Ashok makes it 4 in a row

Ashok started the day with birdies on the opening holes and then made two more birdies on the eighth and ninth holes to be four-under through nine holes. As a result, he was relaxed playing the back nine as he had a five stroke lead, which he narrowed down to four with a bogey on the 13th but an errant drive on the last that resulted in his taking a drop from the water hazard saw him finish with a final round of four-under-par.

8216;8216;I am happy with the way I am playing and hope to take this form with me into next week, when I play in China,8217;8217; said Ashok, who has won Rs 709,000 in just six weeks on this tour.

SCORES after 72 holes

271 Ashok Kumar 67, 67, 69, 68; 277 Digvijay Singh 69, 72, 68, 68, Shiv Kapur 68, 72, 68, 69; 278 Mukesh Kumar 69, 71, 68, 70; 280 Harinder Gupta 72, 72, 68, 68; 281 Vijay Kumar 73, 67, 73, 68; 282 Gaurav Ghei 70, 71, 74, 67, S Madaiah 69, 66, 72, 75; 286 Ranjit Singh 68, 73, 73, 72, Gurbaaz Mann 71, 69, 72, 74, Sanjay Kumar 72, 71, 68, 75, Ali Sher 70, 69, 72, 75; Amateurs: 290 Gagan Verma 68, 75, 75, 72; 294 Jasjeet Singh 74, 67, 80, 73