Yashas Chandra top Indian in seventh place at Phuket Challenge

Phuket, May 5: Yashas Chandra, an upcoming pro on Indian Tour, completed a fine week with a Top-10 finish following a five-under 65 on the final day of USD 75,000 Laguna Phuket Challenge here.
The tournament is jointly co-sanctioned by the Asian Development Tour (ADT) and MENA Tour.
Yashas, one of the eight Indians in the field, had earlier shot rounds of 68-67. At 10-under for three rounds, he was tied seventh.
Yashas was also T-10 at the DGC open last month in New Delhi. Kartik Sharma (71) was T-33, M Dharma (71) was T-39 and Ricky Jaswal (76) was T-56. Karan Vasudeva, Chiragh Kumar, Yuvraj Sandhu and Rohan Kathuria missed the cut.
Tom Sloman, a 25-year-old from England (63-65-63) totalled 19-under 191 and won by five shots over Poosit Supupramai of Thailand, who had cards of 67-63-66 for 14-under.
The eight Indians, who took part this week, will be back for the Laguna Phuket Cup on Sunday and it will also be a 54-hole event with a USD 75,000 purse on the Asian Development Tour. (PTI)