Play-off win for Rafiq too

On the first play-off hole, Rafiq split the fairway of the par 51st hole. Mukesh, a bit unlucky, pulled the ball to the right of the fairway. A good second shot from a comparatively tough position saw Mukesh8217;s ball lodge itself on the slope of the left bunker.

Rafiq8217;s second shot placed him four feet to the right of the green.

With no preferred lie available from the slope of the bunker as per the rules, Mukesh was left with a tough chip, which settled 18 feet short of the cup. Rafiq8217;s chip, however, left him with a 3-feet putt to hand him his second title of his career.

Starting off instyle, Rafiq made a birdie on th first hole, but bogeyed the 4th when he missed his chip-putt. His second birdie came on the ninth to make him one-under at the turn. During his back nine, a solitary bogey on the 13th, was sandwiched by a string of birdies on the 10th, 12th, 15th and 17th, which was a result of a superb 16-footer putt, to pocket Rs 83,800 for the win.