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Rashid Khan wins Faldo Series Asia

New Delhi: Delhi teenager Rashid Khan was crowned Faldo Series Asia champion for 2007 at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, following his outstanding show in the tournament.

The 16-year-old turned in an outstanding six-under 66 on the Faldo Course on Saturday for a 54-hole total of 205 to finish five-shot ahead of fellow Indian Rahul Bakshi (63) and Chan Shih Chang of Chinese Taipei.

Although Rahul finished second best, his round of 63 was a new course record.

Elated with the show, Rashid said, “I am absolutely delighted to win and to do it with Nick Faldo watching is extremely exciting. Last night Nick told us to be positive today and play with a smile on our faces and that is exactly what I did. I have never played so well.”

As well as collecting the Faldo Series Asia trophy from Nick Faldo, the youngster also received an invitation to the European grand final of the Faldo Series 2008, valuable R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking points, a place in the Volvo Masters Asia 2008 and a scholarship to stage one of the Asian Tour Qualifying School.

Faldo himself was impressed with Rashid’s show and said, “I would like to congratulate Rashid on becoming a worthy champion of the Faldo Series Asia 2007. He beat a field here at Mission Hills that contained a lot of impressive players, all of whom I enjoyed watching in action as well as spending time with off the course.”

“I hope the competitors have learnt a few things this week about the game and about themselves that will help them in their development as golfers,” Faldo added. — PTI

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