Poor last day for Indians

MACAU, MAY 6. It was a poor last day for the four Indians in the fray finishing way down the leaderboard as China's number one Zhang Lian-Wei won the $2,50,000 Macau Open golf here on Sunday.

Zhang who finished on 11 under par 273 earned $40,375, runner-up Simon Yates (Scotland) took a cheque of $27,825. Third placed Yeh Wei-Tze went back home with a prize money cheque of $15,500.

Arjun Singh, placed 23rd after the third round, had the best card among the Indians. He fired his second successive three under par 68 to aggregate three under 281 (74, 71, 68, 68) and finished joint 11th. He earned a cheque of $4,200.

Jyoti Randhawa, who started the tournament on a promising note, had a dismal last round of four over 75 for a total of par 284 (69, 71, 69, 75) and was placed 20th along with compatriot Gurav Ghei who carded par 71 for 284 (72, 72, 69, 71). Both of them earned $2737 each for their efforts.

Arjun Atwal had another disastrous round of 7 over par 78 and with a total of 15 over 299 (73, 71, 77, 78) ended 66th in the field of 68 golfers and earned $500.

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