Golf | Ham keeps John at bay to take the honours

The last circular of the Singapore Open connected Sunday witnessed thrills and spills galore. But overnight topper Jeongwoo Ham of South Korea kept his composure successful the crunch, warding disconnected a spirited situation from Australian Cameron John, to locomotion distant with the title. By taking up the apical 2 spots connected the leaderboard, Ham and John besides booked their tickets to The Open Championship astatine Royal Birkdale successful Southport aboriginal this year.

Among Indians, Gaganjeet Bhullar and Pukhraj Singh Gill had contrasting outings astatine the par-71 Sentosa Golf Club Serapong people to decorativeness tied-26th.

Ham, who entered the past limb of the International Series lawsuit with a four-stroke advantage, saw his pb chopped down to a solitary changeable astatine 1 constituent arsenic John tried to springiness the Korean a tally for his money. The trophy chasers and different challengers had to beryllium locked successful for longer than expected aft rainfall threatened an anticlimactic extremity to a gripping finale.