Anirban Lahiri did not come close to the title but the creditable four-under 68 in the final round was enough to earn him a fourth-place finish at the Asian Tour's Black Mountain Masters.
Lahiri signed off with a total of 14-under 274, three shots behind champion Johan Edfors (68)) of Sweden and a stroke adrift of local favourite Prayad Marksaeng (64). Gaganjeet Bhullar sparkled with the day's best card of nine-under 63 to sign off tied fifth with a total of 13-under 275.
Bhullar reeled off nine birdies in a blemish-free performance to be among the top-10. His birdies came on the third, fifth, sixth, seventh, 12th, 13th, 15th, 17th and 18th holes. Overnight tied fifth, Lahiri played a bogey-free front-nine, studded with birdies on the third, fifth and sixth holes. His back-nine started as smoothly with a birdie-brace on the 11th and 12th but bogeys on the 12th and 16th pulled him back.
He did manage to gain a shot on the 17th but his title hopes had ended by then.
{{/usCountry}}He did manage to gain a shot on the 17th but his title hopes had ended by then.
{{/usCountry}}The other two Indians in fray, Rahil Gangjee (71) and Himmat Rai (72), finished tied 42nd and tied 51st respectively. Gangjee ended with a four-under 284 while Himmat totalled two-under 286.
Jeev slips to T24th
Orlando: On a day when only four players managed to break par, Jeev Milkha Singh found the going tough and stuttered to a four-over 74 in the third round to slip to tied 24th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational here. The Indian's total stood at three-over 213 after yet another tough and windy day at the $5.8m event. Off to a disastrous start with a double bogey on the par-four first hole, Jeev managed just one birdie in his front nine, on the third, before dropping strokes on the fourth and seventh to make the turn three-over.
The back-nine was no better as he dropped three bogeys against a couple of birdies to end the day over-par. American Sean O'Hair took a five-stroke lead after a one-over 71 left him seven-under 203 overall.