By Daniel Nhakaniso
Scott Vincent made it back-to-back top 10 finishes to start the season on the Asian Tour after producing a superb final round display at the International Series India presented by DLF on Sunday.
This was Scott second consecutive top 10 finish on the Asian Tour after he tied for eighth at the season opening Philippine Open last week.
The gifted Zimbabwean golfer saved his best for last as he fired the second lowest round of the day at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram, just outside Delhi, a six-under-par 66 for a four-round aggregate of two-over.
Vincent’s final round lifted him from tied for 43rd on eight-over par on after 54 holes to a six-way tie for 10th position on the final leaderboard.
His final round included an impressive seven birdies and a lone bogey.
Vincent had rounds of 77 and 71 in the first two rounds and a four over-under 76 in the third round.
The Harare-born golf ace’s final round score was only bettered by two-time major winner Bryson DeChambeau’s seven-under par round of 65.
DeChambeau could only settle for second position on six-under par overall l, four shots behind the winner Ollie Schniederjans.
The American fired a three-under-par 69 for a four-round aggregate of 10-under which gave him a surprise four-shot victory over reigning US Open champion DeChambeau.
Mexico’s Abraham Ancer finished joint third on two under after a level-par final round, alongside reigning The International Series Rankings champion Joaquin Niemann from Chile, with only four players finishing under par on the testing Gary Player-designed course.
Sebastian Munoz of Colombia, Spain’s Eugenio Chacarra and Higa of Japan finished T5 on level par, ahead of Australian Kevin Yuan and Chase Koepka in eighth place on one over.
The next event on the Asian Tour is the New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sport (February 27 – March 2), which will be followed by the International Series Macau presented by Wynn (March 20-23) – the second elevated event of 10 that offers a pathway onto the LIV Golf League.