By IANS,
Kolkata: The 1982 Asian Games gold medallist Lakshman Singh played a stellar role as he helped the Royal Calcutta Golf Club win the inaugural Vodafone Royals Trophy at the RCGC here Sunday.
Lakshman and his partner Aditya Khaitan representing RCGC `B’ Sunday tallied 38 stableford points for a two-round aggregate of 77 points grab a comeback win after they were placed third overnight.
Overnight joint-leaders Royal Perth Golf Club comprising of Bruce Shannahan and Francis James Bryant could make only 34 points for a tournament total of 74 points to finish second.
The husband-wife pair of Stephen and Margie Lilley representing the Royal Melbourne Golf Club finished third with 73 points. The other overnight joint-leaders Ravi and Binny Mehra of Royal Montreal Golf Club put up a dismal show and ended up 20th.
Meanwhile in the team event played for the Vodafone Invitational Trophy the Goenka brothers Jayant and Manish took the title with 40 points on a count-back after they were tied with Gaurav Ghosh and Kulvin Suri.