All the players struggled to hit the fairways as incessant wind and rain made life difficult on the course. The number of bogeys strongly outnumbered the few birdies scored in the session before the torrential rain hit the greens. Play was then stopped at 12.40 PM as Tournament Director, Sampath Chari, called off the play for the day. All matches will resume on Sunday from the current position.
At the time of playing been called off, DLF Gurgaon and Silverglades Delhi were engaged in a keen tussle with all players shooting above par scores. Jyoti Randhawa, star player of the DLF Gurgaon team opined, "Both me and my team were playing really well and we were confident of scoring the victory today itself, if not for the heavy rain. We'll definitely be looking to wrap it up tomorrow and bring the trophy to Gurgaon fans."
Starting the proceedings for Puravankara Bangalore against Shubhkamna Noida in the playoffs for the fifth position, Manav Jaini battled against veteran Jeev Milkha Singh, but was trailing the senior pro by five strokes on the 17th hole when play was called off. Puravankara Bangalore's Anirban Lahiri won his match against Ashok Kumar of Shubhkamna Noida by three strokes giving Puravankara Bangalore a one match lead at the end of playy. In the final tie of the encounter Omprakash Chouhan is trailing Shubhkamna Noida's Abhijit Singh Chadha by 1 stroke on the 15th hole. Puravankara Bangalore's fortunes lie in the hands of Omprakash Chouhan as completing the match between Manav Jaini and Jeev Milkha Singh is a mere formality now as Jeev holds an unassailable five stroke lead with one hole to go.
With the title clash of DLF Gurgaon and Silverglades Delhi poised at an interesting juncture, Sunday promises more exciting action for all the golf fans and Himmat Rai of Silverglades Delhi who is sure of a great match ahead, said "Over my professional career, I have learnt that it's not over till the last putt and we're doing all that we can to turn the tables tomorrow in our favour.", said the 2011 Singapore Classic champion.
DLF Gurgaon's Abhinav Lohan was leading by two strokes against Silverglades Delhi's Shamim Khan, while both the other matches were tied. In the third place play off, Jaypee Greens Greater Noida and Navratna Ahmedabad were equally poised.
Scores:
Finals
Silverglades Delhi V/s DLF Gurgaon
Rashid Khan level with Jyoti Randhawa on 9th hole
Abhinav Lohan leading Shamim Khan by 2 strokes on 10th hole
Himmat Rai level with Digvijay Singh on 10th hole
Third and fourth place playoffs
Jaypee Greens Greater Noida v/s Navratna Ahmedabad
Gaganjeet Bhullar leading Vikrant Chopra by 1 stroke on 14th hole
Mithun Perera leading Sanjay Kumar by 4 strokes on 14th hole
R Murthy Leading Vinod Kumar with 3 strokes on 11th hole
Fifth and sixth place playoffs
Shubhkamna Noida v/s Puravankara Bangalore
Jeev Milkha Singh leads Manav Jaini by 5 strokes on the 17th Hole
Ashok Kumar lost to Anirban Lahiri by 3 strokes
Abhijit Singh Chadha leads Om Prakash Chouhan by 1 stroke on 15th Hole
Seventh and eighth place playoffs
TAKE Chennai V/s AVT Kolkata
Anura Rohana beat Rahil Gangjee by 6 strokes
Mukesh Kumar lost to Shankar Das by 5 strokes
Khalin Joshi even par with Chiragh Kumar on 17th hole
