Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 21-02-2016
Rahil Gangjee's final round 68 propels him to a creditable tied ninth at Maybank Championship
Anirban Lahiri ends tied 39th at Northern Trust Open
India's Rahil Gangjee (68-72-67-68) delivered a fighting three-under-68 on the final day of the US$ 3 million Maybank Championship to post his first top-10 of the season. Gangjee claimed tied ninth place at nine-under-275 at the event jointly sanctioned by the European Tour and Asian Tour.
Rahil finished six shots behind the winner Marcus Fraser of Australia.
Gangjee, who had posted top-20s in his last two Asian Tour events, went one better at Kuala Lumpur as his last round of 68 pushed him up from overnight tied 15th to tied ninth. The Kolkata lad, who fired his week's best of 67 in round three, came up with four birdies and a bogey in round four.
Gaganjeet Bhullar (67-71-71-72), lying tied 25th after round three, slipped to tied 40th on the final day after a one-over-72. He totaled three-under-281 for the week.
At the PGA Tour's Northern Trust Open, Anirban Lahiri (72-67-69-73) took a share of 39th place at three-under-281 after his final round of two-over-73. Lahiri dropped 13 places from his overnight tied 26th.
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