Late double bogey pushes Sandhu to second; Rashid 5th, Madappa 9th

Indian golfer Ajeetesh Sandhu had to be satisfied with a Tied-second place after he blew his chances with a late double bogey in the final round of the Mercuries Taiwan Masters here on Sunday.

Thailand's Suradit Yongcharoenchai, who began the day one shot behind the leaders -- Ajeetesh Sandhu of India and Philippines' Miguel Tabuena -- held his nerve in a tight finish with an even par back nine to card 70 and held out for his career's biggest prize cheque.

For Suradit, it was a breakthrough on the Asian Tour where he made his debut as a 17-year-old in 2015.

Suradit carded 70, while Sandhu and Tabuena shot 72 each.

Adilson Da Silva fired 68 to jump to Tied-second. He was one shot clear of Sandhu, Tabuena and Adilson Da Silva (68).

Among others, Rashid Khan shot the best round on Sunday with a 67 and jumped up to Tied-fifth, while Viraj Madappa was unable to follow up on his 65 from Saturday and ballooned to 76 to lie Tied-ninth as three Indians figured in Top-10.

Khalin Joshi (72) was Tied-19th, S Chikkarangappa (78) fell to Tied-37th and Chiragh Kumar (73) was Tied-40th.

Sandhu said, "It was a tough day so it was really nice to end it with that birdie on 18. I left a few shots out there and that really cost me the tournament.

"I made two wrong decisions on 16 and that led to a double bogey and you cannot afford to do that especially when you're trying to close out the tournament. But I'm happy with how I played and where my game is heading and I can only look forward to the rest of season."