Khalin Joshi finishes fifth, Himmat Rai ninth in Bali National Golf Championship

BALI: Khalin Joshi was the best-placed Indian golfer as he finished tied sixth at the USD 76,000 Bali National Golf Championship here today.

Joshi, coming back with contrasting scores of four-over 39 and five-under 32 on back nine, carded one-under 71 and finished at five-under 288 in tied sixth place.

Also finishing in top-10 was Himmat Rai (74) in tied ninth and Chiragh Kumar (75) was tied 15th.

Joshi dropped a shot on fourth and then three in a row from seventh to ninth. On the back nine, he totally reversed the form with an eagle 2 on par-4 10th and three more birdies.

Himmat had a double and a triple bogey besides two other bogeys. But he made up with four birdies for his 74 and Chiragh also suffered five bogeys and a double against four birdies in his 75.

At the top, Matthew Giles of Australia sank a clutch birdie putt on the last hole to win the Bali National Golf Championship title by one-shot.

Since it was inaugurated in 2010, the ADT has grown from five events in the first year to a record 22 tournaments in 2015.

The ADT will continue to reward the top-five finishers on the Order of Merit at the end of this season with Asian Tour cards for 2016.

With the Olympic Games looming in 2016 where golf will be reintroduced as a medal sport, players in the region could earn their spots in Rio de Janeiro by earning Official World Golf Ranking points through the Asian Tour and ADT.