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W hile Khalin Joshi won the 2018 PGTI Order of Merit, there were other players too who made a lasting impression. If one goes by the stats of the 2018 season, the names that made a major impact included Honey Baisoya, Aman Raj, M Dharma, N Thangaraja, Viraj Madappa, Akshay Sharma, Divyanshu Bajaj, Veer Ahlawat, Chikkarangappa, Kapil Kumar and a few others. It was a riveting season that witnessed fi ve fi rst time winners and three playoff s. Here’s a look at some of the stats from the 2018 PGTI season: Most Tournament Wins: First Time Winners (5) Honey Baisoya (2) Syed Saqib Ahmed - 2018 PGTI He won the Kolte-Patil presents Pune Open Golf Championship 2018 and the Paramount Golf Foreste Delhi - NCR Open Golf Championship 2018. Cochin Masters presented by CIAL Golf Club Viraj Madappa was a First Time Winner and equaled a course record Viraj Madappa - TAKE Solutions Masters 2018 Aman Raj - Jaipur Open 2018 presented Aman Raj was a First Time Winner and registered the joint lowest winning score by Rajasthan Tourism Akshay Sharma - QA InfoTech Open 2018 Tapy Ghai - Kensville Open 2018 presented by PGTI Akshay Sharma was a First Time Winner, had the second highest number of eagles and a hole-in-one to his name Most Top-10s: 9 Most Cuts Made: 18 Shamim Khan M Dharma & Mukesh Kumar Divyanshu Bajaj Honey Baisoya had the most wins, the joint lowest winning score, the biggest victory margin, a course record and a hole-in- one to his name M Dharma had the joint highest number of Top-10s and the joint second highest number of birdies Divyanshu Bajaj made the most number of cuts and had the joint second highest number of birdies Birdie Leaders Eagle Leaders Lowest Round: Rank Player Birdies Rank Player Eagles 1. 2. 2. Veer Ahlawat M Dharma Divyanshu Bajaj 283 273 273 1. 2. N Thangaraja Akshay Sharma 16 11 > 10-under-61 by Danthai Boonma at TAKE Solutions Masters 2018 > 10-under-62 by Kapil Kumar at City Bank American Express Chittagong Open 2018 N Thangaraja was the Eagle Leader, had the joint lowest winning score, two course records and a hole-in-one to his credit Veer Ahlawat was the Birdie Leader 72 GolfPlus FEBRUARY 2019 Kapil Kumar shared the honours for the lowest round and also set a course record > 10-under-62 by Kazuki Higa at BTI Open 2018