Gurgaon: India found its newest Asian Tour title winner in unheralded Bangalorean C Muniyappa, who held his nerve and survived a playoff to bag the Hero Honda Indian Open golf tournament here on Sunday.
The DLF Golf and Country Club stood witness to the rise of a new Indian golfing star as Muniyappa never allowed the lead to slip through his fingers since he had soared to the top after the second round.
The Asian Tour rookie signed off with a modest two-under 70 and went on to blunt Korean Lee Sung's ambition in the playoff.
Both Muniyappa and Lee ended the tournament on 12-under 276 in regulation play before they headed back to the 18th hole for the play-off.
Finishing just one stoke behind at tied sixth were the Indian duo of Digvijay Singh and Ashok Kumar at 280, while Harendra Gupta (282) notched up a tied eighth place finish.
Indian-born Swede Daniel Chopra (286) finished tied 21st, while former US Open champion Michael Campbell (305) came tied 70th.
The DLF Golf and Country Club stood witness to the rise of a new Indian golfing star as Muniyappa never allowed the lead to slip through his fingers since he had soared to the top after the second round.
The Asian Tour rookie signed off with a modest two-under 70 and went on to blunt Korean Lee Sung's ambition in the playoff.
Both Muniyappa and Lee ended the tournament on 12-under 276 in regulation play before they headed back to the 18th hole for the play-off.
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Finishing just one stoke behind at tied sixth were the Indian duo of Digvijay Singh and Ashok Kumar at 280, while Harendra Gupta (282) notched up a tied eighth place finish.
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Indian-born Swede Daniel Chopra (286) finished tied 21st, while former US Open champion Michael Campbell (305) came tied 70th.
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