Hesson shot rounds of 78 and 76 for a 154 total, which saw him tied at the top with reigning junior champion Matthew Baxter who posted two successive rounds of 77. Hesson then took the honours when he won on the second play-off hole.
Playing in the penultimate group, Hesson missed a short par putt on the 17th hole to trail by one stroke. However, he quickly re-focused and forced his way into a play-off with a birdie on the closing par-5 18th hole.
Young Baxter had a putt for birdie and for victory on the 18th which narrowly missed and raced by the hole. He then held his nerve to hole the five footer coming back to ensure a tie at the top and extra holes.
With a sudden death format over holes 17 and 18, both players made par on the first hole but Baxter missed a birdie for the second successive time on the 18th hole soon afterwards, while Hesson cut the corner to put him in position to reach home in two. A couple of putts later, he was crowned the new Club Champion following a birdie.
Conditions on day one were not conducive to good scoring with each player battling the wind and rain over the Faldo course. The trio of Baxter, Hrithik Khurana and Veneet Mohan led the way with a score of five-over 77. EGC scratch team captain Rohit Gupta and Hesson followed one shot behind at 78, while Suvansh Arora and Paul Valkovics stayed in touch with rounds of 79 each.
The rain had cleared up for the final round on the Majlis but the swirling winds made for testing conditions. Early in the day, the leaderboard was tightly bunched with Baxter, Mohan and Hesson all taking the lead at some point.
As they turned in for the back nine, the chasing pack slowly started to slip away leaving Baxter and Hesson to battle it out over the last few holes. The nearest challengers were Kabir Nanda, Bradley Mogire and Mohan, who finished tied third on 160. It was young Nanda who took the prize following a card countback.
In the net divisions, Christian Klynge won the A Division with scores of 73 and 69 for a 142 total, which was four strokes better than Bipin Bhatia in second place with rounds of 74 and 72.
In the B Division, David Thompson (74, 73) won with a total of 147, despite tying with Dileep Kumar, who returned cards of 68 and 79, hence losing out on a countback.
