Gulmohar greens golf course

Gulmohar Greens Golf Course: Ahmedabad’s Varun Parikh edged out Bengaluru’s Rahil Gangjee in a classic playoff encounter to win the INR 1 crore Haryana Open 2024 played at the Panchkula Golf Club (PGC) here on Sunday. Parikh (64-71-67-69) prevailed over Gangjee (63-71-67-70) on the fourth playoff hole to bag his second professional title after the two golfers had finished the regulation 72 holes with identical totals of 17-under 271.

The 26-year-old Parikh, who hails from the Gulmohar Greens Golf Course in Ahmedabad, earned a cheque worth INR 15 lakh and thus climbed from 48th to 16th position in the PGTI Rankings.

Dhruv Sheoran (67) of Gurugram finished third at 16-under 272 while the trio of Delhi’s Sachin Baisoya (69), Chandigarh’s Akshay Sharma (70), and Gurugram-based Veer Ahlawat (70) took tied fourth place at 14-under 274. Ahlawat stretched his lead further in the PGTI Ranking as he crossed the INR 1 crore mark in the season’s earnings.