Gurugram, Mar 19 (PTI) Vinay Kumar Yadav of Delhi won his maiden title after prevailing in a playoff against teenager Arjunveer Shishir of Chandigarh at the PGTI NexGen here on Thursday.
Thirty-year-old Vinay (72-70-71), who was overnight tied fourth and three shots off the lead, carded a one-under 71 in round three to end the regulation 54 holes tied at the top of the leaderboard along with 15-year-old Arjunveer (71-70-72) at a total of three-under 213.
Arjunveer, the youngest player in the field who was overnight tied second and two shots off the lead, made his way to the top of the pack on day three courtesy an even-par 72.
Vinay finally went on to win on the second playoff hole (played on the Par-5 18th).
Lakshya Nagar (72) and Siddharth Semwal (75), the overnight leader, finished tied third at two-under 214.
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