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Chopra finishes career-best second

Las Vegas: Daniel Chopra registered his career-best result on US PGA Tour with a tied-second finish after coming within a whisker of maiden PGA tour title at the Frys.com Open golf.

The Stockholm-born golfer, born of an Indian father, failed to get a birdie from 18-feet to force a play-off, and Troy Matteson (69) calmly two-putted from eight feet to take his first tour title at 22-under 266.

Chopra's final round was a six-under 66 after an eight-under 64 in the third round and he finished 21-under 267.

Chopra, who started playing in Delhi, picked up the biggest cheque of his career - USD 352,000 - to take his season's earnings to $1,514,812 and moved up to the 48th position on the money list.

Arjun Atwal played a final round of one-over 73 and finished in a tie for 44th place.

Chopra had birdies on first, third and ninth and turned in three-under. His only bogey came on 11th and then he birdied the 13th and eagled the 16th to shoot into contention.

A birdie on the 17th added to the drama but his par on 18th kept him one shot short in tied second. — PTI

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