Delpodio, Gagli 6th at Kazakhstan Open

(ANSA) - Rome, October 2 - Lorenzo Gagli and Matteo Delpodio came sixth with 275 (-13) strokes in the Kazakhstan Open (Challenge Tour), which took place at the Nurtau Golf Club (par 72) in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Tapio Pulkkanen of Finland won his first title in the circuit after finishing the match even with Chase Koepka of the US (whose brother Brooks won the last US Open), beating him with a par at the third extra play-off hole.
    In third place with 272 was England's Tom Murray, in fourth with 273 Erik Van Rooyen of South Africa (leader after three rounds), and in fifth with 274 Nicolai Van Dellingshausen of Germany. In 41st with 284 was Francesco Laporta and in 50th with 286 Federico Maccario and Andrea Pavan. Pulkkanen, a 27-year-old from Kotka, had six birdies and two bogeys for 68 (-4) and Chase Koepka tied him with seven birdies and a bogey for 66 (-6). The winner received a 72,000-euro check from a 450,000-euro prize fund, with Koepka receiving 49,500 euros and Murray with 31,500 euros, all figures above the average first prize. Matteo Delpodio had 67 (-5) with five birdies and no bogeys, and Lorenzo Gagli had 68 (-4) with five birdies and a bogey. Exiting at the cut, fallen to 142 (-2): Alessandro Tadini (76 69) and Enrico Di Nitto (77 68), in 85th place with 145 (+1); and Nicolò Ravano, 113th with 149 (76 73, +5).