Sep 01, 2019: Argentina’s Miguel Carballo mounted one of his career’s biggest comebacks by overturning a six-shot deficit to win the Bank BRI Indonesia Open on Sunday.
India’s promising golfer Shiv Kapur finished at T10 after scoring final round 2-under-70 closing with 9-under-279 total. Following Kapur with a shot behind, Rashid Khan shot 2-under-70 in the final round and lying at T16 closing at 8-under-280 total.
Other Indian trio Viraj Madappa, Chiragh Kumar, and Ajeetesh Sandhu lying at T22 after scoring final round 69, 69 and 68 respectively. Om Prakash Chauhan lying at T29. Other Indians in the field Khalin Joshi, Chikkarangappa S and Kshijit Naveed Kaul finished at T41, Aman Raj closed at T48 and Aadil Bedi at T71.
Carballo, who topped the Asian Development Tour (ADT) Order of Merit last year, found himself in a similar position on the leaderboard when he closed with a flawless five-under-par 67 to clinch his maiden Asian Tour title by three shots over Korea’s Yikuen Chang with his winning total of 17-under-par 271 at the Pondok Indah Golf Course.
The Argentinian is the ninth ADT winner to go on to win on the Asian Tour and his three-shot victory is the largest margin on the Asian Tour so far this season.
Carballo stormed off the blocks quickly with an opening birdie before adding two more birdies on holes four and six to his card.
After making the turn in 33, he birdied again on the 10th before an audacious 30-foot putt from the edge of the green on 13 saw him make another birdie which gave him the outright lead after overnight leader Naraajie Emerald Ramadhan Putra of Indonesia three-putted for a bogey there.
With Naraajie dropping six more shots in his last five holes and Carballo remaining rock solid with five straight pars coming home, victory for the Argentinian soon became a foregone conclusion.
Chang enjoyed his best result on Tour this season when he signed off with a 64 to take outright second place while compatriot Joohyung Kim, who won his second ADT title in Indonesia last week, was left to rue two dropped shots in his last three holes and had to settle for third place.
Indonesia was left to wait longer for another homegrown champion as Naraajie struggled to a 78 to end his week in fourth place.
Kasiadi continues to remain as the only Indonesian golfer to have won his country’s National open when he lifted the trophy in 1989.
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