Vijay Kumar wins again

CHANDIGARH, April 5: Vijay Kumar is on a roll. The Lucknow man played a superb two under par 70 to take home the Hero Golf Open title and alongwith it Rs 83,300 on the concluding day at the Ranjitgarh Golf Club Course, Phillaur near Ludhiana today.

This is Vijay Kumar8217;s seventh title of the season and fourth out of the last five tourneys he has played in. The overnight leader, Jyoti Randhawa, could not sustain his three-stroke lead and carded a three over par today to finish second. He received Rs 55,550 for his effort while Shiv Prakash, from Kanpur played a par round to clinch the third slot.

Results

Professionals: 286 Vijay Kumar 71757070, 288 Jyoti Randhawa 69747075, 292 Shiv Prakash 74727472, 295 Rafiq Ali 73737376, 296 Monish Bindra 75746879, 297 Indrajit Bhalotia 73747080, Dinesh Raghuvanshi 72737775 , 299 Ali Sher 74747477, 300 Vishal Singh 77747376, Chinni Ali 73777872, 301 Mukesh Kumar 74777674, 302 Akbar Ali 74737778, MohammedMaqbool 71767976.

Amateurs: 319 Suman Puri 84757585, 321 JS Grewal 78808182, 322 Gagan Verma 80777986.