Anirban Lahiri wins LG Eagleton Amateur Golf Championship trophy

Bangalore, Jun 15 (UNI) India's top amateur Anirban Lahiri shot a two-under 70 final round to clinch the LG Eagleton Amateur Golf Championship title here today.

Lahiri finished with a tournament tally of 15-under 273, a whopping 13 strokes clear of his nearest rival Raj Randhawa who shot a six-over 78 to finish second at 286.

Local lad Chikkarangappa fired a final round of level par 72 to finish third at 288, while Abhishek Jha finished tied fourth with Simarjeet Singh (73) at 289 after shooting a final round of two under 70.

Lahiri's round was surprisingly a tale of misses. He started with a birdie on the first but dropped shots on the fifth and seventh.

However birdies on the sixth, eighth and ninth saw him make the turn at two under. On the back nine, Lahiri dropped shots on the 11 th and 13th but recovered to fire birdies on the 14th and 16th to run away with the title.

Raj Randhawa who shot a five under in the penultimate round, surprisingly was out of sorts today as he managed five bogies, a double bogey and a lone birdie in his round of 78.

Scores (After 72 holes): 273 Anirban Lahiri (66, 67, 70, 70); 286 Raj Randhawa (71, 70, 67, 78); 288 Chikkarangappa (71, 71, 74, 72); 289 Abhishek Jha (75, 72, 72, 70), Simarjeet Singh (72, 74, 70, 73); 290 Amanjyot Singh (75, 72, 71, 72); 291 Saurab Bahuguna(68, 76, 72, 75), Moin Malak (70, 74, 71, 76); 292 K Prabagaran (71, 74, 72, 75), Gagan Verma (73, 74, 72, 73), HS Kang (69, 74, 71,78), Akshay Butta (73, 75, 72, 72) UNI