UP, Rajasthan Book Spot In Finals Of PGTI's 72 The League

UP Prometheans and Rajasthan Regals booked their spots in the final of the DP World PGTI 72 The League, to be played on Friday at the Qutab Golf Course. Both teams were the top two at the end of the fifth round and were also drawn to meet each other in the final round of the league. Rajasthan looked like cruising to the finals when their final fourball match reached dormie after 15 holes, which meant Dhruv Sheoran and Yuvraj Singh needed to just halve one of the remaining three holes against Abhinav Lohan and Manoj S.

That would have moved them ahead of the Charminar Champions, who defeated Mumbai Aces 12-3 to set the clubhouse lead with 43 points.

However, Manoj turned the game on its head. On the 16th hole, the 17-year-old from Bengaluru chipped in for a birdie to keep the match alive, and then hit a peach of a second shot to three feet from 157 yards for another birdie and a win on the 17th.

On the 18th hole, Manoj made a birdie from the bunker to steal an impossible half.

The result was thus set to be resolved on count-back. The first criterion was the number of matches won, which was tied again as both teams had won 13 matches in their five rounds.

It was then broken on the basis of the number of holes by which they were up, which tilted the result in Rajasthan's favour. They were 42-up combined, while Charminar were 35-up.