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Players Championship: Yuvraj Sandhu Triumphs At Season-opener By Two Shots
PGTI Players Championship: Chandigarh’s Yuvraj Sandhu continued his love affair with Tollygunge Club as he triumphed by two shots at the INR 1 crore PGTI Players Championship 2025, the PGTI season-opener here on Friday. Yuvraj (63-61-68-68), who was in the lead in all three previous rounds, shot a final-round score of two-under 68 to emerge wire-to-wire champion with a total score of 20-under 260. The 27-year-old Sandhu thus bagged his second title at Tollygunge Club where he had previously won in 2022.
Bangladesh’s Jamal Hossain (65-62-66-69), who posed a serious challenge to Yuvraj on the back-nine on Friday, produced a 69 on the last day to finish runner-up at a total of 18-under 262.
The Bengaluru-based Rahil Gangjee, who originally hails from Kolkata, carded a 70 on Day Four to take third place at 14-under 266. Dhruv Sheoran of Gurugram fired the day’s best score of 63 to move up 26 spots and end the week in tied fifth place at 12-under 268. The legendary SSP Chawrasia (68) was the highest-placed among the Kolkata-based professionals as he finished tied eighth at 11-under 269.
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