Bhullar finally comes through

Gaganjeet Bhullar has captured his maiden Asian Tour title at the Indonesia President Invitational in Jakarta.
Gaganjeet Bhullar has captured his maiden Asian Tour title with a two-stroke victory at the Indonesia President Invitational in Jakarta.
The 21-year-old Indian closed with a blemish free five-under-par 67 at Damai Indah Golf – Bumi Serpong Damai course today (Sunday) to finish with a 22-under-par 266 winning total.
The victory means Bhullar takes away the US$63,000 prize money and makes up for his failure to win the tournament two years ago.
Australian Adam Blyth finished second following a 68, while Thailand’s Thammanoon Srirot was third after a 66. South Korea’s Ted Oh was a further stroke back in fourth place.
Bhullar narrowly missed out on victory at the tournament in 2007 when he was pipped by Filipino Juvic Pagunsan’s birdie-eagle finish.
“I’ve got no words to describe how happy I am,” said Bhullar. “I’ve been waiting for this for the past two years and I played really well today and I had a very good finish with a good score.”
Bhullar, who had started the day as overnight leader, made a fine start with four birdies in his first six holes before adding a fifth on the par five 13th.
“Definitely after this victory, many things are going to change in my life. I’m looking forward to it,” he added.
ALL THE FINAL ROUND SCORES
(Par: 72)
266 Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 69 68 62 67
268 Adam Blyth (Aus) 67 66 67 68
269 Thammanoon Srirot (Tha) 67 70 66 66
270 Ted Oh (Kor) 68 67 66 69
272 Bae Sang-Moon (Kor) 76 64 64 68, Artemio Murakami (Phi) 69 67 68 68
273 Noh Seung-Yul (Kor) 72 68 66 67, Darren Beck (Aus) 66 73 69 65, Marcus Both (Aus) 66 70 68 69
274 Lu Wei-Chih (Tpe) 70 71 65 68, Scott Hend (Aus) 70 69 68 67, Kim Dae-Hyun (Kor) 69 67 69 69, Lee Sung (Kor) 67 67 71 69
275 Jason King (Aus) 74 68 65 68, Antonio Lascuna (Phi) 68 68 70 69, Chris Rodgers (Eng) 69 67 70 69, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 72 71 66 66, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 66 66 71 72
276 Son Joon-Eob (Kor) 73 65 68 70, David Gleeson (Aus) 69 73 68 66, Pasi Purhonen (Fin) 66 70 72 68, Matthew Griffin (Aus) 73 70 69 64
278 Simon Griffiths (Eng) 68 71 71 68, Jay Bayron (Phi) 71 72 69 66
279 James Kamte (Rsa) 69 71 67 72, Juvic Pagunsan (Phi) 74 67 68 70, Tony Carolan (Aus) 71 68 71 69, Lu Wen-Teh (Tpe) 70 70 70 69, Kao Bo-Song (Tpe) 69 72 69 69, Lien Lu-Sen (Tpe) 71 71 68 69, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 74 65 70 70, Lam Chih Bing (Sin) 70 72 71 66, Peter Cooke (Aus) 69 68 69 73, Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 70 73 69 67
280 Amandeep Johl (Ind) 70 70 70 70, Masaki Sakata (Jpn) 69 71 71 69, Wu Ashun (Chn) 70 70 69 71, Burhan Bora (Ina) 74 68 68 70
281 Kim Young-Jin (Kor) 72 66 70 73
282 Shang Lei (Chn) 69 72 71 70, Mitchell Brown (Aus) 69 70 73 70, Jbe Kruger (Rsa) 68 70 73 71, Young Nam (Kor) 68 74 70 70, Khor Kheng Hwai (Mal) 72 70 73 67, Bryan Saltus (USA) 70 72 71 69, Mo Joong-Kyung (Kor) 71 72 69 70
283 Andrew Dodt (Aus) 73 67 70 73, Steven Tiley (Eng) 70 71 70 72, Scott Barr (Aus) 72 70 71 70, Anirban Lahiri (Ind) 71 67 76 69
284 Jason Norris (Aus) 69 71 71 73, Benny Kasiadi (Ina) 70 71 70 73, Yasin Ali (Eng) 77 65 70 72, Gavin Flint (Aus) 71 71 72 70
285 Michael Light (Aus) 71 71 71 72, Gary Simpson (Aus) 74 68 71 72, S. Siva Chandhran (Mal) 71 72 68 74
286 Chris Roake (Eng) 69 72 75 70, Kwanchai Tannin (Tha) 68 70 76 72
287 Lin Wen-Hong (Tpe) 69 72 77 69, Quincy Quek (Sin) 68 73 73 73, Guido Van Der Valk (Ned) 72 71 73 71
288 Eduardo Herrera (Col) 70 67 74 77,
289 S Sanusi (Ina) 74 69 75 71, Anis Hassan (Mal) 71 72 73 73
293 Gene Xavier Bondoc (Phi) 73 70 74 76
297 Marvin Dumandan (Phi) 73 70 81 73
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