Mukesh Kumar, 43-year old golfer from Mhow, returned to his winning ways with a comprehensive five-stroke victory at the Aircel-PGTI's Solaris Chemtech Open Golf Championship in Gurgaon on Friday (February 13).

 

Mukesh had last won a professional title in August last year. On Friday he shot the final day's best score, a five under 67, at the Golden Greens Golf and Country Club to take his tournament total to 16 under 272. Rahil Gangjee and M. Dharma held second and third positions respectively in the tournament. While Rahil Gangjee carded three under 69 in the final round with a total of 11 under 277, M. Dharma scored a total of 10 under 278. 

 

The veteran Mukesh consolidated on his two-stroke lead from round three. From then onwards, he never gave his nearest rivals, Gangjee and Dharma, any opportunity to close-in on him on the final day.

 

While this was Mukesh's first win at the Golden Greens Course by such a huge margin, this was his fifth title on the Aircel-PGTI as it added to his tally of four titles from the 2007-08 PGTI season. Mukesh thus equalled Ashok Kumar's record of maximum wins on the tour. He also became the leader in the Aircel-PGTI Order of Merit as a result of his latest triumph. Mukesh was seventh on the Order of Merit before the tournament.