India’s Yuvraj Singh Sandhu won the BNI Ciputra Golfpreneur tournament held from August 23 - 26 on the BSD course at Damai Indah Golf with a four-shot victory over Chinese Taipei’s Ho Yu-Cheng.

Playing in the penultimate group at the US$125,000 Asian Development Tour event, he posted a bogey-free round of 65 to finish on 23 under par as his rival contenders fell by the wayside.

Overnight leader Ho was only able to manage par in the final day, finishing in solo second at 19-under-par (269). Also playing in the final group were Thailand’s Jakraphan Premsirigorn (71) who finished in a tie for third place on 18 under and India’s Samarth Dwivedi (72) who slid back to eighth spot (272).

Malaysia’s Ervin Chang carded in a flawless seven-under-par 65 on the final day to propel himself to joint third position. Joining him on 18-under-par 270 was compatriot Amir Nazrin who posted a bogey-free round of 68.

Celebrating his first International win, Sandhu shared that he wasn’t expecting to win as he was in the penultimate group of the day.

“It still hasn’t sunk in yet,” he said. “Until the 14th or 15th hole I honestly didn’t even know if I was even co-leading or something, but then I made birdie on 15, and then on 16, and I thought, you know maybe I might have a chance, so why not push a little bit harder.

“I was only looking at the board that was with my group and I had no clue what the scores were in back or ahead, but as I walked up to the 18th green and saw I had a lead, I wasn’t expecting that for sure.

“I had some nerves going into Day Three but today felt a little more comfortable I guess. I spoke to my parents this morning and everybody was like, ‘it’s a different country but it’s the same golf, so you might as well just go play and play freely, hit it shot by shot’.”

“That’s exactly what I was telling myself with every single shot. Just keep it simple and let’s see what happens at the end of the day. I guess it worked,” he laughed.

Veteran campaigner Danny Chia finished in T15 on 12-under-par, followed by young guns Paul San in T21 (-11) and Galven Green in T29 (-8). Khor Kheng Hwai wrapped up the Malaysian challenge and came in T41 on five-under-par.

The Asian Development Tour tees it up once again next week at the BRG Open Golf Championship Da Nang. The US$75,000 event is being played at the Da Nang Golf Course (Nicklaus Course) from August 31 until September 2