By Admin 
It took a birdie on the 18th and final hole from Thailand’s Poosit Supupramai to emerge the champion in the $500,000 Bharath Classic Gujarat by one stroke, holding off the challenge of a surging Wooyoung Cho, at the Kensville Golf Resort on Sunday.
Supupramai’s superb effort in the fourth and final round helped him finish with a tournament total of 270 (66, 69, 66 and 69) and pip the Korean (271). The win also secured the Asian Tour card for Supupramai.
Sachin Baisoya (273) hogged the limelight with a 10-under 62, which included two birdies and saw him rise to a tie for third place. He was the best Indian in the event.
Baisoya, an IGPL Tour regular, but still looking for his maiden win on the Tour, was tied on 15-under along with overnight leader Jazz Janewattananond, and Panuphol Pittayarat and Ekpharit Wu, all from Thailand.
Yuvraj Sandhu carded 67 in the fourth round to finish with 274 and in seventh place, while Ahmedabad amateur Ishaan Chawhan (275) was tied-eighth with IGPL Order of Merit leader Aman Raj (68) and two Thais, Settee Prakongvech (68) and Chonlatit Chuenboonngam (65).
The inaugural Bharath Classic is joint-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) Tour.
(The writer is in Ahmedabad at the invitation of the Indian Golf Premier League)