friday.
It was Bhullar’s fourth victory of the season and his second successive play-off triumph, having won at Vooty Golf County last week.
Bhullar of Vimtra Chennai Lions GC had twin birdies on the 16th and the 17th to get to 14-under, while Raghav of Phoenix Hyderabad Firebirds GC, who had held the lead minutes earlier, holed a must-hole birdie on his closing hole to force a play-off.
Bhullar once again came out the victor in the shoot-out played on the Par-4 18th. A little earlier Bhullar had a shy at a 20-footer for a birdie, which would have given him an outright win, but it was destined to come in a play-off.
Sachin Baisoya of Phoenix Hyderabad Firebirds GC was sole third at 13-under, while Kartik Sharma of Flyingman Kolkata Tigers GC, who produced the best card of the day at 9-under 63, was Tied-4th alongside Harshjeet Singh Sethie of Vimtra Chennai Lions GC (70) and Shaurya Binu OF Unico Gurugram Tuskers GC (64) at 12-under.
It was the best AM Green IGPL finish of 2026 for both Kartik and Harshjeet.
M Dharma of Green Fuels Vizag Dolphins GC, Sawai Hamendra Singh Bhati of Auro Realty Goa Eagles GC and Arjun Prasad of Unico Gurugram Tuskers GC were tied for seventh place at 11-under, as Olympian Udayan Mane, Shiv Kapur and young Danish Verma, the overnight leader, were tied for tenth at 10-under.
In the team contest, hosts Phoenix Hyderabad Firebirds led by Raghav Chugh, Sachin Baisoya, Ranjit Singh and Arjun Bhati took the honours at 27-under edging aside Flyingman Kolkata Tigers (Kartik Sharma, Syed Saqib Ahmed, Varun Parikh and Sukhman Singh) and Chennai Lions (Bhullar, Sethie, Ravi Kumar and Yashas Chandra), who were tied second at 26-under.
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