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Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma (AFP Picture)
Perez completed the spherical 4-under 68 and a complete of 18-under, as Lee was tied for second with Swede Sebastian Soderberg (67) at 17-under.
India’s Shubhankar Sharma shot a 69 on the ultimate day, and with a complete of 13-under, he completed tied seventh within the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championships right here on Sunday.
Sharma was on fireplace within the first six holes with two birdies and an eagle and a detailed take a look at one other birdie. He misplaced momentum on the seventh gap, lacking a brief two-and-a-half foot birdie and gave away a bogey on the eighth. However he hung in to shut with a birdie for a 69.
Summing up the week, Sharma, who was second in Abu Dhabi final yr, mentioned, “So, all in all to sum it up, good 4 days… a top-10 end. Will go once more subsequent week. It offers me numerous confidence. It was the primary occasion of the season and I do know all of the errors I made this week. For the subsequent week, it’s a superb benchmark to construct on for the remainder of the season. I’m joyful that I used to be constant.”
Frenchman Victor Perez, who scored three-and-a-half factors out of 4 in final week’s Hero Cup, held on for the title in a dramatic end.
Two pictures forward on the 18th tee, Perez had a tough end on the Par-5 18th as he flirted with hazard and got here out with a bogey. Minutes later within the group, in a single day co-leader Australia’s Min Woo Lee virtually holed his third shot for an unlikely eagle that may have put him in a play-off with Perez.
Perez completed the spherical 4-under 68 and a complete of 18-under, as Lee was tied for second with Swede Sebastian Soderberg (67) at 17-under.
Sharma, who was adopted by an enormous variety of Indian followers, left a birdie quick on first, however drilled an excellent second shot on the second to inside three toes for his solely eagle of the week. He adopted up with excellent second pictures, which had been just a little iffy a day earlier, for the subsequent few holes. He was rewarded with birdies on fifth and sixth.
Then got here the blip which will nicely have modified the course of the match for him. After popping out of the bunker very nicely with a terrific third shot, he missed a two-and-a-half footer for birdie. Then he dropped a shot on the eighth, when he left himself too lengthy a putt for par.
Summing up his spherical, Sharma mentioned, “It was an up-and-down spherical. Clearly received off to a flyer with an eagle on the second and two good birdies on 5 and 6. The momentum changer for me was the seventh the place I had a two-and-a-half putt for birdie left to proper. I had a shadow over the putt. Then the bogey on the eighth.” He added, “These two holes had been the momentum changers and the dangerous drive on the eleventh was the worst shot of the week. It wasn’t simple on the again 9, it was fairly windy.” “Nonetheless joyful that I held on from the thirteenth. I made a superb birdie on 13. The sixteenth was taking part in actually robust, had a bogey there however gave myself good alternatives at 17 and made a superb birdie on 18th.” Perez gained in dramatic trend. Main by two at one stage, he was within the bunker on the seventeenth and observing a potential bogey. Then he pulled off a stunner.
“It wasn’t truly as troublesome as a bunker shot as a result of it was downhill to the opening, flat on the gap and into the wind. I used to be attempting to hit all the best way to the opening.
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