Sachin defends his title at the RCGC
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Sachin de Silva receives the coveted RCGC Championship trophy
Reigning champion, 21-year-old Sachin de Silva successfully defended his title at the 96th Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) Championships which was held at concluded at the RCGC Golf Links in Colombo.
Over 60 golfers took part in the tournament and played the qualifying rounds of which the top 32 were chosen into the match-play stages. Amrith de Soysa and Rusi Captain emerged as the top seed and second seed respectively.
In the match-play stages semi-finals, De Soysa suffered a shock defeat to Kushal Johnpillai, who beat him in sudden death on the 19th, while Captain lost to Sachin de Silva, 1 down on the 18th.
Hence the 36-hole final between Johnpillai and de Silva was held with grand anxiety. Johnpillai playing great golf was 6 up after the morning session, but de Silva squared a 6 down deficit on the 12th hole. But two brilliant birdies by Johnpillai on the 14th and 15th had him two up again in the match with three holes to play. However, de Silva made no mistake and made pars on the 16th, 17th and 18th to Johnpillai’s two bogeys and a double bogey to win one up on the 36th hole. It was Sachin de Silva’s second consecutive club championship title and a well deserved one at that.