Jayden schaper

Hero Dubai Desert Classic: India's Shubhankar Sharma mixed flashes of brilliance with costly lapses to finish tied 32nd in the Mauritius Open, while South Africa’s Jayden Schaper claimed the title with a dramatic victory in a play-off.

Sharma produced a final-round 3-under 69 that included several birdies and an eagle, but frequent bogeys stalled his progress. With rounds of 74-69-71-69, the Indian signed off at 5-under for the week.

Starting on the 10th tee at the demanding La Réserve Links, hosting the event for the second successive year, Sharma opened with a birdie but dropped a shot on the next hole. A strong stretch of birdie-eagle-birdie briefly lifted hopes of a charge, but a bogey on the par-five 15th — his third dropped shot at the hole in four days — halted the momentum.