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Indian golfer Rashid Khan finished tied third with a disappointing four-over 76 in the fourth and final round of the USD 650,000 Mercuries Taiwan Masters while Malaysia’s Danny Chia secured an Asian Masters Title after 13 years on Sunday.
Chia held on despite a nightmarish finish of four bogeys on back including three in a row from 15th to 17th to total three-under 285 win by two shots over Liang Wen-chong (76), who himself bogeyed the last three holes to total one-under 287. Interestingly, the 42-year-old Chia's only other title on Asian Tour also came in Taiwan at the Taiwan Open in 2002. He has two other wins on Asian Development Tour.
Khan said, “I had a disappointing last round, but this was a good experience, from which I can learn a lot.”
Khan, who held sole lead at the halfway stage, had seven bogeys, four of them on the front nine, and even three birdies between 12th and 16th failed to get his challenge going. Khan (76) ended at one-over 289.
The Indian and Adilson da Silva of Brazil, who shot 72, were tied for third at one-over 289.
Of the other Indians Himmat Rai (74) was tied 20th, Gaganjeet Bhullar (74) was tied 23rd, while S Chikka (72) was tied 27th and Chiragh Kumar (75) finished tied 42nd.
Chia, who started the day in second placed at four-under and one shot behind Liang, was on fire at the start. He opened with a birdie and added two more on fourth and fifth.
Meanwhile, Liang dropped a shot on second and Rashid bogeyed first and third. Chia turned in three-under and was seven-under for the tournament, while Liang had slipped to three-under after being two-over for front nine.
Rashid had four bogeys on front nine and from three-under overnight he went to one-over and became two-over with the day's fifth bogey at 10th.
As an amateur golfer, Rashid Khan played on the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2010 Asian Games.
Khan turned professional later that year and has played on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) since 2011. He finished third on the Order of Merit (money list) in 2011, second in 2012, and first in 2013. He has won four times on the PGTI.
Khan began playing on the Asian Tour in 2012. He had two top-10 finishes in five events in 2013 and won his first event of the 2014 season at the SAIL-SBI Open.
