Top-10 finishes for Gaganjeet Bhullar , S Chikkarangappa

Indian golfers Gaganjeet Bhullar and S. Chikkarangappa registered creditable top-10 finishes at the BNI Indonesian Masters here on Sunday.

While Bhullar ended the week the way he began it with a bogey-free round of 67 and finished at 12-under for fifth place, Chikka was one place behind him at tied sixth.

Coming close on the heels of a win in Korea the previous week, it signalled a welcome return to form for the 28-year-old Bhullar, who has six Asian Tour titles to his name. Returning from a wrist injury, he had just one birdie on front-nine but four on back-nine for his 67.

Anirban Lahiri (70) was six-under for the week and tied 31st, but he would be far from happy with that. Jyoti Randhawa (67), finally finding some form, and Arjun Atwal (74) were tied 46th, while Rahil Gangjee (70), Chiragh Kumar (70) and Himmat Rai (75) were tied 43rd.

Jeev Milkha Singh (71), in the top 10 after first day, ended tied 56th and Shiv Kapur (75), clearly not fully recovered yet was tied 63rd.

Poom Saksansin of Thailand cruised to a comfortable five-shot victory when he closed with a five-under 67 to win his first Asian Tour title.

The 23-year-old held a two-shot lead at the start of the day and stayed ahead of the chasing pack by shooting six birdies against one bogey to finish on 18-under-par 270. Poom had only two bogeys in the entire week.

Madappa finishes T-26; Luck win title In Incheon, tough pin positions and windy conditions took a toll on the Indians as Viraj Madappa finished the best among them at tied-26th in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Golf Championships.

Madappa, who had even par rounds on the previous days, admitted he did not read the greens too well and ended with five-over which included three bogeys. His 77 with just one birdie and six bogeys saw him total nine-over 297 and tied for 26th.

The other Indians had a tougher time. Rayhan Thomas went to six-over with two birdies and eight bogeys, as he was tied 29th at 11-over 299. Yuvraj Sandhu (80) was tied 38th and Rigel Fernandes (83) and Kshitij Naveed Kaul (79) were tied 42nd.

At the top, Australia Curtis Luck (67), starting the day seven shots behind Aussie colleague and overnight leader Brett Coletta (75) and five behind individual World Amateur winner Cameron Davis (77), pulled the rug from under their feet to add the Asia-Pacific Amateur title to his US amateur crown.