Prabagaran Wins Sri Lanka Open by 2 strokes

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Prabagaran Wins Sri Lanka Open by 2 strokes

K. Prabagaran from Nuwara Eliya defended his title successfully by shooting five under par 66 to overhaul overnight leader by one, Mithun Perera and convincingly stretch his lead by two for a grand aggregate total of 16 under par, to clinch the Trophy and title of ‘Champion Solar Therm Sri Lanka Open 2014’.

Mithun Perera starting the final round one stroke ahead of Praba was quickly overtaken by Praba who started with a birdie on the first hole and on the 5^th to take the lead but a birdie on the 8^th hole brought Mithun to tie on 13 under with Praba on the 8^th hole ( 62^nd ) creating much excitement with excellent Golf followed by an eager enthusiastic crowd. Praba kept his calm and continued on the closing holes birdying the 12^th, 14^th, 15^th to establish a clear lead and made his first bogey on the 17^th, only to recover the dropped shot with a classic birdie on the 18^th to clinch the trophy and defend his title in style!

Dharma from India playing alongside Mithun & Praba wilted under the pressure to be five over par and slipped to 5^th place but finished two shots ahead of Anura Rohana the seven time Winner who had to be content with 6^th place on two under, 282 aggregate score.

Thangaraja was in full flight scoring three under at the turn and carding a five under 66 to climb the standings to tie for third place with Zen Dharmaratne on a total six under par aggregate 278.  Zen Dharmaratne did his sponsors CML MTD – Walkers Group proud maintaining consistency and carding a 68 – three under par last round to overtake Anura Rohana and clinch a third place tie! The 40 players who made the cut-off collected Prize Money organized by the Sri Lanka Golf Union and sponsored generously by the Title sponsor Solar Therm, Affiliate Sponsors, UTE-CAT and CML MTD Walkers Group. The Sponsorship contribution including Hospitality sponsorship by Cinnamon Red and goodwill sponsors, attracted international players, Andreas Adler playing in the Swedish Pro Tour, Zen Dharmaratne ranked 29^th in the Malaysian Tour, Sandeep Syal (Ind), M. Dharma (Ind), M.D. Sayum (Bnd) and the Sri Lanka Professionals Mithun Ranked 40^th in The Asian Tour, Prabagaran, Anura Rohana and Thangaraja in the top 20 of the Indian Professional Golf Tour to complete a competitive field . The overall standard of Golf was excellent and augurs well for the future of Sri Lanka Golf with several  juniors too such as Prashan Peiris, Ishira Fernando and Sachin De Silva making the cut.

In the ladies event sponsored by UTE-Cat for the Pam Fernando Challenge Trophy, Niloo Jayathilake’s consistency was rewarded beating her nearest rival Tania Balasooriya by ten strokes in the Gross score. Irene Scarth was the clear winner in the nett standings.

“SOLAR THERM SRI LANKA OPEN 2014” – Final Standings

Winner- K.Prabagaran   268 – 67, 67, 68, 66, (-16)

Runner –up - Mithun Perera 270 – 67, 68, 66, 69,  (-14)

3^rd place – N. Thangaraja 278 – 73, 68, 71, 66, Zen Dharmaratne 278 – 70, 69, 71, 68 (-6)

5^th place- M. Dharma (Ind) 280 – 67, 68, 69, 76, (-4)

6^th place – Anura Rohana 282 – 69,69, 71, 73, (-2)

7^th place – Vijitha Bandara 284 – 73, 68, 71, 72, (even)

8^th Place – B. G. Lalith Kumara 288 – 73, 75, 66, 74, (+4)

9^th Place – Sisra Kumara 289 – 70, 70, 77, 72, (+5)

10^th Place – M. Arumugam 293 – 67, 76, 77, 73, (+9)

UTE –CAT Challenge Trophy

Aggregate Gross Score Two Rounds Winner: Kushal Johnpillai 146 R/up: Prashan Peiris 155

Handicap Category 15-28 Aggregate Nett Score Winner: Rohan Rodrigo 158 R/up: Kyle Oritz 165

Pam Fernando Challenge Trophy

Aggregate Gross Score Two Rounds Winner: Niloo Jayathilake 170 R/up: Tania Balasuriya 180

Aggregate Nett Score Two Rounds Winner: Irene Scarth 148 R/up: Niloo Jayathilake 152