Gurgaon, India (AsianTour.com) - New Zealand’s Mark Brown produced a stunning final nine holes to claim a dream victory in the Johnnie Walker Classic and a second title in a week.
Prayad Marksaeng was the top Thai, finishing six strokes behind Brown.
Five birdies on the back nine stunned the elite field at DLF Golf and Country Club as he romped home in 31 for a five-under-par 67 and 18-under-par total of 270 to secure a three-stroke victory over the Australian pair of Greg Chalmers and Scott Strange and Japan’s Taichiro Kiyota.
Seven days earlier, Brown won his maiden title on the Asian Tour when he captured the SAIL Open presented by Jaypee Greens and he made it back-to-back titles in India with a breathtaking display over the closing stages in the US$2.5 million event sanctioned by the Asian Tour, European Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia and PGTI.
Brown trailed overnight leader Kiyota by four strokes coming into the final nine holes but he turned on the gas with a burst of four successive birdies from the 12th as Kiyota, who looked totally in control in picking up three birdies on the front nine, started to fade. Brown’s surge edged him in front and when Kiyota three putted the 17th Brown had the luxury of a two-stroke cushion playing the final hole.
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