Vijay, winner of the Order of the Merit last year, and leader by a big margin this year, kept up his consistent display, turned in a fourth successive sub-par card of two-under 70 for a total of 11-under 277 and once again collected the winner's cheque in a matter-of-fact manner. ``I played really well and my shoulder injury didn't bother me at all. But my chipping was really bad though,'' said Vijay.

Vivek Bhandari had an overall second position at nine-under 279, while Shiv Prasad Chowrasia, whose 65 on the second day matched Shamim's 65 on the first, finished third with a one-under 71.

Scores

277: Vijay Kumar (67, 69, 71, 70); 279: Vivek Bhandari (70, 68, 72, 69); 280: SSP Chowrasia(74, 65, 70, 71), Gaurav Ghei (72, 69, 71, 69), Shamim Khan (65, 70, 73, 73), Shiv Prakash (67, 68, 72, 74); 282: Jyoti Randhawa (70, 73, 72, 67); 284: Basad Ali (70, 70, 75, 69), Rafiq Ali (72, 69, 72, 71), Mukesh Kumar (71, 71, 69, 73).

Amateurs: 305: Sanjeev Talwar (75, 82, 77, 71); 308 Kapil Dev (80, 75, 80, 73); 327: Sanjay Kumar (77, 82, 86, 82).