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India\u2019s Rashid Khan completed his domination of the City Bank American Express Chittagong Open 2019 with his final round heroics at the Bhatiary Golf & Country Club (BGCC) on Saturday. The 28-year-old Rashid (65-66-70-63), the third round leader by two shots, produced a sizzling nine-under-63, the tournament\u2019s best round, on day four, to win with a record total of 24-under-264 and an impressive seven-shot victory margin.<\/p>\n
Khan thus became the first Indian to capture the City Bank American Express Chittagong Open title as the first two editions of the tournament were won by Bangladesh\u2019s Md Siddikur Rahman and Sri Lanka\u2019s N Thangaraja. Interestingly, Rashid\u2019s last round 63 was just one short of compatriot and close friend Kapil Kumar\u2019s course record from last year.<\/p>\n
Khan\u2019s 24-under-264 total happens to be the lowest ever winning score achieved at the BGCC. The previous best was N Thangaraja\u2019s 22-under-266 recorded at the second edition of the City Bank American Express Chittagong Open last year. <\/p>\n
Rashid\u2019s victory at the BDT 47.40 lakh (INR 40 lakh) event, accounted for his 11th<\/sup> success at the professional level. He had won his last tournament in December 2018 at Mumbai where he ended a two-year title drought.<\/p>\n Eighteen-year-old rookie Kshitij Naveed Kaul of India bagged his career-best finish as he claimed the second position at 17-under-271 after the fourth round of 68. Kaul, playing only his sixth event as a professional, now has two back-to-back top-5 finishes on the PGTI.<\/p>\n The Delhi-based Rashid, who led the tournament in all three previous rounds, was relentless from the very start on day four as he opened the day with a birdie on the first and followed that up with three more on the front-nine. Khan then made three consecutive birdies on the 10th<\/sup>, 11th<\/sup>, and 12th<\/sup>to all but seal the title. The two-time Asian Tour winner finally achieved the lowest ever winning score at BGCC with birdies on the 16th<\/sup> and 17th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n Rashid said, \u201cI got off to a great start this morning and just kept the momentum going. The putts rolled in for me today and I also capitalized on the par-5s, unlike yesterday. My week can be summed up by the fact that I dropped only one bogey in the whole tournament. It\u2019s great to win two events in quick succession. I feel my confidence and game are back on track.\u201d<\/p>\n India\u2019s Honey Baisoya (67) secured third place at 16-under-272.<\/p>\n Last year\u2019s champion N Thangaraja of Sri Lanka registered a fifth-place finish at 13-under-275.<\/p>\n Md Sajib Ali had the best finish among the Bangladeshi golfers. He ended tied sixth at 12-under-276.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" India\u2019s Rashid Khan completed his domination of the City Bank American Express Chittagong Open 2019 with his final round heroics at the Bhatiary Golf & Country Club (BGCC) on Saturday. The 28-year-old Rashid (65-66-70-63), the third round leader by two shots, produced a sizzling nine-under-63, the tournament\u2019s best round, on day four, to win with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"\n