Nuh (Haryana), March 3 UP Prometheans and Rajasthan Regals secured their spots in the final of the DP World PGTI 72 The League, to be played on Friday at the Qutab Golf Course.
Both teams finished in the top two after the fifth round and were also drawn to meet each other in the final round of the league.
Rajasthan seemed poised to reach the finals when their final fourball match reached level par after 15 holes, meaning Dhruv Sheoran and Yuvraj Singh needed to halve one of the remaining three holes against Abhinav Lohan and Manoj S.
This would have put them ahead of the Charminar Champions, who defeated Mumbai Aces 12-3 to take the lead with 43 points.
However, Manoj turned the game around. On the 16th hole, the 17-year-old from Bengaluru chipped in for a birdie to keep the match alive, and then hit a perfect second shot to within three feet from 157 yards for another birdie and won on the 17th.
On the 18th hole, Manoj made a birdie from the bunker to steal an impossible half.
The result was therefore set to be decided by count-back. The first tiebreaker was on the number of matches won, which was tied again as both teams had won 13 matches in their five rounds.
It was then broken based on the number of holes by which they were ahead, which favoured Rajasthan, who were 42 points ahead, while Charminar were 35 points ahead.
