March 28-31
DLF Golf and Country Club
$1,750,000
Live leaderboard
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Stephen Gallacher birdied three of his last four holes to produce a stunning comeback and win his first European Tour title in five years at the Hero Indian Open.
The Scot had shared the first round lead but a second round 74 saw him slip back and his chances looked doomed when he made a quadruple bogey eight on the seventh hole on Sunday.
The lead kept moving backwards on a windy day at DLF Golf and Country Club but as he stood on the 15th tee, Gallacher still looked an outside bet facing one of the toughest closing stretches on the Race to Dubai.
The 2014 Ryder Cup star knows a thing or two about performing under pressure, however, and he took advantage of the par five before hitting stunning approaches into the 17th and last to claim his first win since the second of back to back Omega Dubai Desert Classic titles in 2014. On Mother's Day back in his native Scotland, it was a father and son show in New Delhi, with son Jack caddying for Gallacher this season in what is likely to be a permanent move for the duo.
A closing 71 moved the 44 year old to nine under and gave him a one shot win over Japan's Masahiro Kawamura, with Spaniard Jorge Campillo a further shot back.
“Today the wind was swirling and the course was playing really tough. I was three behind the lead at the start of the day and got off to quite a solid start and then I hit a quadruple-bogey on hole seven. I was pretty calm at that point of time, I stood on the eighth tee and saw I was only five shots behind. I told myself to stick to the game and you never know what can happen. Especially with how hard it was playing and I came back three-under in the last four holes.
"I thought, 'just hang in there'. When I birdied 15 I saw that Julian Suri had come back and then when I got to the 16th green I was tied for the lead. I just tried to finish as strong as I could, and I did that. Thankfully it was enough."
“I am 45 this year so I am really proud of what I did out here today. It changes my schedule and I can play a bit less and it was great to win with my son Jack on the bag. He has caddied for me 20 events already. It has been a great day. It was great to have him on the bag and Mother's Day as well makes it even more special."
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American Julian Suri had led by three after 12 holes but produced a quadruple bogey of his own on the treacherous 14th to slip back, and he finished alongside South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout at six under.
Bezuidenhout made six birdies and two bogeys in a 68 that handed him a third top ten in four events and he finished three shots off the lead, one ahead of fellow South Africans George Coetzee and Erik van Rooyen, Spaniard Nacho Elvira and England's Callum Shinkwin.
Finn Kalle Samooja made the third hole-in-one of the week with a pitching wedge from 139 yards on the 12th for the eighth ace of the season.
Pos. |
Player | Nat | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
1 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO | -9 | 67 | 74 | 67 | 71 | 279 |
2 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN | -8 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 73 | 280 |
3 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP | -7 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 281 |
T4 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA | -6 | 68 | 76 | 70 | 68 | 282 |
T4 |
Julian Suri | USA | -6 | 67 | 67 | 71 | 77 | 282 |
T6 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP | -5 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 283 |
T6 |
Erik Van Rooyen | RSA | -5 | 69 | 73 | 69 | 72 | 283 |
T6 |
George Coetzee | RSA | -5 | 70 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 283 |
T6 |
Callum Shinkwin | ENG | -5 | 72 | 65 | 68 | 78 | 283 |
T10 |
Keith Horne | RSA | -4 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 68 | 284 |
T10 |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP | -4 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 69 | 284 |
T10 |
Jarin Todd | USA | -4 | 73 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 284 |
T10 |
Rashid Khan | IND | -4 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 284 |
T10 |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA | -4 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 284 |
T10 |
Sihwan Kim | KOR | -4 | 76 | 68 | 67 | 73 | 284 |
T10 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN | -4 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 74 | 284 |
T10 |
Seenappa Chikkarangappa | IND | -4 | 74 | 70 | 66 | 74 | 284 |
T18 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA | -3 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 285 |
T18 |
Robert Rock | ENG | -3 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 285 |
T18 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN | -3 | 75 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 285 |
T18 |
James Morrison | ENG | -3 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 75 | 285 |
T18 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT | -3 | 72 | 68 | 70 | 75 | 285 |
T23 |
Prayad Marksaeng | THA | -2 | 69 | 69 | 78 | 70 | 286 |
T23 |
Bernd Wiesberger | AUT | -2 | 71 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 286 |
T25 |
Panuphol Pittayarat | THA | -1 | 71 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 287 |
T25 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG | -1 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 287 |
T27 |
Jake Higginbottom | AUS | Par | 73 | 70 | 77 | 68 | 288 |
T27 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA | Par | 73 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 288 |
T27 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA | Par | 75 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 288 |
T27 |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA | Par | 76 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 288 |
T27 |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND | Par | 69 | 73 | 71 | 75 | 288 |
T32 |
Ben Campbell | AUS | 1 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 289 |
T32 |
Aaron Rai | ENG | 1 | 74 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 289 |
T32 |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA | 1 | 70 | 74 | 70 | 75 | 289 |
T35 |
Marcus Fraser | AUS | 2 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 290 |
T35 |
Scott Vincent | ZWE | 2 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 290 |
T35 |
Poom Saksansin | THA | 2 | 69 | 75 | 71 | 75 | 290 |
T35 |
Scott Hend | AUS | 2 | 69 | 68 | 74 | 79 | 290 |
T39 |
Berry Henson | USA | 3 | 70 | 72 | 79 | 70 | 291 |
T39 |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND | 3 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 71 | 291 |
T39 |
Wenchong Liang | CHN | 3 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 291 |
T39 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG | 3 | 72 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 291 |
T39 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP | 3 | 68 | 76 | 73 | 74 | 291 |
T39 |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN | 3 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 76 | 291 |
T45 |
Justin Walters | RSA | 4 | 74 | 71 | 78 | 69 | 292 |
T45 |
Rattanon Wannasrichan | THA | 4 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 292 |
T45 |
Nadaraja Thangaraja | SRI | 4 | 71 | 70 | 77 | 74 | 292 |
T45 |
John Catlin | USA | 4 | 71 | 75 | 72 | 74 | 292 |
T45 |
Shiv Chawrasia | IND | 4 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 292 |
T45 |
Sam Brazel | AUS | 4 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 77 | 292 |
T45 |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN | 4 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 77 | 292 |
T45 |
Prom Meesawat | THA | 4 | 68 | 74 | 71 | 79 | 292 |
T45 |
Robert Karlsson | SWE | 4 | 68 | 68 | 73 | 83 | 292 |
T54 |
Ajeetesh Sandhu | IND | 5 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 293 |
T54 |
Steven Brown | ENG | 5 | 73 | 70 | 74 | 76 | 293 |
T54 |
Daniel Nisbet | AUS | 5 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 77 | 293 |
T54 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO | 5 | 69 | 71 | 75 | 78 | 293 |
T58 |
Jbe Kruger | RSA | 6 | 73 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 294 |
T58 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR | 6 | 73 | 69 | 76 | 76 | 294 |
T58 |
David Horsey | ENG | 6 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 79 | 294 |
T58 |
Gavin Green | MAS | 6 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 80 | 294 |
62 |
Jens Dantorp | SWE | 7 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 83 | 295 |
63 |
Terry Pilkadaris | AUS | 8 | 75 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 296 |
T64 |
Daisuke Kataoka | JPN | 9 | 76 | 69 | 74 | 78 | 297 |
T64 |
Adilson Da Silva | BRA | 9 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 80 | 297 |
T64 |
Dean Burmester | RSA | 9 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 80 | 297 |
67 |
Tirawat Kaewsirbandit | THA | 10 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 81 | 298 |
68 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN | 12 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 300 |
T69 |
Rahil Gangjee | IND | 13 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 80 | 301 |
T69 |
Gaurav Pratap Singh | IND | 13 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 82 | 301 |
CUT |
Jazz Janewattananond | THA | 3 | 74 | 73 | - | - | 147 |
CUT |
Mitch Waite | ENG | 3 | 71 | 76 | - | - | 147 |
CUT |
Oliver Fisher | ENG | 3 | 73 | 74 | - | - | 147 |
CUT |
Suradit Yongcharoenchai | THA | 3 | 71 | 76 | - | - | 147 |
CUT |
Wade Ormsby | AUS | 3 | 70 | 77 | - | - | 147 |
CUT |
Anirban Lahiri | IND | 4 | 77 | 71 | - | - | 148 |
CUT |
Anura Rohana | SRI | 4 | 75 | 73 | - | - | 148 |
CUT |
Hyo-Won Park | KOR | 4 | 77 | 71 | - | - | 148 |
CUT |
Mohammad Siddikur Rahman | BAN | 4 | 76 | 72 | - | - | 148 |
CUT |
Om Prakash Chouhan | IND | 4 | 71 | 77 | - | - | 148 |
CUT |
Shiv Kapur | IND | 4 | 74 | 74 | - | - | 148 |
CUT |
Syed Saqib Ahmed | IND | 4 | 74 | 74 | - | - | 148 |
CUT |
Jason Norris | AUS | 5 | 75 | 74 | - | - | 149 |
CUT |
Khalin Joshi | IND | 5 | 76 | 73 | - | - | 149 |
CUT |
M Dharma | IND | 5 | 73 | 76 | - | - | 149 |
CUT |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER | 5 | 71 | 78 | - | - | 149 |
CUT |
Natipong Srithong | THA | 5 | 75 | 74 | - | - | 149 |
CUT |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR | 5 | 73 | 76 | - | - | 149 |
CUT |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE | 5 | 76 | 73 | - | - | 149 |
CUT |
Aman Raj | IND | 6 | 77 | 73 | - | - | 150 |
CUT |
Danthai Boonma | THA | 6 | 72 | 78 | - | - | 150 |
CUT |
David Law | SCO | 6 | 78 | 72 | - | - | 150 |
CUT |
Divyanshu Bajaj | IND | 6 | 77 | 73 | - | - | 150 |
CUT |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA | 6 | 69 | 81 | - | - | 150 |
CUT |
Jyoti Randhawa | IND | 6 | 76 | 74 | - | - | 150 |
CUT |
Kapil Kumar | IND | 6 | 77 | 73 | - | - | 150 |
CUT |
Malcolm Kokocinski | SWE | 6 | 75 | 75 | - | - | 150 |
CUT |
Mohammad Zamal Hossain Mollah | BAN | 6 | 73 | 77 | - | - | 150 |
CUT |
Paul Peterson | USA | 6 | 78 | 72 | - | - | 150 |
CUT |
Shamim Khan | IND | 6 | 74 | 76 | - | - | 150 |
CUT |
Shih-Chang Chan | TPE | 6 | 71 | 79 | - | - | 150 |
CUT |
Udayan Mane | IND | 6 | 76 | 74 | - | - | 150 |
CUT |
Johannes Veerman | USA | 7 | 71 | 80 | - | - | 151 |
CUT |
Marc Warren | SCO | 7 | 73 | 78 | - | - | 151 |
CUT |
Micah Shin | USA | 7 | 74 | 77 | - | - | 151 |
CUT |
Pavit Tangkamolprasert | THA | 7 | 76 | 75 | - | - | 151 |
CUT |
Brandon Stone | RSA | 8 | 78 | 74 | - | - | 152 |
CUT |
Chapchai Nirat | THA | 8 | 77 | 75 | - | - | 152 |
CUT |
Karandeep Kochhar | IND | 8 | 78 | 74 | - | - | 152 |
CUT |
David Howell | ENG | 9 | 75 | 78 | - | - | 153 |
CUT |
Mithun Perera | LKA | 9 | 76 | 77 | - | - | 153 |
CUT |
Pedro Figueiredo | POR | 9 | 73 | 80 | - | - | 153 |
CUT |
Varun Parikh | IND | 9 | 77 | 76 | - | - | 153 |
CUT |
Veer Ahlawat | IND | 9 | 77 | 76 | - | - | 153 |
CUT |
Harendra P Gupta | IND | 10 | 75 | 79 | - | - | 154 |
CUT |
Mardan Mamat | SGP | 10 | 79 | 75 | - | - | 154 |
CUT |
Matteo Manassero | ITA | 10 | 77 | 77 | - | - | 154 |
CUT |
Min-Chel Choi | KOR | 10 | 78 | 76 | - | - | 154 |
CUT |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN | 10 | 81 | 73 | - | - | 154 |
CUT |
Tapy Ghai | IND | 10 | 73 | 81 | - | - | 154 |
CUT |
Yi-Keun Chang | KOR | 10 | 76 | 78 | - | - | 154 |
CUT |
Ashun Wu | CHI | 11 | 80 | 75 | - | - | 155 |
CUT |
Viraj Madappa | IND | 11 | 77 | 78 | - | - | 155 |
CUT |
Abhijit Chadha | IND | 12 | 77 | 79 | - | - | 156 |
CUT |
Chiragh Kumar | IND | 12 | 77 | 79 | - | - | 156 |
CUT |
Mukesh Kumar | IND | 13 | 79 | 78 | - | - | 157 |
CUT |
Yaahas Chandra | IND | 13 | 80 | 76 | - | - | 156 |
CUT |
Anant Singh | IND | 15 | 79 | 80 | - | - | 159 |
CUT |
Digvijay Singh | IND | 15 | 83 | 76 | - | - | 159 |
CUT |
Chris Wood | ENG | 17 | 80 | 81 | - | - | 161 |
CUT |
Romain Wattel | FRA | 17 | 77 | 84 | - | - | 161 |
CUT |
Akshay Sharma | IND | 18 | 76 | 86 | - | - | 162 |
CUT |
Shankar Das | IND | 18 | 80 | 82 | - | - | 162 |
CUT |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP | 19 | 84 | 79 | - | - | 163 |
CUT |
Amardip Sinh Malik | IND | 21 | 84 | 81 | - | - | 165 |
CUT |
David Gleeson | AUS | 23 | 84 | 83 | - | - | 167 |
CUT |
Harshjeet Singh | IND | 30 | 87 | 87 | - | - | 174 |
RET |
Honey Baisoya | IND | Par | 79 | - | - | - | 79 |
RET |
Kartik Sharma | IND | Par | 80 | - | - | - | 80 |
RET |
Nicholas Fung | MAL | Par | - | - | - | - | 0 |
RET |
Richard T. Lee | - | Par | 81 | - | - | - | 81 |
RET |
Shaun Norris | RSA | Par | 78 | - | - | - | 78 |
RET |
Stuart Manley | WAL | Par | - | - | - | - | 0 |
RET |
Zander Lombard | RSA | Par | 78 | - | - | - | 78 |