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
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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