Here’s the players reaction after each round of the am green IGPL Bharath Classic last week, where Charlie Lindh [main picture] triumphed.

First Round

Thailand’s Runchanapong Youprayong, who had just finished third in the previous week’s ADT event on the same course, after his opening round 65 (-7) which led the field:

• “I felt like I hit in good positions quite a lot, and I planned my way around the golf course pretty well. That was the key takeaway that I learned from last week – where I want to leave the golf shot.”

On the difference in course set up from the ADT event:

• “The course is a bit different from what we played last week, because for the first two rounds, they shortened most tees. Today, they tipped it out every hole and the wind felt much stronger, which makes it a little bit more difficult.”

Karandeep Kochhar from India, who had also played in the ADT event the week before, on his first round 66:

• “I think I played really well, really consistent all day. I thought I hit the ball really well last week as well, but my putting was just not there. The pace on the greens wasn’t there. I put in a lot of work over the weekend and the first three days here from Monday to Wednesday, and all that work was really helpful today.”

About the change in conditions from the previous week he said:

• “The conditions weren’t easy. I think today was definitely a little windier than last week. The tees were also pushed back compared to last week. It made a lot of difference because on a couple of holes, what lines you take off the tee changes. I hit a hybrid on one par-three and a couple for my second shots on par-fours. The course was definitely playing longer.”

Austrian Niklas Regner on his 66 in the first round:

• “I made some swing changes last week with my coach (Dominic Angkawidjaja) in Austria. While it’s not any major changes, it’s pretty much going back to where I’ve been when I played my best. It was just a two-and-a-half-hour session and I kind of felt that’s where my swing should be. I gained a little bit of confidence as well in the driving range and played quite decently in that practice round yesterday and on Tuesday. So yeah, it was pretty cool that first round went that good.”

Second Round

Settee Prakongvech from Thailand, who was coming into the week with five missed cuts in a row after his 65 to share the lead:

• “I just started to play better. I mean, everything came together, I hit a lot of fairways and good approach shots, and was lucky to make some putts. I mean, not easy putts, but I just tried my best and I made some.”

Co-leader Runchanapong when asked about his good results on the ADT and All Thailand Tours this season after a year on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2025:

• “I feel like my mental game has improved from last year, and my ball striking has improved. I’ve been able to hit some shots in tough situations, but I haven’t been able to capitalise from those events. But it’s all experience from that. I was struggling with financial stuff last year, with playing with a lot of expenses playing in the U.S. So, I think that made me a little bit stronger, and having a mindset that golf is not playing about money, it’s about just enjoying and having fun.”

Fellow Thai Ekpharit Wu after his 67 on his mindset playing in windy conditions:

• “Well, I have learned one thing, to trust the wind to be a friend before going to play every day on this course. So, yep, it’s very helpful. Today overall was very good for me, because I could handle these conditions, so I’m happy for that.”

Third Round

Sweden’s Charlie Lindh, who finished second in the KOLON Korea Open recently, after moving up to T2 after 67 on Saturday:

• “It was a really good start to the day. We said when we came out that we need to be ready from the first hole to make birdies. Because the wind was very calm compared to yesterday, and we were a couple under right from the start, so yeah, that was good. I still played well despite the dropped shots. I had a lot of chances coming in, it was just that the putts dropped on the front nine, but got a couple back on the last few holes.”

On performing well in very different conditions compared to his runner-up in Korea:

• “I think if you’re playing well, it doesn’t really matter what type of course you’re playing, as long as you have your head with you, like you just need to adjust the aim a little bit. And obviously, compared to the last tournament in Korea, you can fire at almost every pin here, which is a bit more fun to play because you can make birdies. Which you can really do out there.”

Runchanapong on his 71 which put him in T2 going into the final round:

• “It was pretty slow, got off to a bogey start, but managed to make a birdie on hole three. I felt like today I didn’t hole a lot of putts and made some poor shots. I think I’m in a pretty good spot for tomorrow’s final round. I’m just going to keep playing the way I played for the past couple of weeks, and hopefully, some putts will drop tomorrow. Just trying to stay in the present.”

Englishman Sam Broadhurst, another one of the previous week’s ADT players, shot a 65 on moving day to make a big jump on the leaderboard:

• “Yeah, I played solid, hit the ball well tee to green, and hold a couple of putts, which didn’t happen yesterday, so that was the main difference. I feel like my game’s been pretty good, even last week, tee to green, so just keeping it in play, and trying to attack when I could, really.”

Final Round

Lindh after firing a 64 on Sunday to win his first Asian Tour event:

• “I mean, feels good, feels really good. When everything settles a little bit, I’ll realise what I’ve done today. But yeah, I’ve been playing good coming into this week, and I’ve been very, very excited to play last couple of months, really, because the game has been feeling better, and got some good results today.”

About his strategy in the final round:

• “Well, I was firing at every pin from the start, almost birdied the first and second, but got it on three and five, whatever. I just kept firing on pins, and I made a good putt on hole number six, I think, for a longer one for birdie. When I made that one, I thought to myself, like, all right, I got one shot to play with, and until I drop that shot, I can fire at everything.”

Asked if he knew how he was standing during the round he said:

• “No, there were no leaderboards, and I found out on 18. I mean, like looking ahead, there were a lot of carts in the group in front, so I knew that someone was playing well. And I had a little sneak on that when they reported a score, so I had a had a good idea, but I thought on the last that I needed to at least make birdie to go to a play-off. But I said to my caddie, like this is for a win, and made it so, yeah, super happy.”

On making eagle on the 18^th hole to win:

• “Yeah, that was awesome. I mean, it’s a five- or six-meter uphill putt from just outside the green, and had a good look at it, and I said to myself, just put a good stroke on it, and I did and it went in.”

Joint runner-up Settee about the result after leading by three shots going into Sunday:

• “It was just a bad start and maybe some unlucky shots, but I could come back from that. I thought I didn’t hit my tee shots as good as yesterday, but I also missed some short putts. I’m ok with tied second though, I missed five cuts in a row before this tournament, so finishing second is a good week.”