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Asia Focus Poom Brings the Boom Poom Saksansin of Thailand completed a convincing wire-towire victory after defeating home favourite Khalin Joshi by two shots at the inaugural TAKE Solutions Masters in India.

The 24-year-old Poom never lost his lead on the last day as he returned with a four-under-par 67 to claim his second Asian Tour title with a winning total of 16-under-par 268 at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) Golf Course.

Joshi, who hails from Bengaluru and grew up playing golf at KGA, battled tooth-andnail before settling for second place following a round of 67.

Three bogeys in a round of seven birdies dashed his hopes for a first Asian Tour title.

Ajeetesh Sandhu (66) of India finished a further shot back in lone third place on 274 while Rory Hie of Indonesia, Divyanshu Bajaj and Abhinav Lohan of India settled for fourth at the US$300,000 Asian Tour event.

Poom’s lead was only briefly threatened when Joshi birdied his opening hole, but the Thai held his nerve and claimed a sensational victory after posting five birdies.

Photo by Asian Tour