Nuh (Haryana), March 3 UP Prometheans and Rajasthan Regals finished as the top two teams at the end of round five of the PGTI's 72 The League, and as a result, they secured their place in the Final scheduled for January 6 at the Qutab Golf Course in New Delhi.
The UP and Rajasthan teams scored 45 and 43 points respectively at the end of round five, which was played at the Classic Golf & Country Club in Nuh, Haryana.
Rajasthan was tied with Charminar Champions at 43 points after round five, but the former prevailed based on their previous margin of victory.
Charminar Champions thus finished third, while Nava Raipur (35 points), Mumbai Aces (27 points), and Kolkata Classics (21 points) finished fourth, fifth, and sixth respectively.
While UP Prometheans and Rajasthan Regals will face each other in the final on Friday, the teams ranked from third to sixth will play each other for the Plate Championship on the same day at the Qutab Golf Course.
On Tuesday, UP defeated Rajasthan with a 10-4 margin. UP won three out of the five matches in the tie, while Rajasthan won one match, and the fifth match ended in a draw. The winning players for UP were Shaurya Bhattacharya and Arjun Prasad in the Singles and Joshua Seale and Pranav Mardikar in the Foursomes.
Shaurya Bhattacharya, the Captain of UP Prometheans, said, "It was really interesting because it went down to the wire. We managed to win our three matches, both in singles and foursomes, in the beginning, so we were confident that we would make it to the finals. But the way Manoj and Abhinav Lohan performed, they were down by three, with just three holes to play, and they managed to draw the match, which was amazing. It showed a lot of resilience and how determined we were to reach the finals."
Ajeetesh Sandhu, the Captain of Rajasthan Regals, said, "It was an absolute rollercoaster. I think when you play individually, you're always in control. But as a team, there's a lot of responsibility for everyone to give their best, and it's a different feeling to pull through for the team, and then you know that your match matters at the end. So it's an amazing feeling now that we've made it."
