Thailand’s Poosit Supupramai [main picture] secured his first Asian Tour title at the Bharath Classic last Sunday with a final round three-under-par 69. He made a fine birdie on the last at Kensville Golf Resort to hold off the fast-charging Korean Wooyoung Cho by one shot.

The Thai trio of Jazz Janewattananond, Panuphol Pittayarat and Ekpharit Wu, plus Sachin Baisoya from India finished a further three shots back in a tie for third.

Poosit posted solid stats on and around the greens, ranking T7 in Putts per Round and 15^th in Putts per GIR with 26.75 and 1.673 respectively, and his Scrambling percentage of 85% was second only to Panuphol who led the field with 87.5%.

The brilliant scrambling was crucial to avoiding dropped shots and Poosit topped the Fewest Bogies or Worse category together with Panuphol, with only three bogies during the week. He also had four hole-outs from off the green during the tournament, including a hole-in-one on the 16^th hole on Saturday, which tied the high mark with fellow Thai Chonlatit Chuenboonngam and William Harrold from England.

Panuphol Pittayarat. Picture by Paul Lakatos/Asian Tour.

The winner’s other stats for the week: GIR 72.22% (T19), Driving Distance 295.75 yards (47^th), Fairways Hit 50% (T59).

Cho, who closed with a final round of 65 that included birdies on three out of his last four holes, had an excellent week on the greens and was third in Putts per Round with 26 and fourth in Putts per GIR with 1.571. His skills with the putter produced 23 birdies for the tournament, third best after Baisoya with 27 and Shaurya Bharathan with 24.

Cho’s other stats: Driving Distance 312.25 yards (14^th), Fairways Hit 64.29% (T22), GIR 68.06% (T34).

Statistics Categories leaders at the Bharath Classic (of players making the cut):

• Putts per Round – Shaurya Bharathan (IND): 25
• Putts per GIR – Shaurya Bharathan (IND): 1.512
• GIR – Runchanapong Youprayong (THA): 86.11%
• Fairways Hit – Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND): 82.14%
• Driving Distance – Sudhir Sharma (IND): 324 yards
• Most Eagles – Justin Quiban (PHI), Heemin Chang (KOR): 2
• Most Birdies – Sachin Baisoya (IND): 27
• Fewest Bogies or Worse – Panuphol Pittayarat (THA), Poosit Supupramai (THA): 3
• Scrambling – Panuphol Pittayarat (THA): 87.5%
• Bounce back – Kosuke Hamamoto (THA): 62.50%