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Dhaka, Bangladesh: Khalin Joshi of India shot a 68 to tie for second place alongside Korea’s Soomin Lee, who posted a 67 at the Kurmitola Golf Club for their best result on the Asian Tour so far. Meanwhile, Singaporean veteran Mardan Mamat was inspired by his wife’s special message as he posted a two-under-par 69 to cruise to a two-shot victory at the US$300,000 Bashundhara Bangladesh Open on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The 47-year-old completed a wire-to-wire win with a 14-under-par 270 total to win his fifth Asian Tour title and lift the unique trophy which was designed in the form of Bangladesh’s national animal, the Royal Bengal Tiger.<\/p>\n
The day belonged to Mardan, who kept calm and composed in the heat. His overnight three-shot lead was reduced to one stroke after he bogeyed the fourth hole but he steadied ship with a pair of birdies from hole five before adding another birdie on the 12th hole.<\/p>\n
“I’m the first Bashundhara Bangladesh Open winner so this is a special win. I talked to my wife (Naz) last night and she sent me a message saying ‘You are the champion, you are the winner and you are the man’. That really inspired me today,” said an emotional Mardan, who won US$54,000.<\/p>\n
“If I say that I didn’t have any pressure today then I’m not human. Two of my competitors Lee and Khalin are young and they hit it long. They kept pushing me a lot on the front nine. I managed to steady myself and play my own game,” he added.<\/p>\n
After poor results earlier in the year, a jubilant Mardan was delighted to turn the corner and even celebrated the win by dancing to the beat of the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open theme song during the prize giving ceremony.<\/p>\n
“During the welcome dinner, I heard the song for this tournament. I like the beat of the music and that kept me pumped up at the prize ceremony. That’s why I was jumping and dancing,” he laughed.<\/p>\n
“I improved a lot on my mental game. I talk a lot to myself to motivate myself to play well. In fact, my wife and I have been talking a lot about my game and confidence. She always inspires me and feed me positive thoughts. I’m very pleased with that,” said Mardan.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old Joshi, who was chasing for a first Asian Tour win, turned in 33 but struggled with a cold putter as he returned with eight straight pars and a closing birdie.<\/p>\n
“I’m disappointed with my result but not my game. To be honest, I expected to win. My putter let me down the whole week. If I putted better, I could have won this tournament. But Mardan got the better out of everybody. He played really well from tee to green. He is the rightful champion,” said Joshi.<\/p>\n
Asian Tour Qualifying School graduate Lee holed a 20-foot eagle putt on the 17th to put some pressure on Mardan but a par on the last hole could only earn him a second place result.<\/p>\n
“Maybe next time I will win. Mardan played very well. I’m very happy with my result. I didn’t play well on the front nine so I didn’t put pressure on the leader. It is okay because I did good this week,” said the 21-year-old Lee.<\/p>\n
Scores after round 4 of the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open 2015 being played at the par 71, 6579 Yards Kurmitola GC course (am – denotes amateur): The 47-year-old completed a wire-to-wire win with a 14-under-par 270 total to win his fifth Asian Tour title and lift the unique trophy which was designed in the form of Bangladesh’s national animal, the Royal Bengal Tiger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"\n
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270 – Mardan MAMAT (SIN) 66-67-68-69.
272 – Soomin LEE (KOR) 70-70-65-67, Khalin JOSHI (IND) 71-68-65-68.
273 – Carlos PIGEM (ESP) 67-67-73-66.
275 – Janne KASKE (FIN) 68-67-71-69.
277 – Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL (THA) 74-67-69-67.
278 – Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA) 70-72-70-66, Berry HENSON (USA) 71-67-71-69, Amardip MALIK (IND) 67-74-68-69, Panuphol PITTAYARAT (THA) 69-66-72-71.
279 – Rattanon WANNASRICHAN (THA) 67-73-72-67, Sujjan SINGH (IND) 68-74-70-67.
280 – Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 74-70-67-69, Om Prakash CHOUHAN (IND) 69-73-66-72.
281 – LEE Chieh-po (TPE) 73-69-73-66, Akinori TANI (JPN) 72-71-71-67, LAM Chih Bing (SIN) 73-72-67-69, Chapchai NIRAT (THA) 73-68-71-69.
282 – Pavit TANGKAMOLPRASERT (THA) 71-74-69-68, Shakhawat SOHEL (BAN) 74-71-68-69, Hyungjoon LEE (KOR) 72-69-67-74.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dhaka, Bangladesh: Khalin Joshi of India shot a 68 to tie for second place alongside Korea’s Soomin Lee, who posted a 67 at the Kurmitola Golf Club for their best result on the Asian Tour so far. Meanwhile, Singaporean veteran Mardan Mamat was inspired by his wife’s special message as he posted a two-under-par 69 to cruise to a two-shot victory at the US$300,000 Bashundhara Bangladesh Open on Saturday.<\/p>\n