Sweden’s Charlie Lindh, second in his previous outing at the Kolon Korea Open, once again showed the importance of seizing momentum in golf after securing his maiden Asian Tour title at the US$500,000 am green IGPL Bharath Classic in Morocco over the weekend.

It was a grandstand finish for the 28-year-old, who eagled the final hole to win by four shots at 18-under-par, having started the day three strokes behind overnight leader Thailand’s Settee Prakongvech.

Final-Round Surge Seals Title

His closing 64, an eight-under-par round, was the best of the tournament and sealed a breakthrough victory on the Asian Tour.

“It feels good…feels really good. Feels like I’m still focused, but when everything settles a little bit, I will realise what I have done today,” Lindh said. “I have been playing good coming into this week, and I have been very, very excited to play golf the last couple of months, because the game has been feeling better. And thankfully, I got some good results today.”

Settee could only manage a 71 on the day when it mattered most and slipped into a tie for second at 14-under alongside tall American Charles Porter (66).

Porter had reached 16-under after 17 holes and was briefly tied with Lindh heading into the final hole, but pushed his second shot into the beach and ended up making a double bogey to finish in a share of second place.

Late Drama Reshapes Leaderboard

Thailand’s Sarit Suwannarut shot a 66 to move into a tie for fourth alongside England’s Sam Broadhurst (68). American Marcus Plunkett also carded a 66 to join a group tied for sixth at 12-under, alongside Thailand’s Poom Saksansin (69) and Runchanapong Youprayong (70).

The tournament was co-sanctioned by the Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL), with Karandeep Kochhar (68) finishing as the top IGPL player in a tie for ninth. Ayoub Lguirati (69) was the leading Moroccan performer, ending tied for 13th at nine-under.

The winning cheque of US$90,000 takes Lindh to third place in the Asian Tour Order of Merit and boosts his momentum ahead of next week’s US$2 million International Series Morocco.

“It feels good…feels really good,” Lindh added. “I have been playing well coming into this week, and I’ve been very excited to play golf over the last couple of months because my game has been feeling better.”

On the 18th hole, Lindh reached the edge of the green in two shots before rolling in a long putt from the fringe to secure an eagle finish and the title.

Thailand’s Settee Prakongvech said his round never settled early, with three bogeys in his opening eight holes before fighting back with four birdies in the next stretch.

“It was just a bad start and maybe some unlucky shots, but I could come back from that,” Settee said.